Octogenarian dies after being hit by BMTC bus in Whitefield
Bengaluru (PTI): An 80-year-old man died here after being allegedly hit by a speeding electric bus operated by the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), police said.
The incident occurred at around 8.15 pm near the MVJ College bus stand on Channasandra Main Road on August 31.
According to police, Shankara Narayana Shastri was crossing the road near the bus stop when the bus, driven by 39-year-old Gangaraju, allegedly travelling at high speed from Hope Farm Junction towards Channasandra, struck him.
Shastri sustained serious head and limb injuries and was rushed to a hospital in Whitefield, where he succumbed to his injuries the same night, a senior police officer said.
Citing a preliminary investigation, police said the accident was caused due to the “rash and negligent driving” of the bus driver.
A case has been registered at the Mahadevapura traffic police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and the driver has been arrested in connection with the incident, police added.
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BJP using women's quota bill as front to pass Delimitation Bill that will break India: Mamata
Cooch Behar (WB) (PTI): Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre was using the proposed amendment to the women's quota law in Parliament as a front for the Delimitation Bill that would "break the country into pieces".
The TMC will fight this Central government's move at every step, she asserted at her party's poll rally here.
The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill to tweak the women's quota law, along with the Delimitation Bill and the Union Territories Laws (Amendment) Bill, to implement the proposed amended women's quota law, in the Union territories of Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir, were introduced in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
According to the Constitution amendment bill, Lok Sabha seats will be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
Seats will also be increased in state and Union territory assemblies to accommodate 33 per cent reservation for women.
Opposing the Centre's move, Banerjee alleged that "the BJP brought the Delimitation Bill while keeping the women's reservation bill at the front".
"The BJP is trying to increase the number of seats in the Lok Sabha to nearly 850 through the Delimitation Bill. It will break the country into pieces," the TMC supremo said.
She also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not speaking the truth about the development of north Bengal at a BJP rally last week.
"The prime minister said nothing was done for the development of north Bengal. But we spent Rs 1.72 lakh crore on the development of the region," Banerjee said and asked Modi to cross-check data before making such remarks.
