CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke visited a government-run school in Aundha, Hingoli on Saturday as part of the "School Thik Karo" campaign. He claimed to have discovered expired food packets intended for students. Dipke highlighted several issues at the school, including a defective water filter and a lack of water supply in the bathroom.
“"The students are given food from packets that expired back in February. Now September is about to start. Will they (staff) feed the children of ministers from the same packets of food? Her children come from poor families, so you will feed them expired food?" he stated.
In other news, District Congress Committee (DCC) member Chenthi Anil was arrested by Sreekaryam Police for allegedly blocking Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan’s convoy in Thiruvananthapuram. This incident occurred on Friday evening during a program celebrating the birth anniversary of social reformer Sree Narayana Guru.
Kolkata Police have filed a suo motu case against former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly violating Calcutta High Court directions during a foundation day program on August 28. Police reported that the organizers failed to keep one flank open and violated the court-specified timing.
Senior Congress leaders accused Penguin India of being pressured to remove references to PM Narendra Modi, the RSS, and Chinese incursions from Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love. Penguin denied that the book deal fell through due to Gandhi rejecting editorial changes, stating it remained "willing and keen" to publish it.
Karnataka Planning and Statistics Minister B Nagendra resigned on Friday, just 25 days after joining Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s cabinet. His resignation came amid demands from the BJP for his exit over a CBI chargesheet in an alleged corruption case. During a press conference, Nagendra broke down, accusing the BJP of targeting him due to his tribal background.
The Bihar Chief Secretary’s office clarified that Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor met Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit separately, while another meeting involving senior officials was ongoing. This clarification followed photographs of Kishor with top officials that raised questions about the meeting's nature.
In a tragic incident, an elderly man allegedly murdered his 38-year-old son, Gul Hasan, who suffered from schizophrenia, with the help of an associate. The police arrested both accused, Talukdar Ansari (64) and Md Wasim alias Akram (49). They allegedly lured Hasan to an abandoned container under the pretext of taking him to a doctor, where they struck him on the head with a concrete block and later strangled him.
