Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said rallies of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reminded him of Hindi film “Ghajini”, in which the main character suffers from short term memory loss, as the latter has forgotten promises he made in the run up to the 2018 Chhattisgarh Assembly polls.

Addressing a press conference, the senior BJP leader took a swipe at the ruling Congress in the state and alleged tainted money from the liquor scam was being invested in the elections.

“After seeing some rallies of Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, I am reminded of the (2008) film Ghajini. They are suffering from memory loss. They have forgotten what they promised in the past (in the 2018 poll campaign) and have started lying afresh,” Mr Fadnavis claimed.

Mr Fadnavis claimed the Baghel government helped in the making of fake holograms, that are put on liquor bottles, and earned Rs 2,000 crore, which is now being invested in the elections.

“People are asking about the Congress’ promise of prohibition but they (party) don’t remember it anymore. The Congress promised to start an air ambulance, but are unable to run normal ambulance services,” he said.

Referring to the alleged PSC (Public Service Commission) scam, Mr Fadnvais taunted that Chhattisgarh is the first state where one needs to be the children of politicians and bureaucrats to get jobs.

“We had heard someone had consumed chara (fodder) in Bihar. But in Chhattisgarh they consumed ‘gobar’,” he said targeting the Baghel government over alleged corruption in the cow dung procurement scheme.

“Modi government had launched welfare schemes for the poor but the Baghel government stopped the construction of houses for them. They (Congress government) claim they will bring new schemes for the construction of houses, which is never going to happen,” he added.

On Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s promise of giving subsidy of Rs 500 on LPG in Chhattisgarh, Mr Fadnvais said the “Modi ji is already giving subsidy of Rs 400”.

They (Congress) procure paddy from farmers for which they take Rs 2200 (per quintal) from the Narendra Modi government but then take credit for the entire procurement, Mr Fadnavis alleged.

Earlier, Mr Fadnavis addressed an election rally in Dhamtari city and accused the Baghel government of indulging in scams.

Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh will be held in two phases on November 7 and 17, while results will be declared on December 3.

A nurse was recently trapped between an MRI machine and a bed during a freak accident at a medical center in California. The nurse named Ainah Cervantes suffered crushing injuries that required surgery after the hospital bed was pulled uncontrollably into the MRI machine by its magnetic force, Fox News reported. 

“I was getting pushed by the bed,” nurse Ainah Cervantes told investigators in a report obtained by KTVU. “Basically, I was running backwards, If I didn’t run, the bed would smash me underneath.”

The nurse had a severe laceration that needed surgery. According to documents, two embedded screws were removed. The patient who fell from the bed to the floor was unhurt. 

Though the incident occurred in February, an investigation was not completed until several months later, Fox News reported. The report further said the probe by the California Department of Public Health found the Redwood City centre “failed to provide radiologic services in a safe manner.” 

The probe pointed out several missteps leading up to the incident. 

Investigators also said that there were no MRI personnel present inside the room during the incident. The report further said the incident also breached several of Kaiser’s MRI safety policies.

The investigation further revealed that the staff never received the safety training and the hospital failed to test the door alarm. 

“The many safety failures … created a culture of unsafe practices,” the California Department of Public Health’s investigation stated.

Sheila Gilson, senior vice president for Kaiser Permanente San Mateo said that the nurse immediately received the care and support they needed.” 

“This was a rare occurrence, but we are not satisfied until we understand why an accident occurs and implement changes to prevent it from occurring again,” Gilson said. 

A US Congressman has said that the aftermath of the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 was the “most horrific and barbaric sight”. The Congressman, Derrick Van Orden, spoke to the New York Post after touring Israel last week. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Mr Van Orden had called Hamas the enemies of peace and said no aid should be sent to Gaza. The Post said the Congressman served 26 years in the Navy and 22 of those were as Navy Seal.

“This is ISIS times 1,000,” the Congressman said, adding, “I can speak with authority. I’ve done multiple combat tours. People were slaughtered at a level not seen since the Holocaust.”

Mr Van Orden called Hamas operatives “savages” and “beasts” for targeting children.

“They were told to cut people’s arms and legs off…It’s gut wrenching,” he told the outlet.

Mr Van Orden also blasted the Biden administration for delivering $100 million in humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, from where governing Hamas staged the attack.

Israel retaliated strongly to the attack and on Monday, ramped it further by briefly advancing tanks into the fringes of Gaza City.

The military said it had struck more than 600 targets in 24 hours, up from 450 the previous day, in one of the most intense days of the conflict unleashed when Hamas militants crossed into Israel on a killing rampage on October 7.

Israeli jets bombed a section of the road leaving large craters, a resident told news agency AFP.

The tanks stayed for just over an hour and cars soon returned to the highway, driving onto the verge in the parts where craters made the road unusable, the news agency said in its report.