Karnataka Ministers take exception to Governor's "show-cause notice" to CM on MUDA 'scam'
Bengaluru (PTI): Ministers in the Siddaramaiah Cabinet on Thursday took exception to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot issuing a "show-cause notice" to the Chief Minister asking him to explain why prosecution sanction must not be accorded in connection with the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment 'scam.'
Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre saw it as a "conspiracy to topple a democratically elected government." "We will wage a legal and political battle", he said.
"We will take it legally," Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge told reporters.
Kharge said the notice has been served "without any information and without seeking clarification."
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
