Bengaluru: The Vidhana Sabha leader of the opposition Siddaramaiah said, “If Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai were to resign, the state would benefit from it”, he expressed.

Countering regarding the state government releasing grants to distribute shoes, and socks to school children, Siddaramaiah said, “Basavaraj has finally woken up from sleep. His ministers are cold hearted to the needs of people. They have the arrogance to question the need for Children to wear shoes & socks”, he tweeted. 

“Congress had to show them the reality. Karnataka will be better off if CM resigns”, he posted. 

On Friday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai reportedly informed that he had approved a grant of 132 crores, which had been allotted to distribute shoes and socks for school children in the state.

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Mumbai (PTI): Bhavesh Bhinde, an advertising firm’s director, whose company had put up the giant hoarding that collapsed in Mumbai killing 16 people, was brought to the city early on Friday, a police official said.

Bhinde, director of M/s Ego Media Pvt. Ltd., the advertising agency which recently installed the billboard that crashed in suburban Ghatkopar on Monday evening, was apprehended from Udaipur in Rajasthan on Thursday, he said.

Bhinde was then taken to Ahmedabad and from there he was brought to Mumbai by flight, the official said.

The police team along with Bhinde arrived at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport around 5 am and he was taken to a crime branch office, he said.

He will be produced before the court later in the day, he said.

After trailing Bhinde for three days, the city police nabbed him on Thursday from Udaipur, he said.

The 120 feet x 120 feet hoarding collapsed onto a nearby petrol pump in the Chhedanagar area in Ghatkopar during gusty winds and heavy unseasonal rains, killing 16 people and injuring 75 others.

After the tragedy, a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder under the IPC was registered at the Pant Nagar Police Station against Bhinde, all directors of the advertising agency Ego Media, its officials and employees, officials had said earlier.