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Helped Uttar Pradesh 1398 farmers by paying off loans, claims Amitabh Bachchan

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Mumbai | Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has claimed that he has helped 1398 farmers from Uttar Pradesh by paying off their loans.

In a late night blog post on Monday, the 76-year-old actor revealed he has personally arranged for 70 selected farmers to travel to Mumbai and receive their bank letters. Mr Bachchan had earlier helped 350 farmers from Maharashtra by paying off their loans.

“Gratitude leans across to the desire of removing some of the burdens that farmers continue to suffer from… It was Maharashtra first, when over 350 farmers loans were taken care of… now its UP and 1398 of them that had out standings of loans on banks has been done with an outlay of 4.05 crore.

“And the inner peace it generates when the desired is completed,” he wrote.

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BJP leader caught in porn scandal is now a Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka

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Bengaluru | BS Yediyurappa will have three deputy Chief Ministers but one of them stands out. Laxman Savadi has been previously known for his controversy.

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has announced that the state will have three deputy chief ministers — Govind Karjol, Ashwath Narayan and Laxman Savadi.

“National and state leaders made me Deputy Chief Minister, they have shown faith in me. I will make the party stronger and bring good name to the government. I did not ask for this post, senior leaders gave it to me, I accepted it,” Mr Savadi told news agency ANI in Bengaluru today.

In 2012, Mr Savadi and two others were caught watching a pornographic movie in an ongoing assembly session.

He later sought to clarify that they were watching it for “educational purposes, to know more about the rave parties”. The assembly was scheduled to discuss a rave party scandal in the same session.

Incidentally, Savadi’s viewing partner CC Patil was a minister for women and child development at the time.

Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao reacted, “This government is full of comedy. Jail-return is CM [BS Yediyurappa] and person who watched porn is deputy CM.”

BJP MLA MP Renukacharya, a close aide of Mr Yediyurappa, has protested Laxman Savadi’s inclusion. “What was the necessity or urgency to induct him (Laxman Savadi) as a minister even though he lost the election?” he asked on Friday.

There has been a wave of criticism on Savandi’s appointment as a Deputy CM too. Savadi is not an MLA or an MLC, but still inducted into the cabinet.

BJP sources said Savadi was rewarded as he was among those who played a key role in getting 17 MLAs from the Congress and JDS to resign from the Assembly.

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