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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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
