Report of clash between MLAs is far from truth: D.K. Shivakumar
Bengaluru, Jan 20: Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar brushed aside the media reports that Ballari Vijayanagar MLA Anand Singh and Kampli MLA Ganesh fought with each other.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Shivakumar said that both the MLAs were fine. They were in the resort. Some vested interests have spread rumours against them. They both would come before the media. It was true that there was some confusion between them. But he has resolved them yesterday. They were unhappy over the allotment of funds for their constituencies and it was not personal issue. It was far from truth, Shivakumar clarified.
BJP leaders came for studying drought condition. They have spent ten days in a resort in Gurugram in Haryana. They have experienced good weather there. Let them be good, he ridiculed.
The government has studied the drought situation in the state and taken measures to tackle it. Drinking water and fodder for cattle were being supplied. But the BJP MLAs were missing in their constituencies, he blasted.
Admitted to hospital due to chest pain
MLA Anand Singh was admitted to hospital as he complained chest pain and getting treatment. Instead of this, nothing was happened between them. Anand Singh sustained no injuries, clarified MP DK Suresh.
Speaking to reporters after enquiring the health of Anand Singh, Suresh said that rumours that Ganesh and Anand Singh clashed each other and Anand Singh was attacked was being telecast in the media. But that news was baseless. On Sunday at 7 am, Anand Singh himself came and admitted to a hospital in Sheshadripuram. Since he did not have proper sleep, his health condition was deteriorated. Now he is undergoing treatment, he said.
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Notices issued to Himachal conductor, driver for anti-Rahul Gandhi audio clip playing in govt bus
Shimla, Nov 30: After finding itself in soup over a CID enquiry on "missing samosas", the Himachal Pradesh government is again in a tight spot for issuing notices to a state roadways conductor and driver after an audio clip with defamatory remarks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was allegedly played in their bus.
A man in his complaint to the Chief Minister's Office said defamatory words were used against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and other leaders in an audio clip which was played in the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus plying between Shimla and Sanjauli on November 5.
In a letter to the conductor and driver of the bus on November 25, the HRTC sought explanation from them. The letter went viral on the internet.
Talking to reporters on Friday, HRTC Managing Director Rohan Chand Thakur said a routine complaint was received from a customer after which a fact finding enquiry was initiated. The enquiry was closed as the allegations were found baseless.
However, the wording of the explanation sought could have been better and the officers have been verbally conveyed to improve in the coming times, he added.
The defamatory words were allegedly used in a debate being played in the audio clip.
Reacting sharply to the letter, BJP MLA from Dharamshala, Sudhir Sharma, said the government should appoint marshals to stop audios being played in buses.
"Such decisions of the government are damaging the reputation of the state government as well as the state," he added.
Earlier, the state CID department had ordered an internal enquiry on the samosas which were brought for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during a function and by mistake were served to the his security staff. A senior police official had termed the faux pas as an anti-CID and ant-Government act.
