Mysore/Mysuru: Reacting to the gas pipeline project, former Mayor Ayub Khan told Star of Mysore this morning that there is an urgent need to discuss the pros and cons of the project and it was not right to implement the project without transparency, though it is claimed to be people-friendly. “The disadvantages and advantages of…
‘PNG will affect public health, environment’
February 3, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: The Piped Natural Gas (PNG) project that is being implemented in Mysuru is neither people-friendly nor economical, alleged Mehul Patel, the distributor of HP Gas in Mysuru. It will spoil the health of people and will be detrimental to environment, he said. Addressing a press conference at Pathrakarthara Bhavan in the city yesterday, he…
BJP’s public squabbling due to commission interest: Congress
February 1, 2022Hidden agenda is to privatise cooking gas distribution; prices to be burdensome Mysore/Mysuru: The ‘direct to home’ piped gas project is not an ambitious and people-friendly project launched by the Centre. Rather it is a project that comes with a handsome commission for which the BJP elected representatives are squabbling in public, alleged Karnataka Pradesh…
City-based international oil expert writes to PM
February 1, 2022Need to look into why some BJP leaders are opposing piped gas project in Mysuru Respectful Prime Minister Shri Modiji, I write this letter with the utmost urgency to draw your attention to the gross injustice that is being done to Mysuru city by your own party MLAs and Corporators of the city. They are…
MLAs, MP not owners but public servants, chides Vishwanath
January 31, 2022‘We seek votes to serve people, not rule’ MysoreMysuru: Joining the Piped Natural Gas project debate, BJP MLC A. H. Vishwanath today chided his party MLAs and the MP and said, “MLAs and MP are not the owners of their respective Constituencies and they are not rulers. Rather they are public servants and have been…
‘Direct to home’ piped gas project: Row over road-digging deepens
January 31, 2022Why is MP Pratap Simha in a tearing hurry to pass bills, asks MLA Nagendra; Miffed MLA rakes up Mysuru missing on Smart City, MLC election debacle Mysore/Mysuru: The public squabbling between the BJP elected representatives — Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha, MLAs L. Nagendra and S.A Ramdas — over the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) project…
‘No one has filed any case against me’
January 31, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: “I have not stumbled in my life unlike you. You have flipped on many issues in your life and no one has filed any case against me,” said Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra, replying to the charges levelled against him by MP Pratap Simha. “I am not involved in money laundering, usury and real estate…
CM Bommai to broker peace
January 31, 2022Mysuru/Bengaluru: Aware of the fact that statements made in public by MP Pratap Simha, MLAs L. Nagendra and the cold war between S.A. Ramdas and the MP will ultimately damage the BJP that is trying to strengthen its base in Mysuru region, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has offered to mediate and resolve differences. Speaking to…
‘Direct to home’ piped gas project – No chance to pocket commission: MP
January 29, 2022‘Opposition to a people-friendly and safe scheme by elected representatives is unfortunate’ Mysore/Mysuru: The row kicked up by the ‘direct to home’ Piped Natural Gas (PNG) project launched by the Centre and being implemented in Mysuru has caused deep fissures among the BJP MLAs S.A. Ramdas, L. Nagendra and MP Pratap Simha and today, the…
Now, MLA Nagendra locks horns with MP Pratap Simha
January 29, 2022‘You can’t just dig the roads and leave’ Mysore/Mysuru: A chink in the armour of Mysuru BJP has been exposed with MLAs openly opposing the Centre’s piped gas project that is being implemented in Mysuru in a phased manner. The project has been backed by Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha and rumblings have been heard from…
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