Yeddyurappa submits merger letter to Speaker

Bangalore, Jan 4: A?day after the official announcement of former chief minister B?S?Yeddyurappa's homecoming, the formalities for the merger of the Karnataka Janata Party (KJP) with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) commenced on Friday.

Yeddyurappa and three KJP?legislators submitted a letter to Speaker Kagodu Thimmappa stating that they had unanimously resolved to merge their party with the BJP.

The day began with four of the six KJP?MLAs holding a legislature party meeting and resolving that the KJP?should be merged with the BJP.

Besides Yeddyurappa, MLAs Vishwanath Patil (Bailahongal), Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli (Bidar-North) and U?B?Banakar (Hirekerur) attended the meeting?and signed the resolution. Two other MLAs, B?R?Patil (Aland) and Guru Patil (Shahapur), abstained.

As two-thirds of the elected members (four in this case) have supported the parties' merger, the crossover will not attract provisions of the anti-defection law. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Yeddyurappa said: “I have handed over our resolution to the Speaker.?We have appealed to the Speaker to recognise KJP legislators as BJP legislators and provide them seats in the House along with the BJP group”.

The former chief minister said that B R Patil and Guru Patil will also submit their letters to the Speaker soon.

However, the two MLAs told reporters that they would take a final decision after consulting the voters in their respective constituencies.

Thimmappa said he would now require a confirmation letter from the BJP on the merger before he takes the next step. On the BJP?wresting the position of the principal opposition party from the Janata Dal-Secular?due to the increase in numbers post merger,

Thimmappa said he would consult legal and Constitutional experts before deciding on the issue.

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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 An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.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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