Strengthen hands of Siddu: Moily exhorts ministerial aspirants

May 19, 2013

Mangalore, May 19: All 121 elected Congress MLAs including newly sworn in ministers should now strengthen the hand of the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah by extending all kinds of support him, said Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas M Veerappa Moily.

Addressing media persons during his Mangalore visit on Sunday, he urged the minister aspirants, who failed to get berth during Saturday's cabinet expansion, not to feel neglected as there will be another round of cabinet expansion in the near future.

“It is not time to exert pressure on Chief Minister and stage protest for being denied of ministerial berth. If minister-aspirant MLAs continue protest, then there will be no difference between our party and BJP, which was rejected by people of Karnataka,” he warned.

Mr Moily, who represents Chikkaballapura as M P, also said that his Lok Sabha constituency also has been denied of representation in recent Karnataka cabinet expansion. “I have to speak to the CM and party High Command in this regard,” he added.

Protests

It is worth mentioning here that the non-inclusion of D.K. Shivakumar, Kagodu Thimmappa, A.B. Maalakaraddy and A. Manju in the Congress Ministry on Saturday triggered protests in their Assembly constituencies.

Mr. Shivakumar's supporters, numbering around 3,000, who came from Kanakapura staged a protest outside the residence of the former External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna at Sadashivanagar here. Mr. Krishna was not in the house and his wife Prema Krishna persuaded them not to get disheartened as party president Sonia Gandhi was likely to speak to Mr. Shivakumar.

One person among the mob doused himself with kerosene, but the timely police intervention prevented any untoward incident.

Supporters of Mr. Thimmappa in Shimoga, A. Manju in Hassan, and Dr. Maalakaraddy in Yadgir town also staged protests.

In Mysore, supporters of Narasimharaja MLA Tanveer Sait staged a dharna in front of Mahatma Gandhi bust on Vani Vilas Road. One of them allegedly attempted suicide by dousing himself with kerosene, but it was foiled, and the police took the protester, identified as Feroze Khan, into custody.

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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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Lokayukta to probe Siddaramaiah as special court orders filing of FIR in MUDA case

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September 25,2024

In a significant development, a special court tasked with handling cases against Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MP/MLAs) has ordered that a First Information Report (FIR) be filed regarding the Muda case.

Additionally, the Karnataka Lokayukta, which is an anti-corruption body, has been tasked with investigating allegations against Siddaramaiah, who is reportedly involved in the case.

The court instructed the Lokayukta (an anti-corruption authority) to provide a report within three months. It also ordered the relevant authorities to file a First Information Report (FIR) regarding the case.

Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat issued the directive, compelling the Mysuru Lokayukta police to commence an investigation following a formal complaint lodged by Snehamayi Krishna.

The Karnataka Lokayukta in Mysuru is required to carry out the investigation under Section 156 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Code, which mandates the registration of a First Information Report (FIR).

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