Will come out with report on fulfillment of promises made in 2018 BJP manifesto: CM Bommai
Mysuru (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said his government will come out with an "action taken report" during the upcoming state budget, regarding the fulfilment of the promises made by the ruling BJP, ahead of the 2018 assembly polls.
The Congress, especially Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah has repeatedly attacked the BJP government claiming that the party had given 600 promises in its election manifesto, but hardly 10 percent of them had been fulfilled.
The Congress, Siddaramaiah claimed, had given 165 assurances in 2013 and of them 158 were fulfilled during its five-year-rule
"We will give a report about all that during the budget, what we said, what we have done. We will give an action taken report," Bommai said in response to a question regarding manifesto promises fulfilled by the government.
Bommai will table his government's last budget on February 17.
Responding to a question by reporters on BJP's candidate list, while pointing out that JD(S) has announced the first list and Congress preparing one, the Chief Minister said, "We have a different election strategy, we need not do as they do, we will do our strategy. Ours is a different strategy."
The JD(S) has already announced its first list of 93 candidates, while Congress and BJP are yet to finalise.
Reacting to Congress leaders saying that they will retire, if unable to fulfill their election promises, Bommai said, "They themselves are speaking about political retirement, we did not ask for it. If they are themselves speaking about it, it reflects the situation they are in. Like face is the index of mind."
Siddaramaiah and other senior party leaders have claimed that they will retire from politics and "go home", in case they are not able to fulfill promises made to people, if voted to power in Karnataka, in the Assembly polls due by May.
The Congress has recently announced Gruha Jyoti scheme', under which all households will get 200 units of free electricity every month and also Gruha Lakshmi scheme', a promise to provide Rs 2,000 every month to women-led households.
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Bus helper held for stealing USD 1,600 from Iranian woman's purse in Delhi; money recovered
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested a bus helper and recovered USD 1,600 that was allegedly stolen from the purse of an Iranian woman who had forgotten it on a private bus at ISBT Kashmere Gate, an official said on Sunday.
The incident came to light on December 15, when a complaint was lodged at the ISBT Kashmere Gate police post by Dr Ali Akbar Shah, a professor at Delhi University and a resident of Mukherjee Nagar, the police said.
He informed police that his guest, Fareshteh Sayanjali, an Iranian national, had arrived in India on December 13 and was staying at his residence, they said.
The woman had travelled to Uttarakhand's Rishikesh and was returning to Delhi on December 15 in a bus. While de-boarding at ISBT Kashmere Gate around 1.45 pm, she inadvertently left her purse on the bus seat, the police officer said.
After some time, she received a phone call from the bus operator informing her that the purse had been found in the vehicle. However, when the purse was handed back to her, she discovered that USD 1,600 in cash kept inside was missing," the officer added.
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Based on Dr Shah's statement, an FIR was registered at Kashmere Gate police station on December 16, and an investigation was taken up, police said.
During the investigation, the team questioned the driver and conductor of the bus in which the woman had travelled, police said.
During questioning, the conductor told police that Monish, the bus helper, found the purse lying abandoned on a seat and handed it over to him, police said.
Monish initially attempted to mislead the investigators, but later confessed to stealing the US dollars from the purse, police said
Following his disclosure, Monish was arrested on December 17 and recovered the entire stolen amount, police said.
The accused, Monish, 26, is a resident of Jahangirpuri in north Delhi.
He has studied up to Class 10 and has been working as a helper with the private bus service for the past year, they said.
