Separate states not for grabbing power

PM A.B. Vajpayee on Thursday lashed out at those clamouring for smaller states for the sake of grabbing power. Though he did not name Ajit S...

PM A.B. Vajpayee on Thursday lashed out at those clamouring for smaller states for the sake of grabbing power. Though he did not name Ajit Singh and his Harit Pradesh movement, Vajpayee said new states should be created with the sole motive of solving people’s problems.

Addressing a rally in the RLD bastion, he said the carving of states was not the solution to peoples’ difficulties. He was campaigning for former Union minister Satpal Malik who takes on RLD chief Ajit Singh in Baghpat.

Once an MP, rape-convict Prajwal Revanna is now a clerk at prison library

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Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, grandson of former PM H D Deve Gowda, has been assigned clerical duties at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison after receiving a life sentence for rape. He earns Rs 520 per day and faces multiple charges stemming from four cases, with evidence including videos of the assaults recorded on his phone. He was found guilty in one case and still faces trial in the others.

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