New Delhi: BJP, JDS MPs protest in Parliament premises demanding CM Siddaramaiah's resignation
New Delhi: MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) staged a protest on the Parliament premises today, calling for the resignation of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The protest was fueled by allegations of corruption against the Karnataka government, including accusations of misappropriation of funds from the Valmiki Corporation and illegal auctioning of vacant plots by the Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA).
The protesting MPs from Karnataka condemned the alleged irregularities within the state government and criticized its functioning. They chanted slogans such as “Congress party is looting the money of Karnataka Dalits” and “Where is Rahul Gandhi?” They also demanded that the Chief Minister be removed, with slogans like “Hathao, Hathao corrupt Chief Minister Ko Hathao” (Remove, Remove the corrupt Chief Minister).
MP Jagadish Shettar addressed the media, claiming that the Chief Minister has obstructed the oppsoition from discussing the MUDA scam in the House and labeled it as a cover-up. Shettar said that their MLAs had staged an all-night sit-in protest in Karnataka and reiterated their stance in Delhi.
MP Govinda Karajola alleged that there was a ₹187 crore scam involving the Valmiki Corporation, with funds being diverted to fake accounts. He held the Chief Minister, responsible for the finance department, accountable and demanded his immediate resignation.
P. C. Mohan also called for Siddaramaiah's resignation, arguing that he should take moral responsibility for both the Valmiki Corporation and MUDA scams.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
