MLA UT Khader's car collides with truck in Davangere; Khader escapes with minor injuries
Davangere: A car in which the former minister, MLA UT Khader was traveling, met with an accident on Wednesday morning around 8.45 at Olal Cross on National Highway near Davangere. It is learned that the former minister has sustained minor injuries in the accident.
The accident occurred when the Congress leader was traveling from Bengaluru to Belgaum to campaign for the party’s candidate for the Belgaum by-elections. Reportedly, between Davangere- Aanagodu routes, near National Highway 4th Olal Cross, a running lorry that was in front of the MLA’s vehicle stopped abruptly, causing the car to collide into the rear end of the truck. The accident left Khader with minor injuries to his face and leg. He was taken to a family doctor in Bengaluru in another car.
The car driver also escaped with minor injuries. The District Police Superintendent Hanumantharaya visited the site of the accident and carried an inspection.
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Attempt to shield 'infiltrators': BJP ahead of Cong's rally against 'vote theft'
New Delhi (PTI): Ahead of the Congress' rally over the "vote theft" issue, the BJP on Sunday alleged that the main opposition party was holding the event in its bid to "protect infiltrators" from being removed from the electoral rolls.
The ruling BJP asserted that the Congress will not succeed in its design of misleading people as well as "insulting and defaming" constitutional institutions, because the entire world knows that India's democracy is "very robust".
Stepping up its campaign against the alleged "vote theft" by the BJP in elections, the Congress has organised a rally at the Ramlila Maidan here on Sunday that will be attended by the party's top leaders, including general secretaries Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, K C Venugopal, Jairam Ramesh, and Sachin Pilot.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi are expected to address the gathering. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi is also likely to be present at the event.
Ahead of the event, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra said the Congress was holding the rally even as Union Home Minister Amit Shah "exposed" the opposition through his point-by-point rebuttal to their "fabricated" allegations during a debate on electoral reforms during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
"This shows that you do not have truth in your hand, yet you are trying to create an atmosphere of confusion. The Congress' rally is an exercise to protect 'ghuspaithiyas (infiltrators)'. This is what the Congress is doing," the BJP MP told reporters here.
"The Congress party may try all it wants to mislead the people as well as insult and defame our constitutional institutions. But, the entire world knows that India's democracy is very robust and it cannot be shaken," he added.
The BJP leader accused the Congress of holding the rally to pursue its "appeasement politics" and dared Rahul Gandhi to challenge the Bihar assembly polls if he felt that there was any irregularity.
"Rahul ji, you still have perhaps 10 days left in your hands. You can still file a complaint if you feel that there was any irregularity (in the poll process) in any of the seats in the Bihar assembly polls," Patra said.
