2 More Cong. Mlas Quit in Karnataka
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MLAs quit in Karnataka 10 Congress MLAs After situation turns tense, one legislator is escorted by the Police Commissioner to Raj Bhavan join BJP in Goa Special Correspondent Bengaluru High drama as Party strength down to 5 in House The corridors of the Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday wit police detain Appointed CM on nessed the unfolding of a popular demand: Gehlot political drama triggered by Minister JAIPUR the resignations of Congress In a surprise remark, legislators K. Sudhakar Special correspondent Rajasthan Chief Minister Mumbai/Bengaluru Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday (Chickballapur) and Housing The Karnataka political cri said he was appointed to the Minister M.T.B. Nagaraj (Hos CM’s post for the third term kote). It ended with the sis spilled over to the “on popular demand”, as former having to be escorted streets of Mumbai with the villagers across the State had out by the Police Commis detention and later forced expressed their opinion in his sioner to the Raj Bhavan, departure of Water Re favour during the 2018 amid trading of charges by sources Minister and Con Assembly elections. He said the Congress and the BJP. gress troubleshooter D.K. Another shocker: Goa CM Pramod Sawant greeting former the then Congress president On a day the BJP knocked Shivakumar, who had ar Opposition leader Chandrakant Kavlekar and other Congress Rahul Gandhi had selected on the doors of Governor Va rived in the financial capi MLAs in Porvorim on Wednesday. * ATISH POMBURFEKAR him in view of the strong jubhai Vala over Speaker Ra tal to meet the 10 rebel public sentiments. mesh Kumar’s decision to CongressJD(S) legislators Press Trust of India Congress in the House will on Wednesday morning. Panaji NORTH Ī PAGE 5 hold an inquiry before ac be down to just five MLAs. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD cepting the resignations of 11 Mr. Shivakumar was in Political instability in Karna The BJP’s strength in the CongressJD(S) legislators, Mumbai to convince the re taka spilled over into neigh Assembly has now gone up bel MLAs to return to the Govt. fails to comply with Mr. Sudhakar and Mr. Naga bouring Goa on Wednesday, to 27. The Goa Forward Par NGT order, forfeits ₹5 cr. raj tendered their resigna party fold. The MLAs have with twothirds (10 out of 15) ty has three MLAs while the NEW DELHI tions. Hopeful still: Karnataka Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar, along with Congress submitted their resigna of the Congress MLAs break NCP and the MGP have one The National Green Tribunal Soon, theatrics began leaders Murli Deora, left, and Sanjay Nirupam, right, waiting outside a Mumbai hotel where tions to the Speaker and ing away to merge with the each. There are three Inde * PRASHANT WAYDANDE has directed that with KPCC president Dinesh the rebel MLAs were put up, on Wednesday. moved to Mumbai, alleged ruling BJP. pendents. performance guarantee of Gundu Rao, Social Welfare ly at the behest of the BJP, The group, led by Leader To a question, Mr. Sawant over ₹5 crore deposited by Minister Priyank Kharge and by BJP MLC Ravi Kumar ap threatening the stability of of Opposition Chandrakant said no new inductions in the Delhi government be former MLC Nazeer Ahmed proached the Speaker to Power tussle reaches SC the CongressJD(S) coali Kavlekar, met Assembly the Cabinet were on the forfeited as it has failed to blocking Mr. Sudhakar near seek his intervention. They tion government. Speaker Rajesh Patnekar in cards. comply with orders on two the back entrance of the Vid also filed a written complaint legal correspondent life of the ruling As Mr. Shivakumar at the evening and gave him a Mr. Kavlekar said he and separate matters pertaining han Soudha and restraining with the Speaker’s office. New Delhi dispensation. tempted to breach the pol letter, informing him about other MLAs decided to join to pollution caused by dairies him from leaving. They took Mr. Ravi Kumar also ac The battle for power in Kar A Bench led by Chief Jus ice’s security blanket to their split. the BJP as development and illegal banquet halls in him into the chambers of In cused the Congress of “tak nataka reached the Supreme tice of India Ranjan Gogoi is meet the legislators staying The MLAs include Atana works in their constituen the city. dustries Minister K.J. George ing away” ChikkodiSadalaga Court on Wednesday after 10 scheduled to hear the peti in Hotel Renaissance, he sio Monserratte, Jeniffer cies were suffering as they CITY Ī PAGE 3 to convince him to withdraw legislator and Congress whip Congress and Janata Dal tion of the MLAs on was held back and asked to Monserratte, Francis Silvei were in the Opposition. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD his resignation. Ganesh Hukkeri, who also (Secular) MLAs jointly ac Thursday. wait on the road opposite ra, Philip Nery Rodrigues, “We have seen Mr. Sa met the Speaker on Wednes cused the H.D. Kumaraswa The MLAs said they were the hotel by the Powai pol Cleaofacio Dias, Wilfred want’s working style. He is BJP stages dharna day evening. myled coalition govern fed up with the maladminis ice led by ACP Milind D’Sa and Nilkant Halarnkar. working for the progress of BJP leaders who had got The situation became ment of scams and tration and inner contradic Khetle. Chief Minister Pramod the State. We decided to join wind of this rushed to the tense with the arrival of maladministration. tions within the CongressJD He was eventually de Sawant, who was present hands with him. Being in spot and staged a dharna in former Chief Minister and They also blamed As (S) coalition. Their decision tained and taken to the Ka when the group reached the Opposition, our develop front of the closed doors, Congress Legislature Party sembly Speaker K.R. Ra to resign was as per their lina campus of Mumbai Un Assembly , said the 10 MLAs ment works were also suf urging the Congress leaders leader Siddaramaiah. mesh Kumar of delaying the conscience, they claimed. iversity. had merged with the BJP. fering,” he said. The MLAs to let go of Mr. Sudhakar. acceptance of their resigna With the 10 MLAs chang joined the BJP uncondition Another team of leaders led CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 tions in a bid to prolong the CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 CONTINUED ON Ī PAGE 12 ing sides, the strength of the ally, he claimed. 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Pandey, 22, a SpiceJet techni Aircraft maintenance engi A Bill that seeks to merge The Bill was the second cian, died after he got stuck in neers The Hindu spoke to 13 labour laws into one of four proposed codes the hydraulic door flaps of said such an accident was code on occupational safe that aim to merge 44 la the main landing gear of a rare. “I have never heard of ty, health and working bour laws, with the Code Rohit Pandey Q400 aircraft he was attend such a thing in my 26year ca conditions that would ap on Wages Bill, 2019 that ing to at the Kolkata airport had to be broken to rescue reer. Either he did not follow ply to all establishments was approved on July 3 be on Wednesday. him but he was declared the SOP or was instructed with 10 or more workers ing the first, Labour and The hydraulic doors “inad dead, it said. The accident wrongly by a senior to get the was approved by the Union Employment Minister of vertently” got closed, leaving happened at 1.45 a.m. work done quickly,” a senior Cabinet on Wednesday, State (independent charge) Pandey trapped there, Spice A complaint of “unnatural engineer said. paving the way for its intro Santosh Kumar Gangwar Jet said in a statement. The death” was filed at the Air Hailing from suburban duction in Parliament. said. landinggear doors of the port police station. A police Mumbai, Pandey was the The Code on Occupa Mr. Gangwar added that Bombardier Q400 aircraft team visited the accident breadwinner of the family. tional Safety, Health and the Wages Bill, which cov Working Conditions Bill, ers minimum wages and 2019, which would impact other wage issues, would “40 crore unorganised be introduced in Parlia The making of Ganesha idols is on in full swing at a workshop in Parel, Mumbai. 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