M.B. Patil opposes D.K. Shivakumar’s intervention in separate Lingayat religion issue
Vijayapura, October 19: “Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar need not be interfered in the separate Lingayat religion issue. I would discuss the issue in the party platform”, former Minister M.B. Patil said.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, he said that Shivakumar statement was not the party opinion. The party high command has not given any instruction to him about it. During the by-election time, he would not drag the statement issue more. He would discuss in the party about Shivakumar’s interference in all issues. He has given an irresponsible statement. Why he had supported the cause in the Cabinet meeting earlier, he asked.
The Congress has not suffered any damage due to Lingayat issue. Shivakumar should introspect as to why the party had seen a set-back in Vokkaliga-dominated Southern Karnataka region and set-right his home first, he said.
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Trainer aircraft crashes in Gujarat's Amreli district, pilot killed
Amreli (Gujarat) (PTI): A trainee pilot was killed when a trainer aircraft belonging to a private aviation academy crashed in a residential area in Gujarat's Amreli district on Tuesday afternoon and caught fire, a police official said.
The plane fell on a tree before crashing into an open plot.
The aircraft crash-landed into a residential area in the Giriya Road area of Amreli town at around 12:30 pm due to unknown reasons, killing the trainee pilot on the spot, said Amreli Superintendent of Police, Sanjay Kharat.
The pilot was flying solo. The aircraft had taken off from the Amreli airport, he added.
After it crashed near Shastri Nagar area, the plane caught fire and engulfed in flames, said Kharat.
"After taking off from the Amreli airport with a male trainee pilot, the trainer aircraft of an aviation academy, which operates from the airport, crashed into a residential area. The trainee pilot, who was flying solo, died in the crash while the aircraft was gutted in flames. No one else was injured in the accident," said Kharat.
He said a Delhi-based aviation academy provides pilot training from the Amreli airport.
The SP said local police have started the process to lodge a case of accidental death and investigation to find out the exact cause of the crash.
Four teams of local fire brigade rushed to Shastrinagar upon learning about the plane crash and resultant fire in the aircraft, said fire officer SC Gadhvi.
"Though the plane crashed into a residential area, no one else was injured because it first fell on a tree and then crashed into an open plot. The fire was eventually brought under control by our teams" he said.
