Why bother about us collecting funds from ticket-aspirants: DK Shivakumar to BJP
Bengaluru, Nov 4: Congress in Karnataka questioned the ruling BJP as to why it was bothered about the Congress collecting money from candidates aspiring for a ticket to contest the Assembly election which is less than six months away.
"The BJP collected election bond because it is in power but there is no one to give up the election bond. Hence, we are collecting from our party workers but why should it pain the BJP?," Congress's Karnataka president D K Shivakumar sought to know while talking to reporters.
The Congress recently announced that those aspiring for a ticket would have to buy a form for Rs 5,000. The general category candidates would have to pay Rs 2 lakh, and scheduled caste and scheduled tribes Rs one lakh towards party fund through demand draft.
"Despite the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president having assets worth crores of rupees, the Congress is going to loot lakhs of rupees from the ticket-aspirants. This will empty the pockets of the aspirants, yet those empty pockets will not get tickets," the BJP tweeted on Friday.
Shivakumar said he is not bothered about comments passed by the BJP leaders and that the Congress would continue to collect funds.
To a query, the Congress State president said no party leader has expressed displeasure over the fund collection.
He said those unhappy with the move should not stay in the party.
"We took this conscious decision keeping everyone in mind. This is related to our party. Our party has to survive," Shivakumar said.
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HAL hands over four ALH Mk III Maritime helicopters to Indian Coast Guard
Bengaluru (PTI): HAL on Friday said it has handed over four ALH Mk III Maritime Role helicopters to the Indian Coast Guard at an event held here.
The company said it has met the delivery timeline and further strengthened the Indian Coast Guard’s maritime capabilities.
Helicopter documents were handed over by the Office of the Regional Director, Aeronautical Quality Assurance (ORDAQA), and the Helicopter Division to the Coast Guard squadrons of Kochi and Porbandar, it said in a release, adding that these deliveries are part of the nine ALH Mk III (MR) helicopters contract signed in March 2024.
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited said it had delivered 16 ALH Mk III (MR) helicopters to the Indian Coast Guard by 2022, and an additional order for six more helicopters was signed in March 2026.
The ALH Mk III (MR) is the maritime variant of the indigenous Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter.
It is a multi-role, twin-engine helicopter equipped for demanding maritime operations, including maritime surveillance, search and rescue, casualty evacuation, coastal security, law enforcement, VIP travel, troop transport, logistics, and anti-piracy operations.
Equipped with advanced avionics, a modern glass cockpit, and night operation capability, the ALH Mk III (MR) significantly strengthens the Indian Coast Guard’s operational readiness across diverse maritime scenarios, it added.
