Senior Minister R Ashoka dismisses talk of leadership change in Karnataka
Belagavi, Dec 24: Seeking to put an end to speculation about possible leadership change in Karnataka, Revenue Minister R Ashoka on Friday said the BJP would face the next election under the leadership of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
There were rumours in some quarters in recent times that Bommai may go abroad for knee operation.
"We will face the next election under his (Bommai) leadership. There is no doubt about it. He is 100 per cent our leader," Ashoka told reporters here.
The minister dismissed as "mischief" the rumours of Bommai going abroad for his knee operation.
He said doctors have advised him that he will be cured here in India without operation.
"Some mischievous news is being spread. Thousand per cent he (Bommai) is not going abroad for treatment," Ashoka added.
The Chief Minister turned emotional in his home town Shiggaon in Haveri district a few days ago and said he was aware of the fact that posts and positions were not forever, raising eyebrows.
"Nothing is eternal in this world. This life itself is not forever. We don't know how long we will be here in such a situation, these posts and positions are also not forever. I am aware of this fact every moment," Bommai had said.
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Medical student jumps to death from Indore hostel; police launch probe
Indore (MP) (PTI): A postgraduate student of a government-run medical college in Indore allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of the institute's hostel in the wee hours of Monday, police said.
The deceased, identified as Aman Patel (28), was a native of Jabalpur and was pursuing an MD (Medicine) course from the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Tushar Singh told PTI.
"Prima facie, it appears Patel jumped from the sixth floor of the boys' hostel in the Sanyogitaganj area at around 2 am on Monday," he said.
However, no eyewitness has come forward, and no suicide note was recovered from the spot, the official said.
The police were questioning other students residing in the hostel and people known to Patel, but no information has surfaced so far suggesting that he was under stress, Singh said.
The body has been sent for post-mortem examination, and its report will provide more clarity about the death, he said.
All aspects of the student's death were being investigated, the official added.
