Siddaramaiah lashes out at PM Modi, FM Nirmala Sitharaman, says Centre failed K'taka during crisis
Bagalkot: Lashing out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman, Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah has asserted that, it is inequitable that the central government failed to release the state’s GST share and flood relief funds when the state government is reeling under financial crisis.
He started his two-day visit to Badami, where he represents the constituency, with visiting flood-hit areas on Monday. It is his first to Badami since June 4.
Speaking to the reporters, Siddaramaiah pointed that, “Narendra Modi being the Prime Minister of the country has failed to visit the flood-hit areas instead he preferred spending luxurious life at his residence. Though the state had shown Rs 35,000 crore revenue loss due to historic floods in 2019 – it failed to sanction the sufficient flood relief funds. Even this year the state witnessed floods but the Centre has failed to provide any assistance.”
“With a deficit in funds, even the development works are hit in the state. The Chief Minister has switched himself into the silent mode as he failed to get the expected financial support from the central government. We will raise the issue in the upcoming session” Siddaramaiah further added.
Drug Mafia:
Responding to the allegations labeled against him by Minister CT Ravi, who shared a picture of suspected drug peddler Shaikh Fazil with Siddaramaiah and MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan to add that the drug peddler had political connections with the KPCC top brass, Siddaramaiah noted “Thousands of people will take photos with us and even burglars will pose - it doesn’t mean that we are involved with them or helping them to indulge in illegal activities.”
“Accused having a photo with us is not important, instead, having sufficient evidence to prove the allegations is important. While the ruling party leaders are claiming Zameer Ahmed is indulged in burg businesses they should have enough evidence before making allegations. If saffron cadre is wishing to play photo politics than there are many photos - where accused actress Ragini Dwivedi is campaigning with BJP leaders including CM’s son Vijayendra. Does this mean all these leaders are indulged in the drug mafia? The former CM of the state questioned.
“It is the job of the government and police to put an end to the deeply rooted drug business in the state. We offer complete support to the government to initiate stringent action against those people including political leaders indulged with the drug mafia,” reiterated Siddaramaiah.
Hindi Imposition:
“We don’t have any objections to learning Hindi but the union government should not impose it against one's will. It is not the first time even earlier it was opposed. The Supreme Court has permitted the state’s to provide education in the regional language then why is the central government forcing on the non-Hindi speaking states?” Siddaramaiah asked.
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Two arrested in K'taka for assaulting minors, uploading CSAM content
Bengaluru (PTI): Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls, recording the acts on mobile phones and uploading the videos online as child sexual abuse material, police said on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Kiran Kumar (29), hailing from Chitradurga district, and Aditya M K (20), hailing from Shivamogga district, they said.
A probe was initiated after information was received from the NCRP portal regarding a suspected instance of creation of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) for online dissemination, police said.
Accordingly, a case was registered at Kaggalipura Police Station under relevant sections of the IT Act on May 10, they added.
Investigation revealed that two minor girl victims were exploited and videos were created and uploaded to the internet. The child victims have subsequently recorded their statements as per procedure and further necessary legal steps have been taken, Pronab Mohanty Director General of Police, Cyber Command, said in a statement.
Based on the statements of the victims, the accused persons, who allegedly assaulted the minors, recorded the acts on mobile phones and uploaded the videos online, were arrested, he said.
Following the probe, sections 65(2) (rape) and 70 (gangrape) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with relevant sections of the POCSO Act, have been added to the FIR, police said.
Officials collected relevant information and on May 12, arrested the accused persons and seized three mobile phones belonging to them, in which the videos had allegedly been recorded, he said.
The accused were later produced before the court and taken into police custody for further investigation, he added.
According to him, in CSAM cases, police usually apprehend offenders who have downloaded such content or have kept them in their possession after obtaining them from elsewhere, usually the internet.
"The present case is one of the very few instances where content creators and uploaders have been apprehended," Mohanty added.
