MLA attempts forcible enforcement of bandh in Yadgir
Bangalore: While the Karnataka Bandh called for the farmers' loan waiver reportedly evoked the lukewarm response in many parts of the state, in some places MLAs are allegedly attempting forcible enforcement of bandh.
BJP MLA of Bidar Venkata Reddi Mudnal forcibly shut down shops in Yadgir. It is said that a hotel opened during the bandh was forcibly closed.
"I am MLA of this area. You should listen what I am telling,” Mudnal who thronged the hotel along with workers threatened the owner and consumers.
The police detained protestors including MP GM Siddeshwara and BJP activists in Davangere. A protest led by BJP district president Shivraj Sajjan was held in Haveri. They attempted to forcibly shut down the shops.
MLAs Pratap Singh and MLA Ramdas, who were protesting near Gandhi Circle, were taken into custody by the police in Mysore.
Miscreants pelted stones at three buses near court in Dharwad. Following which, glass panes of the buses were completely damaged.
Bus services have suddenly been stopped in Koppal because of which passengers travelling to far places are suffering. MP Sanganna Karadi and his son Amresh Karadi engaged in heated arguments with police.
MLA and former Speaker Bopaiah along with other BJP activists disrupted the vehicular movement by parking their vehicles at Thimmayya Circle in Madikeri.
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Cong 'pocketed' Rs 150 cr per annum from Assam healthcare budget during 15 yrs of rule: Shah
Guwahati (PTI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday alleged that the Congress, during its previous 15 years of rule in Assam, "pocketed" Rs 150 crore per annum from the state healthcare budget.
Inaugurating and laying the foundation stone for healthcare projects worth Rs 2,092 crore in Assam, Shah said the BJP works for affordable healthcare for all sections of society and lauded Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for bringing the state's medical facilities at par with states like Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
"Assam's healthcare was in shambles 10 years ago as Congress worked only for the financial health of its leaders' families," he said.
Attacking Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, he said that no Indian supports his acts of "defaming" the country in his bid to oppose the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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He lambasted the Congress for its "shirtless" protest at the recent AI summit in New Delhi and Gandhi for having 'chai-pakora' on the stairs of Parliament House.
"We were also in the opposition and staged protests against the government, but there is a right platform for it," he said.
"Parliament is a sacred seat of democracy. Its stairs should not be used for even dharnas. And Rahul Gandhi was having 'chai-pakora' there. Doesn't he know where to have his breakfast?" asked the Union minister.
Shah inaugurated the Rs 675-crore Pragjyotishpur Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati, at a programme held on its premises.
He also virtually inaugurated two cancer centres at Golaghat and Tinsukia, both under Assam Cancer Care Foundation (ACCF), constructed at a cost of Rs 135 crore each.
Shah virtually laid the foundation stone for super-speciality hospitals at Diphu Medical College and Hospital (Rs 220 crore), Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (Rs 310 crore), and Barpeta Medical College and Hospital (Rs 284 crore).
The foundation stone for a Rs 218-crore Swasthya Bhawan in Guwahati, and the Abhayapuri District Hospital (Rs 115 crore) were also laid by the Union home minister.
Shah arrived here on Saturday evening on a two-day visit to Assam, his fourth visit to the northeastern state in four months.
