Sunday, October 10, 2010

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Congrass Party will play only a costitutional Role: Shantaram Naik, Secretary, AICC

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:50 AM PDT

Mr Shantaram Naik M.P. and Secretary ,All India Congress Committee in charge of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Pudicherry in a statement issued today has said that that Congress approach over the BJP crisis in Karnataka   has been to wait and watch , and that ,  the party is not interested in the internal quarrels of BJP ,and  added that,  it will only play a role as per the provisions of the constitution , as and when required.

Mr Naik  who is presently in Chenai on his way to Goa from Trichillapally where he had gone to attend the public meeting addressed by Congress President Mrs. Sonia Gandhi, said that even in past,  whenever Yeduriappa Government faced crisis, congress party did not play any role to pull down the government and took a mature stand of closely watching the situation.

The Leader of Opposition in Goa Assembly Mr Manohar Parrikar and other BJP leaders from Goa should refrain themselves from making wild charges against Congress leaders in Goa in the matter, Mr Naik said.

Mr Naik said that Mr Parrikar, who has been appointed by the BJP High Command  the Chairman of a Committee on good governance,  should have given some doses of advise to the Chief Minister of Karnataka on the governance of his State rather than trying to exercise undue influence and coercion by quoting the provisions of anti defection law and simultaneously offering them lollypops.

Mr Naik said that, BJP crisis apart,  the present government in Karnataka  has looted the state from all sides and the BJP leaders in the State,  have to explain to the nation about the plunder.

Kumaraswamy asserts BJP Government will be defeated

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:40 AM PDT

Accusing Karnataka Assembly Speaker K.G. Bopaiah of misusing his chair and adopting illegal methods against the dissident BJP MLAs and others, Janata Dal (Secular) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Sunday said the BJP government headed by B.S.Yedyurappa would be defeated in the no confidence motion even if the MLAs were disqualified by the Speaker.

"We have full confidence that this time Yedyurappa cabinet cannot win by money power or by misusing the government. The MLAs will teach a lesson to them. They will face any kind of influences and won over them," Mr Kumaraswamy, who is camping in a hotel with the dissident MLAs, told reporters.

Asked whether these dissidents would vote against the government or abstain from voting, he said everything would depend on how the Speaker would behave.

He said for the first time in the history of politics a Speaker was misusing his power and talking about disqualifying independent MLAs. "How the rules are going to permit him," he said,

Mr. Kumaraswamy also presented the dissident BJP MLAs before the media persons to drive home the point that they were not kidnapped. In Karnataka, BJP party workers had filed a complaint that their MLAs had been kidnapped. The MLAs included S.K. Bellubi, Dr Bagli, Raju Kage, H.S. Shankaralinge Gowda, Manappa Vajjal, Y. Sampangi and Nagaraj.

On the stand of the Congress, Mr. Kumaraswamy said the party would take its own decision. "Naturally, Congress is not supporting the BJP government," he said.

Refuting the allegation that dissident MLAs had been paid Rs. 25 crore each, he said it was the character of the BJP to indulge in these kinds of allegations. "After the 2008 elections, they made a few MLAs to support the BJP by paying them money. They think that we will also be doing the same," he said.

He said though in the last one week the BJP Ministers were pressuring all the MLAs with their efforts, the MLAs stood together. "Even now they are going to vote against the government or abstain from voting," he further said.

Mr. Kumaraswamy described as "hypothetical" the question whether the dissident MLAs would be given berths in the ministry of the Janata Dal (secular) formed the government.

Asked whether more MLAs would join his camp, he said, "We have another 24 hours."

"We have a strategy to defeat the government," he said, adding he also had plans to challenge the Speaker legally.

Courtesy:Hindu

Goa: People asked to take care of newly renovated garden

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:26 AM PDT

Four days after the Corporation of the City of Panaji inaugurated the Jardim de Garcia da Orta, popularly known as municipal garden, the CCP Commissioner, Mr Elvis Gomes appealed to the public to display civic sense and take care of the garden as it was their own. The appeal comes after a lady was found going out of the garden with plucked flowers. Few persons who had consumed alcohol were also found to be sleeping in the garden, during late hours.

Municipal Garden, Panaji: Goa

Confirming these facts, Mr Gomes told this daily that proper security for the garden is still not in place. "Presently, workers of the CCP are taking care of the garden security and they are not exactly experts in the field," he said, adding that soon professional security team would be recruited to take care of the garden. Mr Gomes further informed that the garden would be kept open from 9 a.m to 9 p.m, and not until 10 p.m as proposed earlier. "I feel that 10 p.m is a bit too late and general public would not be interested to stay in the garden that long," he noted.

It may be recalled that the garden was renovated at a whopping cost of Rs 2 crore. The Goa Forest Development Corporation, which took care of the garden vegetation including lawns, will maintain the garden for next one year.

Meanwhile, Deshpremi Nagrik Samiti has taken strong objection to the name of the garden. The Samiti maintained that Garcia de Orta was a Portuguese physician and belonged to the era of Portuguese regime in Goa. "If someone in the CCP is interested in this name, then that person can name his or her house after Garcia de Orta," the Samiti noted.

Courtesy: Navhind Times

CISF stops Parrikar at Goa airport

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 12:17 AM PDT

Goa BJP leader Manohar Parrikar rushed to Dabolim airport on learning that JD(S) supporters had spirited away the Karnataka dissidents, only to be stopped by CISF personnel. He was later allowed to meet the MLAs. Parrikar, a former chief minister, had been negotiating with the BJP dissidents staying at the Taj Exotica in Benaulim.

The Goa BJP lodged a complaint with airport authorities against the CISF for allowing entry of persons without valid documents or boarding passes. The airport director then summoned all the MLAs to his cabin. They had to wait at the airport for quite some time before they boarded a 9.30pm flight to Chennai.

Courtesy: TOI
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