Why Santosh Patil committed suicide in Udupi?: CT Ravi raises question over contractor's suicide
Vijayapura: Raising doubts over the alleged suicide of contractor Santosh Patil which led to the resignation K. S. Eshwarappa from his Ministry, BJP National General Secretary, C. T. Ravi on Friday questioned why the contractor chose to committee suicide only in Udupi and not any other place?
“I have serious doubt over the whole incident. Firstly, there is no answer to the question as to why he committed suicide in Udupi only. Secondly, whether the death note forwarded on WhatsApp was typed by Santosh himself before the death or somebody else did that on his behalf after his death. Thirdly, why did he choose to stay in a separate room in the hotel while all of his friends stayed together”, he asked.
Ravi however said that only the autopsy report will give answers to all these questions.
Asked whether he will seek a CBI probe, he said that since there is no demand for it either from the family of the deceased or from the general public, thus, I do not think that a CBI probe is needed. However he said that based on the situation, the CM will take appropriate decisions.
On the resignation of K. S. Eshwarappa from the Ministry, Ravi said that he welcomed the decision stating that the former took the decision on moral grounds and not because the opposition was demanding.
On the allegations of the Karnataka State Contractors’ Association that they have been demanded 40% commission by the government officials and the elected representatives, Ravi refuted all the allegations.
On the contrary he doubted that someone else is instigating the state president of the association to make allegations against the government.
Admitting that corruption exists in the system, he however blamed the Congress for nurturing corruption and making it a huge problem.
Claiming that the BJP is a secular party which never does politics on communal grounds, Ravi said that it is Congress that has been doing appeasement politics for the vote of Muslims.
Addressing media persons on Friday, he said the Congress has been doing only appeasement politics which its projects as secularism.
“It is time we should change the definition of secularism and communalism. The Congress projects appeasement as secularism and the BJP which believes in religious equality, projects as communalism. What kind of justice is it? If the Congress stands for Hijab then it is a secular party, but when the BJP stands for uniformity in schools, then the Congress calls it communalism. This is not acceptable at all”, he said.
“When Harsha and Chandru were killed, the Congress stayed quiet but when some watermelons of Muslim vendors were destroyed, the Congress started feeling pain for people. This is nothing but selective politics”, he said.
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Mandya: Four of family killed on spot in Airavat bus-car collision on Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway
Mandya: Four members of a family were killed on the spot in an accident reported on Thursday on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway stretch near Tubinakere in the taluk, where a state transport bus hit the car they were traveling in.
The deceased are identified as Raje Urs (51), his wife Nischitha (45), relative Chandru (62) and Chandru’s wife Suvedini Rani (50).
They were traveling from Bengaluru to Mysuru when an Airavat bus of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) hit their car near Tubinakere, situated in the jurisdiction limits of Mandya Rural Police Station. The car is reported to be completely damaged due to the intensity of the collision.
DIG (South Division) Boralingayya and Mandya Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baladandi have visited the accident site and conducted an inspection.
