Bengaluru/ New Delhi, May 28: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that he has made all preparations on how to waive off the farmers loan and shortly place it before the people in Bengaluru.
After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday, Kumaraswamy told media persons at Karnataka Bhavan that there should be breathing time to waive off the loans. Four farmers have committed suicide yesterday. Who is responsible for this? Who will protect the families of those farmers? But discussions were being conducted saying that Kumaraswamy has done u-turn. He has already cleared that he has to discuss with the Congress as it is a coalition government. Why people are making hue and cry about this, he asked.
“I am not Yeddyurappa to keep silent on farmers issue. I will place what are the guidelines I have prepared to waive off the farmers loans. But the farmers should not fall prey to the conspiracy of BJP. Not only farmers loan issue, I need to find solutions to many other issues. Till I am the Chief Minister, I will be taking pro-people decisions though it is a coalition government. There is no need to be panic. I will try to ensure effective governance in the state”, he said.
“I have taken oath in the name of farmers. I will not do injustice to them. I have that commitment. I don’t need to take advice from Yeddyurappa and BJP leaders. I will not be in politics if such situation arises”, he said.
He has met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed various issues. He sought his cooperation for the development of the state. The state Thermal Power Corporation has coal which will suffice only for two days for Raichur, Yeramarus and Bellary thermal power stations. So, he has asked the Prime Minister to direct the Coal Ministry to supply the coal immediately, he said.
Modi, having experience as Gujarat chief minister and Prime Minister, has given some useful suggestions on how to move in the politics, Kumaraswamy said.
JDS national general secretary Danish Ali, MLA Bandeppa Kashempur and others were present.
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Raipur, Nov 14: An IndiGo flight from Nagpur to Kolkata with 187 passengers on board was forced to make an emergency landing at the Raipur airport on Thursday morning after one of the passengers told the crew there was a "bomb" on the aircraft, officials said.
After landing at the airport in Chhattisgarh, the aeroplane was thoroughly checked by security personnel, but nothing suspicious was found. The passenger who gave false information about the presence of a "bomb" on the aircraft was later arrested, they said.
The flight 6E-812, with 187 passengers and six crew members on board, landed at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur sometime after 9 am following the passenger's claim, said Raipur Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Santosh Singh.
As per preliminary information, a passenger, identified as Animesh Mandal, told aircraft crew members about the presence of a "bomb" in the flight when it was mid-air, he said.
The Air Traffic Control was immediately informed and the flight was diverted to Raipur. Upon landing, the aircraft was immediately taken to the isolation bay for mandatory security checks, the police official said.
A police team along with a bomb detection and disposal squad reached the airport. All passengers were deboarded and the aircraft and luggage in it were thoroughly checked by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and Raipur police personnel, he said.
After a thorough inspection, the claim about the presence of a bomb was found to be false, Singh said.
Mandal, a resident of Nagpur, was questioned by the Raipur police and later placed under arrest, said the SSP without elaborating on the motive behind the claim.
The accused was booked under section 351 (4) (the offence of criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication, or having taken precaution to conceal the name or abode of the person from whom the threat comes) and provisions of the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act, 1982, he said, adding further investigation was underway.
The flight departed for Kolkata at around 12 noon, airport officials said.
On October 24, a bomb threat was issued to an Alliance Air flight from Kolkata to Bilaspur (Chhattisgarh) following which the aircraft was checked at the Bilaspur airport, but nothing suspicious was found.