'PayCS' posters targeting Karnataka Agriculture Minister Chaluvarayaswamy appear in Mandya
Mandya (PTI): Taking a cue from the Karnataka Congress unit's campaign before assembly election, posters of 'PayCS' with a QR Code emerged in public places in the district headquarters town of Mandya targeting state Agriculture Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy on Thursday over alleged corruption.
The police removed the posters and detained some persons who are said to be BJP workers.
The opposition BJP as well as the JD(S) have distanced themselves from the "poster campaign" claiming that it is a 'people's movement' and they have nothing to do with it.
According to police sources, several posters with a QR code with an image of Chaluvarayaswamy surfaced at public places on Thursday.
A copycat of the UPI app PayTM's style, which the Congress party had spoofed in its 'PayCM' campaign targeting then Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai before the Assembly elections, the 'PayCS' poster similarly accuses Chaluvarayaswamy, who is the Mandya district in-charge minister, of collecting bribes.
The poster read: "PayCS, Six to eight lakh rupees accepted here. Scan this QR Code to make Chaluvaraya Swamy pay for Karnataka Congress. For any transfer deal, PAYCS KARO!"
Mandya BJP district president C P Umesh told PTI, "It's not a BJP campaign. I came to know that some youth said to be BJP workers have been detained. I am yet to get details of the arrest but we are not involved. The people of Mandya have stood up against the Minister."
A JD(S) leader said his party has no role in the campaign.
"There are many problems within the Mandya Congress unit. It could be the handiwork of such people only," he told PTI.
Recently, seven assistant directors of the agriculture department in Mandya allegedly wrote to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot accusing Minister Chaluvaraya Swamy of demanding Rs six lakh to Rs eight lakh through the joint director.
The Governor forwarded it to Chief Secretary Vandita Sharma, asking her to take appropriate action.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Chaluvarayaswamy and the Agriculture Joint Director of Mandya district called the letter sent to the Governor "fake".
Siddaramaiah later ordered a CID inquiry into the purported letter.
The chief minister called it a fake letter and blamed the BJP and their 'brother', an apparent reference to the JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, for "creating it".
Chaluvarayaswamy also called on the Governor and told him that the letter was fake.
He also requested him to enquire about such letters in future before sending them to the government.
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Delhi govt making every effort to ensure waterlogging-free monsoon, says CM Gupta
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi government is making every effort, including deploying automatic pumps and personnel at vulnerable spots, to ensure that the national capital remains free from waterlogging during monsoon, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Friday.
Accompanied by Public Works Department Minister Parvesh Verma, the chief minister inspected the waterlogging-prone Minto Bridge underpass to take stock of the preparations for monsoon.
"Automatic pumps have been deployed here that will flush out water during heavy rain and a 2.5-kilometre-long pipeline has been laid to carry the accumulated water out. Operators will also be on round-the-clock duty" Gupta said.
Vulnerable spots have been identified and corrective measures are being taken. The Delhi government will take every step in a time-bound manner to ensure there is no waterlogging this year, she told reporters.
Gupta will also inspect monsoon preparedness at other major waterlogging points, including Ring Road near the WHO building and the Pul Prahladpur underpass.
