Arun Singh to arrive in Bengaluru next week on troubleshooting mission
The Hindu
He is expected to hold meetings with several leaders, including Yogeshwar
The Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary in charge of Karnataka, Arun Singh, is arriving in Bengaluru next week on a troubleshooting exercise in the wake of dissidence in the party State unit. Mr. Singh has set the tempo for his visit by reiterating that there is no proposal before the party high command on replacing B.S. Yediyurappa as Chief Minister. “Mr. Yediyurappa will continue to be the Chief Minister,” he told mediapersons in New Delhi on Thursday. He added that Mr. Yediyurappa and Ministers had done “good work” during COVID-19 pandemic. Seeking to downplay Mr. Yediyurappa’s statement that he would step down when the high command says it does not need him, he said, “That is the confidence Mr. Yediyurappa has in the high command.”The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.