Party high command wants to "finish off' Yediyurappa politically: BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal
Bengaluru: Ruling BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal on Tuesday added that the party’s central leadership was keen on “finishing off” CM BS Yediyurappa politically and that the state was suffering due to the internal politics.
Yatnal asserted that there were two power centres in the party, one in Delhi and the other one in Bengaluru. He further added that the tussle between the two was hurting the state which was struggling for rehabilitation after it was hit by severe floods.
"Two power centres have emerged - one in Delhi and second one in Bengaluru. We are the victims of their fight. This is not I am saying, but people have started thinking on these lines. This is a target based politics. Just to finish off a person, you cannot finish Karnataka," he told reporters here.
Yatnal also apparently warned the central leadership that the future of the party in Karnataka was in one man’s hand and added that the Centre cannot deny flood relief aid to the state and refuse to meet the CM. He was referring to the alleged failed attempts of Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to meet Modi to seek central aid for the flood relief works.
"Despite so much (of damage due to floods in Karnataka), if he tweets about Bihar and does not tweet about us, how will we answer to the people of Karnataka? Being a BJP MLA, I am also answerable to the people", he said.
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Karnataka Lokayukta officials nab two government officers for accepting bribes
Bengaluru, Dec 19: A revenue inspector was allegedly caught red-handed on Thursday while accepting a bribe of Rs 4 lakh for entering the names of legal heirs in the RTC column, officials said.
The action followed a trap laid by Lokayukta police officials in Mulki taluk of Mangaluru.
According to the officials, the complainant alleged that the Revenue Inspector of Mulki had demanded Rs 4 lakh to make the necessary entries in the Record of Rights, Tenancy and Crops (RTC) column.
"The accused government officer was apprehended, and the bribe amount was recovered. An investigation is in progress," an official stated.
In a separate incident, Lokayukta police in Bidar laid a similar trap based on a complaint alleging that a government land surveyor at the Assistant Director of Land Records and Survey (ADLR) office had demanded Rs 1.5 lakh to survey a piece of land and issue Form 10 in Wadgaon (D) village of Aurad taluk, Bidar district.
The accused officer was caught accepting a Rs 75,000 bribe, officials said.
"The officer was apprehended, and the bribe amount was recovered. Further investigation is underway," they added.
