Wooing of politicians begins ahead of Sriramulu's DK, Udupi visit

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July 15, 2012

Mangalore, July 15: Sriramulu, the political heavyweight from Bellary who has been giving nightmares to BJP with his new party BSR Congress, is scheduled to visit Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts next month to strengthen his roots in the coastal belt. His supporters and party activists have already camped in the twin districts meeting politicians and social workers trying to get them in the party fold.

BSR Congress party activists are looking for able leaders to take the party forward in the region and are meeting former MLAs, former Zilla Panchayat Presidents, former Mayors and so on.

The BJP in particular and other parties such as the Congress and the JDS are not likely to take Sriramulu lightly, as he has begun setting up a base of admirers from the region already. Last month when he organized a convention in Bangalore, admirers from DK had reportedly travelled in three buses to take part in the event. Sriramulu is scheduled to organize similar conventions in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada on August 1 and 2.

Known names in coastal political circles Shakuntala Shetty and Nagaraj Shetty are expected to extend cooperation to Sriramulu, it is being said. The entire responsibility of arranging the programmes is being taken up by his local admirers.

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No relief for Siddaramaiah in MUDA case as HC junks plea against Governor's sanction

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The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah against Governor Thawarchand Gehlot's decision to sanction the complaint and investigation against him in the alleged Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam case.

Justice M Nagaprasanna said the facts narrated in the petition would undoubtedly require an investigation.

The court has also said that the Governor's order approving sanction to investigate against Siddaramaiah under section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act does not suffer from application of mind, instead has abundance of application of mind.

Meanwhile, the court rejected the request made by senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi to stay the order of the court. The court has vacated the interim order passed on August 19. In the interim order the trial court was directed not to take any precipitative action against Siddaramaiah. On August 17, Governor had approved sanction under section 17 A of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 218 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita ( BNSS), citing three applications.

The court said the private complainants were justified in registering the complaint and seeking approval from the governor.

Insofar as private complainants seeking sanction under section 17A, the court said the provision nowhere requires only a police officer to seek sanction from a competent authority. The court further said it is in fact the duty of the private complainants to seek such approval.

Earlier, The High Court had completed its hearing in the case on September 12, and reserved its orders. It had also directed a special court in Bengaluru to defer further proceedings and not to take any precipitative action against the Chief Minister.

The case pertains to allegations that compensatory sites were allotted to Siddaramaiah's wife B M Parvathi in an upmarket area in Mysuru that had higher property value as compared to the location of her land that had been "acquired" by MUDA.

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