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Cricketer Sreesanth likely to contest on BJP ticket in Kerala polls

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March 22, 2016

Kochi, Mar 22: BJP is planning to field cricketer S Sreesanth as its candidate for Kerala Assembly elections to be held on May 16.

Sreesanth said he would decide on whether to contest in the election tomorrow.

srishanth“I will let you know my decision by tomorrow,” Sreesanth said, but declined to give further details.

Members of Sreesanth's family said he received a call from a top BJP leader in Delhi requesting him to contest from Thrippunithura Assembly constituency. They also said Sreesanth is likely to meet BJP chief Amit Shah when he visits Kerala.

When contacted, Kerala BJP president Kummanam Rajasekharan said the state leadership was not aware of the move but “things will be clear in two days.”

A top BJP leader also said someone from BJP's central leadership must have contacted Sreesanth directly “as he is a celebrity”.

If Sreesanth decides to contest the elections, he is likely to fight against state Excise Minister and Congress leader K Babu for Thrippunithura seat in Ernakulam district.

The CPI-M has not announced its candidate to the seat. After being exonerated in the 2013 IPL spot fixing-case by a Delhi court last year, Sreesanth is now a busy actor. He is currently shooting for a Hindi film produced by Pooja Bhatt.

Babu, a close confidant of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, has been winning from Thrippunithura since 1991.

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ali
 - 
Thursday, 24 Mar 2016

He is the right candidate for BJP. They will not get better drama actor than him to cry after losing the seat.
BJP trying to get the sympathy vote on his crying act.
Congress should give ticket to Harbhajan against him.

zaheer muhammad
 - 
Thursday, 24 Mar 2016

election fixing again

somashekaran
 - 
Wednesday, 23 Mar 2016

@ Inocent MOHAN,We all know how Court is working under BJP Govt.Dont be Hyper relax.We dont need court to give the Certificate.God have given enough Knowledge for all of us to Judge a Person or A Group like RSS / BJP Some people like you dont Use.That is

Mootharapathi
 - 
Wednesday, 23 Mar 2016

Kallanige Kaala santheye marukatte

Naren kotian
 - 
Wednesday, 23 Mar 2016

when pro pakistani muslim league and isis terrorists can contest election in kerala... why cant a nationalist like sreesanth contest ? haha jihadists predicting his defeat ... same third class people said modi will never win ... but result was different ... meanwhile muslim commentors are tight lipped about their chummah gang sorry muslim terrorists massacred 34 people in bussels ... it proves it is very much clearly mentioned in quran to attack non believers ....

UMMAR
 - 
Tuesday, 22 Mar 2016

HE IS FRAUD HE MADE INDIAN CRICKET FOR BOKIE.... ''

YA HE IS SUIT FOR NJP ITSELF

Somashekaran
 - 
Tuesday, 22 Mar 2016

He deserves because BJP always favors the CORRUPTED peoples.BJP always look such people..No wonder Srishanth (Legendary Match Fixer} Joining BJP...All the best and get ready to face the DEFEAT.

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The police had to resort to baton-charge to control the situation.

Locals were opposing the facility, which is being used to isolate travellers from different states in the view of coronavirus.

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 23: The Siddi community in Karnataka got its first lawmaker as Governor Vajubhai Vala nominated five persons, including Shantharama Budna Siddi, to the Karnataka Legislative Council on Wednesday.

Shantharama Siddi had been working as a social worker and was a post holder at the Vanavasi Kalyan Prakalpa, a tribal welfare initiative of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

The Siddis, an ethnic group in India, are said to have descended from the people of the East African region. They are included in the list of Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Karnataka.

Apart from the Shantharama, the inclusion of CP Yogishwar, who had left Congress to join BJP in 2017 but failed to retain his seat in the 2018 Assembly polls, is also considered as a big decision.

Adagur H Vishwanath, another former JDS leader, who had quit his party and joined BJP but failed to retain his seat has also caught the attention of the people.

Further, Governor Vala has nominated Talwar Sabanna and Bharathi Shetty to the Upper House in the state.

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May 8,2020

Bengaluru, May 8: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday held a meeting with opposition parties at his office here over COVID-19 situation in the state.

Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Congress leaders SR Patil and DK Shivakumar participated in the meeting. From Janata Dal (Secular), former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and HD Revanna were present.

"Congress legislative party leader Siddaramaiah and DK Shivkumar have arranged the Chief Minister to request the central government to announce a special package of Rs 50,000 crore to Karnataka to fight coronavirus and also special packages requested for small and medium scale industries," said Siddaramaiah's media secretary.

Meanwhile, Yediyurappa has announced a special package for those involved in leather works, especially those who work on the roadside.

The special package has been announced for cobblers and leather workers, who work on the roadside.

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