1. Infighting in Karnataka BJP comes to the fore as meetings see ruckus in Vijayapura, Bagalkot
Internal rivalry and blame game in the Karnataka unit of the BJP is spilling over. Monday saw BJP workers belonging to two factions nearly come to blows in back to back party workers’ meetings held at Vijayapura and Bagalkot, exposing differences within the State unit of the party after the Assembly poll debacle.
Meanwhile, senior BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa was heard blaming “migrants” from Congress for the poor show of the party in the 2023 elections. The BJP is organising district-level party workers’ meetings in which Ministers and State-level party office bearers are meant to speak about the achievements of the nine-year rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The differences came to the fore in two such meetings in North Karnataka on June 27.
2. PM Modi flags off Dharwad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat train
Vande Bharat Express from Dharwad to Bengaluru was inaugurated today. Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the train via a video link. This is the second Vande Bharat Express to operate in Karnataka, and the first to be running within the State. The first was the Mysuru-Bengaluru-Chennai Vande Bharat Express.
The Dharwad-Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express will connect important cities in Karnataka — Dharwad, Hubballi and Davangere — with the state capital Bengaluru, the PM said.
3. Will launch Anna Bhagya when we get required quantity of rice: CM Siddaramaiah
The distribution of 10 kg of rice under the Anna Bhagya scheme will begin as soon as the State gets the required quantity of rice, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said.
Following the Food Corporation of India’s refusal to supply the State with 2.29 lakh metric tonnes of rice a month to implement the scheme, the CM said the State government had been making honest efforts to procure the required amount from Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments.
“We are not getting the required quantity. We have called for quotations from NCCF, NAFED and other agencies. We will take a decision in the next cabinet meeting,” he said.
4. Ask the Bengaluru Police Commissioner a question on June 30
The ever increasing traffic chaos or the rising number of cyberfrauds: if you have a question for the Bengaluru Police Commissioner, you can ask them directly on June 30 at 4 p.m. as B. Dayananda participates in #THTalksBengaluru, a live chat with The Hindu and its readers.
Mr. Dayananda took over as the Police Commissioner of Bengaluru on May 31, replacing C.H. Pratap Reddy and had mentioned focus on traffic management and cybercrime as his top priorities.
