Haliyal MLA Deshpande vents anger at official over unpaid relief to woman to lost house

KARWAR: Administrative Reforms Commission chairman and Haliyal MLA R V Deshpande took a Revenue Department official to task for negligence in releasing relief to a woman whose house had suffered damage due to natural calamities. The irate MLA took a bottle of water on the table to strike the official, but held himself back.

Sharada Solekar of Ramanagara had lost her house last year and had applied for relief. However, Revenue official Rehman had not processed her request and she later approached Deshpande.

When the MLA questioned about it, the official gave vague replies, angering the lawmaker. Deshpande almost struck the official with a water bottle, but controlled his temper and directed the tahsildar to send the official on leave. He also directed the officials to go with the woman and assess the damage again.