BJP blasts petrol price hike, 'it's rubbing salt to the wounds'

September 17, 2011

Mangalore, September 17: The president of the Dakshina Kannada unit of the BJP, K. Padmanabha Kottari has come down heavily on the Centre for increasing the petrol price and termed it as “rubbing salt to the wound”.

The increase is akin to rubbing salt on the wounds of the common man, who is already reeling under the impact of high inflation, he told reporters here on Friday.

The petrol price was increased by Rs. 5 only four months ago, he said. This was the eighth increase in fuel prices since the UPA came to power, he pointed out.

While the NDA government had increased fuel prices, it had also brought it down a few times. But the UPA government had only increased the prices. He blamed the de-control of fuel prices for the trend.

He also accused the Government of not having any control over the oil companies. He also expressed concern over recent reports on limiting the number of LPG refills to four per year.

People would have to pay Rs. 750 for every additional refill. This would be a huge burden on the people, he said.

BJP local office-bearers were present at the press meet.

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No relief for Siddaramaiah in MUDA case as HC junks plea against Governor's sanction

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September 24,2024

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against Governor Thawarchand Gehlot's decision to sanction the complaint and investigation against him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam case.

Justice M Nagaprasanna said the facts narrated in the petition would undoubtedly require an investigation.

The court has also said that the Governor's order approving sanction to investigate against Siddaramaiah under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act does not suffer from application of mind, instead has abundance of application of mind.

Meanwhile, the court rejected the request made by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi to stay the order of the court. The court has vacated the interim order passed on August 19. In the interim order the trial court was directed not to take any precipitative action against Siddaramaiah. On August 17, Governor had approved sanction under section 17 A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS), citing three applications.

The court said the private complainants were justified in registering the complaint and seeking approval from the governor.

Insofar as private complainants seeking sanction under section 17A, the court said the provision nowhere requires only a police officer to seek sanction from a competent authority. The court further said it is in fact the duty of the private complainants to seek such approval.

Earlier, The High Court had completed its hearing in the case on September 12, and reserved its orders. It had also directed a special court in Bengaluru to defer further proceedings and not to take any precipitative action against the Chief Minister.

The case pertains to allegations that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife B M Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru that had higher property value as compared to the location of her land that had been "acquired" by MUDA.

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