Bengaluru, Oct 1: In what can be termed as a major embarrassment to the Congress, KPCC president Dinesh Gundurao’s wife Tabassum Rao has accused the party leadership of denying opportunities to young leaders.
“There is growing dissonance among young leaders as the old guard is not conceding them any space,” Tabassum said in a Facebook post. “While the party can benefit from the experience of seniors, there is an urgent need to bring young and dynamic leaders to the forefront.”
This is the first time Tabassum is airing her political opinion on a public platform and it comes at a time when her name is doing the rounds for the Congress ticket from the Shiavajinagar assembly seat in the December 5 bypolls.
Tabassum, however, denied any political angle into her statement saying it was her personal opinion. But, she castigated the party leadership for infighting.
“There is rampant infighting in the party. It is no secret that many a time some Congress leaders themselves work towards the defeat of their colleague's... both electorally and personally,” her FB post said.
“One of the biggest problems of the Congress is sycophants and hangers-on who fill the ears of leaders with what they want to hear rather than what they should hear, especially those in the capital. Thus, many leaders are cut-off from ground realities,” she added.
The kidnapped schoolboy was rescued by the police and reunited with his parents. Son of a gift shop owner from Basavanagudi area in Bengaluru, Chirag has reportedly told police that decided to make some quick money to spend on cricket betting and gambling after learning kidnap tricks from the ‘Crime Patrol’. According to police, Chirag reached a private school around 3pm on Tuesday on a Bounce rental bike and zeroed in on a fourth standard student who was walking out of school. He told the boy he was his father's friend and that he required help to search for a relative who had gone missing. The boy believed Chirag and rode pillion on the bike. Chirag then engaged the boy in conversation and learnt about his father's business and got his mobile phone number. He then made a call to the boy's father, demanded Rs 5 lakh and warned him against approaching cops. However, the boy's father alerted Cottonpet police and special teams were formed to crack the case. While Cottonpet inspector Venkatesh TC's squad verified CCTV footage in and around the school, Chamarajpet inspector BG Kumaraswamy's team started tracking the suspect's mobile phone movements. An hour later, the suspect's location was traced to a hotel on the Lavelle Road-St Mark's Road stretch. Police rushed there, rescued the boy and arrested Chirag.
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