Satish Jarkiholi should become CM: Siddaramaiah
Bagalkot, Dec 19: Batting in favour of his staunch follower, former chief minister and Congress-JDS coalition government coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah said that former minister Satish Jarkiholi should become the chief minister of the state.
Speaking at a Valmiki Jayanti programme at Badami in the district on Wednesday, Siddaramaiah said that “why Satish Jarkiholi should not become the chief minister? No one is permanent. I believe in social justice. He should also become the chief minister once. I have dragged the social justice rath with all efforts till this point. If it is possible, drag it further. Otherwise, leave it there only. Never ever try to pull it back by listening to somebody. Wheel has to roll down and it should not stop for any reason”, Siddaramaiah said.
Everyone will get chance
Responding to the issue of becoming CM, Satish Jarkiholi said that “everyone in the society would get a chance. But one has to wait for it. Let us see it in future. Minister post is not a must to do development works. Without it, I can do my work. I don’t know about dropping Ramesh Jarkiholi from the Cabinet. Cabinet expansion is fixed on December 22. We will wait till that time. As of now, I am not the aspirant for minister post. My supporters have demanded minister post for me. But it is left to the party high command to give or not. It is better if the Cabinet is expanded. The prediction of Opposition party that the coalition government will collapse after Cabinet expansion will not come true”, he said.
The decision on who should be inducted or dropped from the Cabinet would be decided in New Delhi. He would not accept that north Karnataka was neglected. He would also try to ensure justice in a phased manner, he added.
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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.
