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DyCM Savadi faces uncertain future

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December 17, 2019

Bengaluru, Dec 17: Chief minister BS Yediyurappa is under immense pressure to nominate his deputy Laxman Savadi to the legislative council to enable him to continue in office.

Savadi, a former MLA, took oath as minister in August, hoping the party will give him a ticket to contest the byelections from Athani. However, the party denied him the ticket and instead promised him a berth in the upper house, provided he ensures victory of disqualified MLA Mahesh Kumatalli from Athani.

Yediyurappa had announced Savadi will continue as DyCM, but time is running out for the former MLA since he has to be nominated to the council by February. If the Election Commission does not declare elections in January, then Savadi will be forced to resign since the EC has to notify elections to the council before the process can begin.

There is a lone vacancy in the council after Congress MLC Rizwan Arshad was elected from Shivajinagar in the bypoll. Savadi is hoping to take Arshad’s spot.

“The EC has time of six months to conduct elections to that seat from the date Arshad was elected,” said legislative council secretary KR Vishalakshi. This means polls can be conducted any time before May 2020.

However, for Savadi’s ill-luck disqualified legislator R Shankar is also eyeing a berth in the council along with MTB Nagaraj and AH Vishwanath. The BJP is trying its best to convince Shankar to wait till June when there will be nine vacancies in the upper house. At present, these nine seats are vested with Congress and JD(S).

Health minister B Sriramulu, who is reportedly miffed with the party leadership for not considering him for the DyCM post met BL Santosh, BJP national general secretary (organisation) to express his anger.

“While I represent the BJP and work for the people without any intent of holding a post in the government, the general public has been hoping I become DyCM. I am not going to belittle their hopes and dreams by denying the post if it comes to me. But it is all in god’s hands,” said Sriramulu, after meeting Santosh.

Functionaries say denying Sriramulu and choosing Ramesh Jarkiholi would alienate the Valmiki (scheduled tribe) community where the former has a huge following. “In fact it is possible that the number of DyCMs may fall,” said a senior party functionary.

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January 9,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 9: Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Thursday said that the Education Department would launch a helpline by March 2020 to address the complaints.

Speaking to reporters here, he said, the helpline is not only for children but also for teachers.

"Entire department including teachers and parents can make use of the opportunity”, the minister said.

“The helpline can be called for any complaint related to the Education Department. Our objective is to resolve problems within a stipulated time,” the Minister said.

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February 5,2020

Kasaragod, Feb 5: The customs officials has confiscated 15.5 kilograms gold from a car at Bekal near here on Wednesday.

Sources said, acting on a tip-off, the customs sleuths intercepted a car at Bekal, and seized the yellow metal which is being smuggled by the occupants into Kerala.

The police also managed to arrest the two youth identified as Khetan (29) and Akash (23), both natives of Maharashtra. They had hidden the gold in the cushion. 

The accused confessed that the gold was being transported from Thalassery to Maharashtra illegally. The custom officials are investigating to find others involved in the case.

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March 3,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 3: Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) on Tuesday issued guidelines to its employees, as per advisory issued by World Health Organisation (WHO), to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

"The BMTC has provided general information on the topic and SOPs for daily life and operations to our employees as per advisory issued by the WHO. The corporation has started a communication campaign about Coronavirus indicating its characteristics, known ways of infection and recommended preventive measures. This information was distributed to the staff, drivers and conductors through Whatsapp, pamphlet and email," informed BMTC.

"The information was also distributed through pamphlets at bus stations. An awareness campaign is being taken up by sharing relevant information through social media," it added.

The BMTC further said that the circular was issued to create awareness among the cleaning personnel who work in depots.

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