Protesting against Muslim member's election as president, 15 Panchayat members resign in Karnataka
Raichur: In what has come as a major development, 15 panchayat members have tendered their collective resignation in RH 01 gram panchayat of Sindhanur taluk in the district. The mass resignation comes in the aftermath of a Muslim man being elected as the gram panchayat president.
RH Camp 1 Panchayat, which comprises a total of 38 members, has only one Muslim member, Rahmat Pasha, who was supported by the Congress. The post of President, though reserved for the general category, was allocated to Rahmat Pasha, leading to discontent among 15 members backed by the BJP and JD(S).
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According to a member of the Gram Panchayat who spoke to the media, claimed that some members cast their votes without due consideration due to political pressure during the presidential election held on August 3.
Among the total of 38 seats in RH Camp 1 Panchayat, 30 seats belong to the general category, 7 to SC/ST and backward categories, and only one seat member belongs from Muslim community.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
