Moideen Bava to take on Palemar once again

April 14, 2013

Mangalore, Apr 14: BA Moideen Bava, Dakshina Kannada District Congress Minorities Cell President, who had been defeated by BJP's Krishna J. Palemar in the 2008 assembly elections, has reportedly secured Congress ticket from Mangalore North Constituency once again.

More than a dozen Congress leaders including former MLA Vijaykumar Shetty, Kripa Alva and Zilla Panchayat member Mamata Gatti, former KPCC Secretary Mohammed Badruddin, and former mayor Shashidhar Hegde were in race for the Congress ticket from this prestigious constituency.

The party's decision to give one more opportunity to the candidate with a minority tag, has once again exacerbated the internal rift in Dakshina Kannada district Congress Committee, with few of followers of former MLA Vijayakumar Shetty threatening to quit the party.

It is learnt that Rajya Sabha member and AICC general secretary Oscar Fernades played a crucial role in issuing ticket to Mr Bava, amidst Congress veteran B Janardhan Poojary's strong support to Mr Shetty.

It could be recalled here that the supporters of Mr Bava and Mr Shetty had resorted to blows at Mangalore International Airport last Sunday.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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