Kolar: Three killed, several injured as Bolero overturns
Kolar: Three people were killed and more than 10 others injured after a Bolero vehicle overturned near Colony Gate in Srinivaspur taluk late on Sunday night.
The deceased have been identified as Muniyamma, Venkatappa and another labourer from Andhra Pradesh. They were returning home after completing tamarind-peeling work when the accident occurred.
Police said the vehicle lost control and overturned, causing serious injuries to several passengers.
The injured were shifted to hospitals in Srinivaspur and Madanapalle in Andhra Pradesh for treatment.
A case has been registered at Srinivaspur police station and further investigation is under way.
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SP members raise slogans in UP Assembly; slam govt over SIR,
Lucknow (PTI): Samajwadi Party MLAs on Monday protested inside the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on various issues, including the special intensive revision exercise and alleged insult to Malwa queen Ahilyabai Holkar.
When the House met at 11 am and Speaker Satish Mahana invited the governor to read out the address, senior Samajwadi Party (SP) member Dr Sangram Yadav raised the SIR issue.
When the governor started speaking, SP legislators moved to the well of the House in front of the Speaker’s podium and raised slogans such as “Insult to Mata Ahilyabai will not be tolerated by Hindustan.”
Terming the Governor’s address as a “bundle of lies”, SP members shouted slogans including “False speech will not be accepted”, “Governor Madam, go back” and “Governor, go back”.
The sloganeering by SP members continued till the conclusion of the address.
SP members had come to the House carrying placards with slogans written on them.
SP MLA Sachin Yadav reached the House wearing a kurta bearing a picture of Holkar on the front and an image of Manikarnika Ghat (in Varanasi) printed on the back, while SP MLA Atul Pradhan carried a large photograph of Holkar.
Amid slogans such as “Killer of Dalits and backwards” and “Anti-reservation government will not be accepted”, the governor completed her address, which lasted for over 30 minutes.
During the address, she listed the achievements of the Uttar Pradesh government under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while SP members continued their protest and sloganeering in front of the Speaker’s chair.
Ahead of the start of the session, SP MLAs had held protests in Assembly premises against the alleged anti-people policies of the state government.
With placards in their hands, they alleged that the BJP government was playing with the rights of PDA (Picchde Dalit Alpsankhyak) community.
During the protest, SP national spokesperson and Legislative Council member Rajendra Chaudhary alleged that the government had failed on all fronts.
SP members were vocal on the issue of the discrepancies in SIR of the electoral rolls.
Opposition members were carrying placards with slogans such as “Rights for all, justice for all, PDA (Backward, Dalit, Minority) will prevail”, “Give jobs to youth, end unemployment” and “Destruction in the name of development, no hope from the BJP”.
Party legislator Yadav, who was holding a poster of Holkar, raised the issued of demolitions at Manikarnika Ghat in Varanasi, alleging that the government insulted Holkar, who had developed the ghats nearly 300 years ago.
