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BM Farookh tastes defeat again as 28 JD(S) MLAs boycott polls, 7 rebels cross-vote

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March 23, 2018

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Business magnet and JD(S) chief general secretary B M Farooq, who had tasted defeat in 2016 Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka thanks to the cross voting by party rebels, today got only two votes!

When JD(S) state president and Assembly floor leader H.D. Kumarswamy realized that his party’s candidate cannot win the polls, he decided to boycott the elections. By the time two of the 37 JD(S) MLAs had cast their vote.

A total of 28 JD(S) MLAs boycotted the elections after a heated argument with the Returning Officer who had allowed Congress MLA and former Minister Baburao Chinchansur and Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa to vote again with a second ballot paper.

Remaining seven suspended JD(S) MLAs violated the whip and cross voted to facilitate the victory of the third candidate fielded by the Congress.

Among the four other candidates in the fray, Rajeev Chandrasekhar of the BJP got the highest number of votes (50). Congress candidates — G.C. Chandrashekar got 46 votes, L. Hanumanthaiah 44 and Naseer Hussain got 42 votes. Interestingly, among the Congress candidates, the third candidate, Chandrashekar, secured the highest votes.

Following heated arguments, voting was suspended for some time. Based on the JD(S) petition, the Election Commission of India replaced Mr. Murthy and appointed M.S. Kumaraswmay as the Retuning Officer. Mr. Kumarawamy is the Joint Secretary of the State Legislative Assembly.

Four votes were declared invalid. Votes cast in the second ballot paper by Mr. Chinchansur and Mr. Thimmappa and those of two other legislators were declared invalid as they marked the ballot paper wrongly.

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Ilyas bin abdullah
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Friday, 23 Mar 2018

The Gowda father-son combination never tried seriously to get elected Farooq Bhai to Rajya sabha. In 2016 and now they knew that BMF will never reach the end point, because their tangrams proved only gimmicks. If big Gowda tried seriously in congress high command level definitely there would have been good result. It is just hushups, they really wants Farooq Bhai beside them in state politics to serve their needs.

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July 9,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 9: Karnataka Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Wednesday said the private hospitals in the state have joined hands with the state government in the fight against COVID-19 and will provide 3,500 beds for patients.

"The meeting with managements of private hospitals has been successful and they have agreed to provide 3,500 beds for COVID-19 treatment," he said while addressing a press conference.

Pointing out that the step would help in providing more beds for COVID-19 patients, he added, "The state government is thankful to the private sector for joining hands with the government in this fight against the pandemic. Apart from beds, private hospitals will also run COVID-19 care centres in collaboration with hotels to treat asymptomatic and people with mild symptoms. Together with beds and COVID-19 care centres, private hospitals will add 6,000 to 7,000 beds in coming days," he said while addressing a press conference.

The minister while clarifying on JJM Medical College stipend issue said he had a number of meetings with the college as also the CM. "Held several meetings with the college management in this regard. I also discussed the same with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa. He already asked the college management to release the stipend of Resident Doctors and PG Medicos immediately. Now it is up to the college management to act.

Urging the residents of the state to fight the pandemic with honesty, the minister said, "We should be honest about the virus and get tested ourselves without hiding it. Wearing masks, social distancing and following government guidelines are the weapon against COVID-19, which would help us to win this war."

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August 4,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 4: Janata Dal (Secular) leader and MLA Satyanarayana passed away today due to multiple organ failure. He was 67.

Satyanarayana was representing Tumakuru’s Sira constituency in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is survived by five daughters and one son.

It is learnt that he was suffering from multiple organ ailments from the past few days and was recently admitted to Manipal Hospital in the city. He breathed his last at 12:20 p.m.

He contested from JDS and worked three times as MLA and 2 times as MP. He was the chairman of KSRTC during the coalition government led by HD Kumaraswamy.

Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda mourned his death and said, “It is a shock to hear the demise of former minister and my close friend. We are friends from the past 3 decades and I cannot recall the days without him.”

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President DK Shivakumar said, “Satyanarayana was concerned for the farmers and he was a gentleman. Hearing the news hurts me and this is an irreparable loss to the political field.”

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March 27,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 27: In the wake of coronavirus, the Council of Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) has taken steps to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in the city as a task force has been formed to monitor home delivery of essentials and the situation prevailing in the city due to outbreak of the virus.

MCC commissioner Shanady Ajith Kumar Hegde held a meeting of wholesalers to plan the smooth supply of essentials to the people on Thursday.

Speaking on the occasion, he said, the wholesalers of the city have been directed to supply essential goods to apartments in the city. Each apartment should prepare purchase details and must hand it over to the wholesalers. This way residents will not have to go out to buy essentials. The purchasing time will be between 6 am to 12 pm.

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