Motion reserved again

<div class="section1"><div class="Normal">BANGALORE: Speaker M.V.Venkatappa on Monday reserved ruling on permitting a privilege motion against a petitioner, government officials, newspapers and others over foreign jaunts of legislators.<br /><br />B. Krishna Bhat had filed a PIL against them going on jaunts though the government hadn’t sanctioned such trips.The court dismissed the case two weeks ago and slapped a penal fine on the petitioner for filing a false case. Venkatappa said he will give his ruling by Saturday.<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">No BMIC subsidy:</span> Public works minister Dharam Singh denied that the proposed Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor is being subsidised and turned into a real estate project. Final notifications have been issued for 641 acres of private land. “The rest will be issued in phases.’’<br /><br /><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">I am no fool: Minister</span><br /><br />A debate on the delay in getting books for public libraries brought ‘comic relief ’ in the Council. When Mukyamantri Chandru (BJP) accused adult education and libraries minister Baburao Chavan of the delay in getting books, the ‘defensive’ minister said: “They say the libraries minister does not know how to read. I am not a ‘dadda’ (fool); I am a graduate. It is just that I do not have the time, like any minister. Why should I lie that I read so many books in a day?’’</div> </div>