THIEVES DECAMP WITH CASH FROM TEMPLE
Hyderabad: Thieves broke into the Ayyappa Swamy temple at Medchal and decamped with cash from the collection box early on Friday morning.
The collection box was placed in front of the deity. “The temple authorities who noticed the damaged box alerted the police following which a team was sent to the spot to gather evidence,” police said. Investigators are examining the footage from the surveillance cameras in the surrounding areas to identify the thieves.
Shimla, Feb. 26: Himachal Pradesh Governor Bandaru Dattatraya was allegedly manhandled by some Congress members in the Assembly complex on Friday, following which five MLAs were suspended for the remainder of the Budget Session.
The incident took place outside the Speaker’s office when the Governor was leaving for the Raj Bhavan after he cut short his addresss in the House following a ruckus create by the Congress on the opening day of the Budget session.
Speaker Vipin Parmar said the Opposition members tried to stop the Governor, who was accompanied by Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, when he was going towards his cavalcade.
They hit on the Governor’s back with copies of his address. They also hit the bonnet of the Governor’s car, the Speaker said, adding that he is examining the Assembly rules to lodge an FIR against the Congress legislators.
The Speaker said that this is for the first time in the history of the Himachal Pradesh Assembly that a Governor was manhandled by Opposition members.
After the incident, the Speaker suspended Leader of Opposition Mukesh Agnihotri and four other Congress MLAs Harsh Vardhan Chauhan, Satpal Raizada, Sunder Singh and Vinay Kumar for the entire Budget session till March 20 on a motion moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Bhardwaj.
Earlier, the Congress MLAs created a ruckus in the House during the Governor’s address. He then skipped to the last sentence after reading initial few pages and stated that the entire speech should be deemed as read.
Suspended Congress MLA Harsh Vardhan Chauhan said that they were waiting outside the Speaker’s office and just wanted to ask the Governor why he cut short his address but they were not allowed to do so.
He alleged that it was Deputy Speaker Hans Raj who manhandled the MLAs, a charge denied by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Bhardwaj, who said the Congress legislators had planned to create a scene. Chauhan also said they did not have any intention of manhandling the governor.