Karnataka Revenue minister flings kits at Sportspersons, faces flak
Bengaluru, Nov 1: Karnataka Revenue Minister R V Deshpande has courted a controversy after a video showing him throwing sports kits at sports persons at a function went viral with union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore and state BJP flaying him for his conduct.
The incident took place on Wednesday in Haliyal in Uttara Kannada district, the assembly constituency of the Minister when he was distributing the kits to talented sportspersons. Deshpande, however, accused media of misinterpreting it.
In the video, Deshpande is seen flinging kits from the stage to sports persons standing on the ground.
Karnataka BJP and Minister Rathore have hit out at Deshpande for his conduct.
"Absolutely unacceptable behavior! Mr Deshpande,please do not undermine the dignity of those athletes or your position," Rathore said in a tweet.
Karnataka BJP in a tweet said, "Don't be confused, that's not a hooligan throwing things around. This is Revenue minister Sri. R V Deshpande throwing sports kit at sportspersons.
"He seems to be inspired by Sri. HD Revanna. After all such uncivilised culture is a part & parcel of Congress party," it said.
Earlier in August, public works minister H D Revanna had come in for sharp criticism after a video purportedly showing him throwing biscuit packets to the flood victims staying in the relief camps in Hassan district went viral.
Facing the flack, Deshpande said, he distributed sports items to talented sportspersons of Haliyal with "good intention" and in "good spirit", and "they are like my own family members."
He said the media had misinterpreted his conduct.
"Whether I am meeting a Union Minister or an Industrialist or a common man, I treat every person with the same respect. That is the culture I have been inculcated with," he said in a tweet.
"Unfortunate that some of our media friends have misinterpreted the whole incident" and playing part of the video clipping again and again, he said.
"I hope everybody will understand the good intention and my concern," the minister said in another tweet.
#WATCH Karnataka Revenue Minister RV Deshpande throws sports kits from a stage at national, state and district level athletes, in Karwar's Haliyala. (31.10.18) pic.twitter.com/m82LYSh9wL
— ANI (@ANI) November 1, 2018
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BMTC collects over Rs 19 lakh as fine from those travelling without tickets, occupying ladies seat
Bengaluru (PTI): The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has collected over Rs 19 lakh as a penalty from 10,069 passengers who were penalised for travelling without tickets and occupying seats exclusively reserved for ladies in the last three months, officials said on Thursday.
The checking staff of BMTC have intensified checking of buses operated in and around Bengaluru City to detect ticketless travelling by passengers, they said.
According to BMTC, during the months of August, September and October, the checking staff checked 57,219 trips and penalised 8,891 ticketless passengers by collecting Rs 17,96,030 as penalty and 5,268 cases were booked against conductors for their dereliction of duty.
During the same period, they have also penalised 1,178 male passengers for occupying seats exclusively reserved for lady passengers and imposed fines by collecting Rs 1,17,800 in accordance with the KMV (Karnataka Motor Vehicle) Rules of the MV Act of 1988.
"In total, during the months of August, September and October, 10,069 passengers were penalised and Rs 19,13,830 was collected," the BTMC officials stated.
