BJP wins Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat: ZP/TP results at a glance

February 23, 2016

Mangaluru, Feb 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has swept the elections to the Dakshina Kannada Zilla Panchayat and three of the five taluk panchayats in the district.

The BJP retained power in Sullia, Puttur and Belthangady taluk panchayats but lost Mangalore and Bantwal taluk panchayats to Congress after five years.

In the 36-member zilla panchayat, the BJP has won 21 seats (it had bagged 24 in the 2011) and the Congress 15 seats (11 seats earlier). SDPI and CPI(M) failed to win any seats. More details are awaited.

DK ZP election results at a glance

Party	BJP	Cong	JD(S)	SDPI	Others
2005	15	15	05		00
2011	24	11	00	00	00
2016	21	15	00	00	00
Gain/Loss

DK's 5 TP results at a glance

TP	Total	BJP	Cong	JD(S)	SDPI	Others
Mangaluru	39	19	20	00	00	00
Puttur	24	16	8	00	00	00
Bantwal	34	12	22	00	00	00
Belthangady	26	14	12	00	00	00
Sullia	13	9	4	00	00	00
Total

DK ZP Constituency	Winners
Kinnigoli	Vinod Kumar Bollur (BJP)
Puthige	Sucharita Shetty (BJP)
Shirthadi	Sujatha KP (BJP)
Kateel	Kasturi Panja (BJP)
Bajpe	Vasanti (BJP)
Yedapadav	Janardhana Gowda (BJP)
Gurupura	UP Ibrahim (Cong)
Neermarga	Seema Melwin D'Souza (Cong)
Konaje	Rasheeda Banu (Cong)
Someshwar	Dhanalakshmi (BJP)
Sangabettu	Tungappa Bangera (BJP)
Sarapady	B Padmashekar Jain (Cong)
Pudu	Ravindra Kambali (BJP)
Golthamajalu	Kamalakshi K. Poojary
Maani	Manjula Madhava Maave
Kolnadu	MS Mohammed (Cong)
Kurnadu	Mamatha D.S. Gatti
Sajipa Munnooru	Chandra Prakash Shetty (Cong)
Punacha	Jayashree Kodanduru (BJP)
Naaravi	P. Dharanendra Kumar
Aaladangadi	Shekhara Kukkedi
Laaila	Soumyalatha Jayantha Gowda
Ujire	Namitha K (Cong)
Dharmasthala	Koragappa Naik (BJP)

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RSS CHADDI GOONDAGALIGE DIKKARA.....

BJP politicians cheated. its should be clean victory for congress.

good coverage CD well done

three prominent ministers are there in DK. Still Cong lost!

BJP has won riots effected Muzaffar Nagar seat so don't be surprised if there will be riots all over UP before the up coming elections.

BJP led NDA won 7 out 12 seats across the country in by election so ppl are with Modiji

Appreciate your efforts, but the malaise is very deep. Shutting JNU temporarily won't hurt the Nation. Let's Clean Up JNU at least, Jai BJP

dingchika dingchika dingchika congress rahul beta jau ma ke pass :(. bjp jai ho.

All feku :( :(

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Anti-CAA drama: Sedition case against Shaheen School challenged in SC

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February 21,2020

New Delhi, Feb 21: A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the sedition case registered against a Karnataka school management for allegedly allowing students to stage an anti-CAA, anti-NRC drama that 'portrayed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in poor light'.

The petition seeks quashing of the FIR against the principal and other staff of the Shaheen School at Bidar who have been booked under sections 124-A (sedition) and 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups) of the Indian Penal Code.

In the petition filed on Thursday, social activist Yogita Bhayana has also sought an apex court direction for a proper mechanism to deal with alleged government misuse of the sedition law.

Section 124A of the IPC says that "whoever brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards... the Government shall be punished with imprisonment for life...".

Bhayana, in the plea, has sought a direction to the Centre and the Karnataka government "to quash the FIR registered in connection of seditious charges against the school management, teacher and a widowed parent of a student for staging a play criticizing CAA, NRC, and NPR."

The petition claimed the police "also questioned students, and videos and screenshots of CCTV footage showing them speaking to the students were shared widely on social media, prompting criticism."

It further quoted the school principal, alleging that "on one occasion, police in uniform questioned students, with no child welfare officials present".

The plea said that the "proceedings were violative of Article 21 (right to life and personal liberty) of the Constitution and abuse of process of law."

"Issue an order directing the Centre to constitute a committee to scrutinise complaints under 124-A IPC and adhere to judgments by the apex court before registering the FIR under the section 124-A IPC," the petition said.

The drama was staged on January 21 by students of fourth, fifth and sixth standard.

The sedition case was filed based on a complaint from social worker Neelesh Rakshyal on January 26.

The complainant has alleged that the school authorities "used" the students to perform a drama where they "abused" Modi in the context of the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens.

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High Court rejects plea to transfer Amulya Leona’s slogan case to NIA

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: The Karnataka High Court’s division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice H P Sandesh today rejected an application that wanted Amulya Leona’s case to be transferred from Karnataka Police to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

The bench, while observing that extraordinary jurisdiction can’t be exercised for transferring the case to the NIA, asked “What is so special that investigation should be transferred to NIA?”

The court, in its previous hearing, had questioned the maintainability of the petition seeking transfer of the sedition case against Leona to the NIA.

According to the petitioner, advocate Pavana Chandra Shetty, the case is a serious matter against national integration and unity and has not been investigated properly by the police. The state police also failed to file the chargesheet within 90 days, he said, and also asked for cancellation of her bail.

The bench asked the petitioner as to how a bail, already granted to a person, can be cancelled. “Is it not the indefeasible right of the accused to be released on bail if chargesheet is not filed within stipulated time? How can you make a prayer for cancellation of bail?” the Court asked.

The counsel for the petitioner also stated that in cases of a cognizable offence, when the chargesheet is purposely not filed within the stipulated time, the matter will have to transferred to the appropriate authority.

The court responded to his contention by asking him how could the court override law and cancel the bail. “Where is the question of cancellation of bail? Can we override the law and say that bail should be cancelled?” said the bench.

Advocate Vishal Raghu had filed the petition for transfer of Leona’s case, who was accused of raising pro-Pakistan slogans at an anti-CAA rally on February 20 at Freedom Park. The advocate had blamed the probe team for not filing a chargesheet on time and has asked the state government to approach the higher court against bail granted to Leona.

Bengaluru student Amulya Leona was charged with sedition for her actions in the presence of All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi. She was arrested by the Bengaluru police for allegedly shouting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans at an anti- CAA Protest in Bengaluru in February this year. On June 11, she was granted conditional bail by the Bengaluru civil court.

Her bail plea was earlier rejected by a Bengaluru court, after she had spent a three-month period in jail, stating that she may abscond if she is released. The sessions judge Vidhyadhar Shirahatti had also stated that if the petitioner is granted bail, she may abscond and may involve in similar offence which affects peace at large and hence her petition is liable to be rejected. The court had also noted that Amulya Leona is an influential person who may threaten and influence the witness and hamper the case in case of the prosecution and will abscond if released on bail.

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#MangaluruAgainstNRC | Undeclared bandh in parts of Dakshina Kannada

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January 15,2020

Mangaluru, Dec 15: A bandh-like situation prevailed in many parts of Dakshina Kannada on Wednesday as thousands of people closed their shops and business establishments to support the ant-NRC protest at Adyar Kannur in Mangaluru.

The protest is jointly being organised by the various Muslim organisations of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district under the leadership of Muslim Central Committee against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) besides the “categorical mistreatment” of Muslim community at the hands of the police across the country including in Mangaluru.

In Mangaluru city, even though people woke up to a normal Wednesday, by afternoon most of the Muslim-owned shops were closed.

Muslim dominant areas of the district such have observed half-day bandh. In regions like Ullal, Thokkottu, Bantwal, BC Road, Kalladka too a majorty of the Muslim business establishments remained shut afternoon.

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