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The accused identified as Syed Suhel, Umar, Janid, Mudasir and Zahid were nabbed in sultanpalya in RT nagar where they had gathered for a meeting .

According to the police the accused were arrested in 2017 in a murder case and while at central prison the accused met the serial blast terror suspects and hatched a plan to carry out blasts in city .

After coming out on bail, the accused started executing the plan and gathered arms and ammunition and explosive substances.

The CCB officials recovered seven country made pistols 42 rounds of ammunition and two phones and several SIM cards from them.

Based on a tip off from central agencies, the CCB officials kept. Tab on the accused and arrested them, SD , Sharanappa, joint commissioner of police , said.

The accused are taken into custody for further investigation and efforts are onto track down others who possibly involved in the case.

BENGALURU:  In a major setback to the Congress government, the APMC Bill, which was passed in the Legislative Assembly, was referred to the Select Committee of the Council on Tuesday following opposition by BJP and JDS members.

Dropping the amendments made to the APMC Act was one of the key promises made by the Congress party in its election manifesto. As BJP has more members in the Upper House, the ruling Congress could not get the Bill passed. 

The minister stated that the laws were repealed by the Union Government and they were in force only in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. While other states, including some ruled by BJP, had withdrawn them.

“We are just implementing the laws that were in force in 2019. Due to the Act, we are unable to do a rate analysis or fix the minimum support price. It is not benefiting farmers as they are not earning more by selling their produce outside APMCs. Today, 162 APMCs are facing a crisis. There is a need to strengthen them and hence, this Bill has been tabled,” Patil said. He said the government received representations from 56 organisations of farmers seeking the withdrawal of changes made to the Act in 2020. 

BJP and JDS, however, opposed the Bill saying that it is the right of the farmer to sell his produce wherever he wants to. The Bill will benefit middlemen more than farmers. BJP MLC Kota Shrinivasa Poojari advised the government to withdraw the Bill or at least make appropriate changes keeping the option open for farmers to sell their produce anywhere.

As BJP opposed the Bill, Congress members said that they were opposing the stand of their leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi who withdrew the farm laws. Even JDS members, except GT Marithibbegowda, opposed the Bill.

The opposition parties proposed that the Bill be referred to the Select Committee. But Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs HK Patil said that it can’t be referred to the committee as the Council had discussed the Bill for three hours.

When Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti asked the government’s opinion on referring the Bill to the Select Committee, it replied in the negative. After this, Horatti initiated the voting process on the proposal to refer the Bill to the committee. While 31 members voted in favour of the proposal, 21 voted against it.

Hubballi: Ahead of the meeting of opposition parties in Bengaluru, senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said such gatherings have no political meaning, and many such meetings may take place in the days ahead, but will not have any impact.

The former Chief Minister said opposition parties don’t have any specific programme to unite, other than to defeat Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP.

Leaders of 24 non-BJP parties have been invited for the meeting of opposition grouping being convened by Congress, on June 17 and 18, aimed at taking on the saffron party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

“There is no strong opposition party at the all India level, there are more regional parties, so formation of a federation of opposition parties and them holding meetings has no political meaning, nor will it result in any political profit (to them),” Bommai said.

Speaking to reporters here, he said with the only intention of defeating Modi and BJP they are uniting, which shows that they don’t have their own strength.

“They don’t have any specific programme to unite, their only intention is to defeat Modi,” he added.

Further noting that the country today has progressed economically and socially, Bommai said, post COVID-19 the country has made a swift economic recovery.

“The developments that have taken place in the country after controlling the COVID has got international recognition to Modi. People are well aware that the country’s security, progress, economic development, education and social growth is only possible by Modi,” he said, adding that many such opposition meetings may take place in the days ahead, but it will not have any impact.

This meeting convened by the Congress, is the second such unity meeting of opposition parties, the first edition in Bihar’s Patna on June 23, saw the participation of 15 parties.

Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi is also expected to attend a dinner meeting on July 17 where leaders of these parties will be present.

All eyes are on the leaders from 26 opposition parties that is underway at Bengaluru’s Taj West End Hotel.

Top opposition leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, chief ministers of West Bengal, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand, and former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra along with party presidents and leaders of several parties are present at the meeting.

The two-day session was kicked off by an informal dinner meet hosted by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah last night. 

The Opposition is likely to announce a joint agitational plan to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Meanwhile, the opposition alliance is likely to be named INDIA (Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance), according to reports.

Around 15 non-BJP parties had met in Patna on June 23 to formulate a coalition force to take on the saffron party in the 2024 general elections.

On the other hand, a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) It will take place in New Delhi on Tuesday. BJP president J P Nadda said on Monday that 38 parties had confirmed their participation in its meeting.

“Chak De! INDIA,” tweeted Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien during the meeting, fuelling rumours that the opposition alliance will be named INDIA (Indian National Democratic Inclusive Alliance).

 Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said in his inaugural address on the second day of the meet admitted to differences among opposition parties at the state level but noted that these are not ideological.

Several opposition leaders hit out at the BJP on Tuesday

• RJD leader Lalu Prasad: “Have to save the country and democracy and protect the poor, youths, farmers, minorities. Everything is being crushed under Narendra Modi’s rule.”
• TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee: “Its (the meeting’s) outcome will be good for the country,” she was seen saying in a video released by the Congress.
• AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal: “PM Modi made a complete mess of almost every sector in his 10-year rule. Time to get rid of him.”
• National Conference leader Omar Abdullah: “It is important that we put up a united stand against everything going wrong.”
• CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury: “The country is under tremendous multi-dimensional assault. The country has to be saved to make a change for the better.”
• Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashvi Yadav: “We have got together to save the democracy, Constitution and brotherhood…There is only talk of hatred while issues concerning the common man, farmers, and youths are being ignored.”
• KMDK General Secretary ER Eswaran: “We have to protect the nation and defend the rights of our fellow citizens…Undoubtedly, in 2024, our alliance should govern the country and restore the old era.”
• President of the Indian Union Muslim League KM Kader Mohideen: “The British divided and ruled India. Today, the BJP is dividing and ruining the country. This meeting has been convened to save the country from the BJP.”

Day 2 of the key opposition meeting is about to begin. Deliberations will aim at giving the grouping of 26 opposition parties a name, structure and common agenda to take on the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.