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Karnataka BJP rift: Unperturbed Yeddyurappa says ‘mission 150’ in mind

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Shivamogga: Amid the bitter feud brewing within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka unit, state party chief B.S. Yeddyurappa on Sunday pinned his hope on his colleague P. Muralidhar Rao and said the saffron party’s only aim was to secure majority in the upcoming Assembly elections.

Rao, who is in-charge of the BJP’s affairs in Karnataka, has been sent by BJP president Amit Shah to sort out the warring factions – one headed by Yedurappa and the other by K.S. Eshwarappa.

“I don’t want to discuss anything about the present development. Our president Amit Shah has already sent Muralidhar Rao, the state in charge, to judge the situation and submit a report.We just have the target of 150 in our mind. Nothing else,” Yedurappa said.

The former chief minster’s remark came even as three BJP members were relieved from their functions from the party.

Party functionaries M.B. Bhanuprakash, Nirmal Kumar Surana, M.P. Renukacharya and G. Madhusudan were relieved of their posts.

On Thursday, around 24 party leaders held a ‘Save BJP’ conference and criticised the leadership of Yeddyurappa.

(ANI)

Reshuffle in Cong; Venugopal replaces Digvijay as Karnataka party in-charge

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New Delhi: Initiating changes in the Congress, party chief Sonia Gandhi Saturday removed senior leader Digvijay Singh as party’s general secretary in-charge of poll- bound Karnataka and Goa and replaced him with Rahul-loyalist K C Venugopal in the southern state.

Gandhi also elevated AICC secretary A Chella Kumar as incharge of Goa, replacing Singh who was embroiled in a fiasco in government formation in the coastal state.

Another party leader Madhusudan Mistry ceased to be a general secretary after he was made a member of the party’s Central Election Authority for holding the organisational polls later this year.

“Congress President Sonia Gandhi has assigned the tasks of looking after Karnataka and Goa affairs to new AICC teams.

While K C Venugopal has been made general secretary incharge of Karnataka, A Chella Kumar has been made AICC incharge of Goa,” party general secretary Janaradan Dwivedi said in a statement.

Venugopal, the Lok Sabha MP from Alappuzha in Kerala and the party’s deputy whip in the Lok Sabha, is a confidante of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.

He will be assisted by four secretaries to take care of Karnataka affairs–Manickam Tagore, PC Vishnunadh, Madhu Yashki Goud and Sake Sailjanath.

In Goa, where the party failed to form its government despite getting 17 seats, Chella Kumar has been made the AICC incharge of Goa, while Amit Deshmukh will be the Secretary AICC of the state.

As Congress’s Goa unit incharge, Singh failed in government formation while the BJP retained power after getting only 13 seats.

Singh’s inaction evoked widespread criticism within the party, which had accused the BJP of creating an “artificial majority” to form its government.

Though removal of Singh, considered close to the Gandhis has shocked many, he continues to be general secretary incharge of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Meanwhile, Mistry also ceased to be the party’s general secretary as he was made a member of the Central Election Authority.

“The Congress president has approved the composition of the Central Organisational Election Authority of the AICC.

Mullapally Ramachandran will be its Chairman and Bhubaneshwar Kalita and Madhusudan Mistry will be its members,” Dwivedi said in another statement.

“Since Mistry has become the member of Central Election Authority, he will not hold any organisational post as per the party’s Constitution,” the statement said.

Gandhi also formed an Advisory Committee of CEA in which Shamsher Singh Dullo, Rajya Sabha MP, Ashk Ali Taq, former MP and Biren Singh Engti, MP, have been made members.

Gandhi had earlier appointed former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot as party’s general secretary incharge of Gujarat, slated to go to polls later this year, removing party leader Gurudas Kamat from the post.

Some more changes are expected in other states like Himachal Pradesh which goes to polls later this year along with Gujarat.

(PTI)

Two Muslim men Beaten to Death in Assam on Suspicion of ‘Cow Theft’ in Assam

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Guwahati: In yet another incident of violent cow vigilantism, two men were beaten to death by a mob on suspicion of stealing cattle in Assam’s Nagaon district. Two men were detained and were being questioned.

Senior police officials told PTI that the victims were aged between 20 and 25.

The mob continuously thrashed them with sticks while chasing them for about 1.5 km, from Kasamari in Nagaon police station area to Jajori police station area, he said.

Asked if it was a case of “cow vigilantism”, Upadhay said a lot of cattle thefts had been reported in the area. “In this case, I got reports that some people saw the two men trying to take away cows from the field and called more people from the village. When a large crowd gathered, they started thrashing them badly,” he told PTI.

He assured of an “impartial enquiry” into the episode.

The incident comes weeks after a 55-year-old man was lynched by alleged cow vigilantes in Rajasthan’s Alwar, leading to uproar in Parliament and demands of action against ‘cow vigilantes’.

(With PTI inputs)

Army JCO, BSF jawan killed as Pak fires rockets at BSF post

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Jammu: An army JCO and a BSF head constable were today killed and another soldier was injured as Pakistan fired rockets at a forward defence location (FDL) post of the paramilitary force along the LoC in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.

The ceasefire violation took place around 8:30 AM. A junior commissioned officer of the army and a BSF head constable were killed in the attack, a senior officer of the paramilitary force said. “At about 0830 hours, there was heavy firing from Pakistani (army) posts at BSF posts along the LoC in Krishnagati sector of Poonch district with rockets and automatic weapons,” the officer said.

Another BSF jawan was injured in the firing. Troops guarding the border line retaliated effectively, the officer said. Pakistani troops breached the truce along the Line of Control in Poonch and Rajouri sectors seven times last month.

They violated the ceasefire in Poonch sector on April 19 and shelled mortars on forward posts in Noushera sector on April 17. Pakistan had resorted to firing in the same sector on April 8, in Poonch district on April 5, in Bhimbher Gali (BG) sector on April 4 and twice on April 3 in Balakote and (Digwar) Poonch sectors.

(Agencies)

Telangana police has set up bogus ISIS website to radicalise Muslim youth: Digvijaya Singh

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Hyderabad: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has once again triggered a controversy after he claimed that Telangana Police has set up a bogus Islamic State website to radicalise Muslim youth and encourage them to join terror modules.

Digvijay tweeted: “Telangana Police has set up a bogus ISIS site which is radicalising Muslim Youths and encouraging them to become ISIS Modules.”

“It was on their information that MP Police arrested accused who were responsible for the bomb blast in train in Shajapur District of MP.”

“It also resulted in Saifullaha encounter in Kanpur the same day.”

“The issue is whether Telangana Police should be trapping Muslim Youths in becoming ISIS modules by posting inflammatory information?”

“Is It Ethical? Is it Moral? Has KCR authorised Telangana Police to trap Muslim Youths and encourage them to join ISIS?”

“If he has then shouldn’t he own the responsibility and resign?”

“If he hasn’t then shouldn’t he enquire and punish those who are responsible for committing such a heinous crime?”

The Telangana Police have issued a strong rebuttal to the claims made by Digvijaya.

Telangana DGP tweeted: “Unfounded allegations from a senior responsible leader will lower the morale and image of Police engaged in fighting anti-national forces.”

The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti has also slammed Digvijaya Singh.

KT Rama Rao, a minister in the state government and son of CM K Chandrashekhar Rao, tweeted: “Most irresponsible & reprehensible thing coming from a former CM. Request you to withdraw these comments unconditionally or provide evidence.”

The TRS is now mulling legal action against the Congress leader.

(Agencies)

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