Senior BJP leaders absent from oath taking ceremony of cabinet ministers; hints at internal dispute
Bengaluru: BJP Government led by BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday formed the cabinet of minister with 17 MLAs taking oath as the cabinet ministers. The reports however add that some party loyalists are not happy with the selection of candidates for the ministers as they believe that senior leaders have been ignored in formation of the cabinet.
Reports of internal rift among the party leaders regarding ministerial berths were rife for some time now but on Tuesday it was further fuelled by absence of several senior BJP leaders from the oath taking ceremony.
The list of absentees included seniors leaders like Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Umesh Katti, Murugesh Nirani, Renukacharya, G H Thippareddy and others.
Sullia MLA S Angara, Rajugouda, Prabhu Patil and around 10 MLAs have expressed their dissent against party’s senior leaders.
Leaders who were in the race for getting ministerial berths in the cabinet including Balachandra Jaraihuli, Raju Gowda, CP Yogeshwar were also absent from the oath taking ceremony.
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LPG hoarders nabbed with 74 cylinders in Delhi's Mahipalpur
New Delhi (PTI): Three men were arrested in southwest Delhi's Mahipalpur for allegedly hoarding LPG cylinders to sell them at a premium price, police said on Sunday.
They were identified as Krishna, Dinesh Sahu, and Mithilesh, aged 33, 46, and 39, all from Bihar but living in Delhi.
The police seized 74 LPG cylinders – 70 domestic and four commercial - along with a transport vehicle and refilling equipment in the raid on Saturday, an officer said.
"The trio was engaged in illegally storing LPG cylinders and supplying them to local customers without bills or licences. They allegedly used metal pipes to transfer gas from multiple filled cylinders into empty ones to manipulate supply and increase margins," the officer said.
"During the search, a large number of LPG cylinders, weighing machines and gas transfer equipment were found. The accused failed to produce any valid documents for storage or distribution of the cylinders," the officer said.
Among the recovered items were 54 filled and 16 used domestic cylinders, three filled and one used commercial cylinder, an electronic weighing scale, two hanging weighing machines and equipment used for refilling gas.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Essential Commodities Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita at Vasant Kunj North police station.
The three have been living in Delhi for over two decades and were allegedly involved in the illegal LPG trade in the Mahipalpur area for the past three years, the police said.
