Byrathi Suresh behind death of Siddaramaiah's son, says MTB Nagaraj

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September 23, 2019

Bengaluru, Sept 23: Congress MLA Byrathi Suresh was the reason behind the death of former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son, Rakesh, who passed away in 2016, alleged Congress leader and disqualified MLA MTB Nagaraj on Sunday.

"Byrathi Suresh was the reason behind the death of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Rakesh. Rakesh was very healthy and he was very close to Suresh, who made him lose his life by destroying his health," Nagaraj told reporters here.

Byrathi Suresh, the Congress MLA from Hebbal constituency in Karnataka, is considered to be a close aide of Siddaramaiah and is one of the wealthiest leaders from the state.

Further attacking Suresh, Nagaraj said: "I do not need to learn politics from Byrathi Suresh. I know how he made his money. Better he keeps quite. He is still a child in politics."

MTB Nagaraj, a disqualified MLA, was very much close to Sidharamaiah. After coming in contact with the BJP, he was flown to Mumbai and later he was disqualified by then Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar along with 16 others.

Kumar disqualified them after stating that they have "incurred disqualification under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution (Anti-Defection Law) and the disqualification would last till the end of the term of the Assembly May 23, 2023.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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