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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11 more bodies retrieved from Arunachal accident site
Itanagar (PTI): Eleven more bodies were retrieved on Saturday from the deep gorge in Arunachal Pradesh's Anjaw district, where a mini-truck on which 22 labourers from Assam were travelling fell, an official said.
With this, 17 bodies have been recovered from the accident site, Anjaw's deputy commissioner Milo Kojin said.
He said three more bodies will be brought out on Sunday.
The operation, being conducted by a joint team of the NDRF and Army, resumed at 6 am.
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"The retrieval process was extremely difficult because of the treacherous terrain, and the gorge is very deep," Kojin said.
The operation was suspended around 4 pm due to low visibility and will be resumed on Sunday morning, he said.
"One person is still missing, and a search operation will be carried out tomorrow," he added.
The accident happened on the evening of December 8, around 40 km from Hayuliang towards Chaglagam in the district. On the evening of December 10, one survivor managed to climb out of the gorge and reach a nearby Border Roads Task Force (BRTF) labour camp, following which the authorities were alerted.
Six bodies were recovered from the gorge on Friday and handed over to their families on Saturday.
