Yediyurappa has formed the government without people's mandate: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and CLP leader Siddaramaiah on Monday added that the allegations that the state had no development during the last 14 months when the coalition government was in power were false and that the coalition government was working towards serving the people of the state in all its capacity.
Speaking about Yediyurappa, the former CM said “Yediyurappa has promised good governance, I welcome that, he has said that there will no hate politics under his government, I welcome that too. The government should work towards serving the people of the state. I tried to do that during my tenure, Kumaraswamy tried to do it during his tenure as the CM”.
He further added that Yediyurappa had not become the CM with public mandate. “He has never become the CM with public mandate, even this time it is not with public’s mandate. He has formed the government every time without having majority. I hope he continues as the CM for more days than earlier” he said while adding that he believes he will not continue as the CM for a long time.
“There is no majority with them, they have just formed the government without mandate. Against the democracy and against the will of the people of the state” Siddaramaiah said.
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Three arrested for gangrape, blackmail of college student in Bengaluru
Ramanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Three men have been arrested for allegedly gangraping a 19-year-old college student and blackmailing her using a video of the assault, police said on Thursday.
The incident occurred in October at the house of one of the accused in Magadi taluk of Bengaluru South district, they added.
Of the three accused, two are college students, while the third is an electrician by profession, police said.
According to police, the woman came into contact with the prime accused, also a college student, around six to seven months ago.
He befriended her, gained her confidence, and later entered into a relationship with her after promising marriage.
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On the pretext of the relationship, he allegedly established a physical relationship with her and secretly recorded the act on his mobile phone without her knowledge.
He later showed the video to his friends, who are co-accused in the case, a senior police officer said.
In October, the prime accused allegedly threatened and blackmailed the woman using the video clip of their intimate moments and forced her to comply with his demands.
He then allegedly sexually assaulted her along with the other two accused. The assault was also recorded, police said.
The video was later circulated on WhatsApp by one of the accused, they added.
Unable to bear the harassment, the victim informed her parents and approached the police.
Based on her complaint, a case was registered on December 17 at the Magadi police station under Sections 64 (rape), 70 (gangrape) and 71 (punishment for repeat offenders) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police said.
Bengaluru South District Superintendent of Police Srinivas Gowda said all three accused were arrested.
"Two of them are students, and one is employed. All three were known to the victim and had been acquainted with her for more than a couple of months," he said.
