Protesters seeking justice for Saujanya held outside DC Office

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November 1, 2013

Mangalore, Nov 1: Several activists belonging to the district unit of Centre of Indian Trade Union (CITU), Mahila Daurjnaya Virodi Okkuta and Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) were held outside Deputy Commissioner's office here on Friday, while they attempted to picket the office during their protest condemning the delay in justice in the rape and murder case of PUC student of SDM College, Ujire.

A tense situation prevailed on the occasion of Karnataka Rajyotsava for a few minutes as activists tried to picket the DC office on Friday.

Close to 100 activists tried to move past the barricades put up outside the office compound and demanded justice for rape and murder victim of Ujire.

They urged CBI probe in rape and murder of a student of SDM Pre-University College in Ujire on October 9, 2012.

The protesters demanded justice for Soujanya (name changed), whose case has received final CID investigation report after a year has not been satisfactory.

As the protesters tried to move past the barricades, the local police rounded them up and took them to the police station in vans, as people looked on.

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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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