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Rebellion explodes in Congress over ticket denial to 12 sitting MLAs

DHNS
April 16, 2018

Bengaluru, Apr 16: Rebellion exploded in the ruling Congress on Sunday with supporters of sitting MLAs raising a banner of revolt against the party for denying tickets to their leaders.

Of the 218 candidates announced by the party, as many as 12 sitting MLAs do not figure in the list. Age factor, health issues, image and poor performance as legislators are said to be the reason for denying them tickets.

The revolt commenced even before the party officially announced its list and continued through the night.

Followers of sitting Congress MLAs G H Srinivas (Tarikere), Manohar Tahasildar (Hangal) and H P Rajesh (Jagaluru–ST reserved) hit the streets and shouted slogans against the party for not giving their leaders the ticket in their respective constituencies.

The party is yet to announce candidates in Shantinagar, Kittur and Nagathana, where it has sitting MLAs. 

In Hangal, Haveri district, supporters of Tahasildar set many tyres on fire and blocked the traffic movement in the town to register their protest. Followers of Srinivas staged a protest, as the party decided not to field him again in the coming polls.

Followers of Rajesh protested in front of the Davangere district Congress office as their leader was denied the ticket. They later met district incharge minister S S Mallikarjun and urged him to intervene in the matter.

Similarly, supporters of former minister B Shivaram staged a protest against Hassan district in-charge minister A Manju, demanding that Shivaram be given the ticket for the Belur constituency.

Anticipating that the party may deny him the ticket, Congress ticket aspirant from C V Ramanagar constituency in Bengaluru, P Ramesh, announced his decision to join the JD(S) on Saturday. He hit out at the Congress leaders, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, for 'betraying' him.

This apart, senior party leader V R Sudarshan resigned as KPCC vice-president. He was upset with the party as he is not likely to get the ticket to contest from Kolar Assembly constituency. His apprehension turned out to be true with the party giving the ticket to Syed Zameer Pasha.

Reacting to the rebellion in the party, party president G Parameshwara said, "There are many ticket aspirants. Of course, those who are denied the ticket will be disappointed. The party will placate them by holding talks with them".

Rebellion by the disgruntled ticket aspirants has caused immense embarrassment to the ruling party, which is making all-out efforts to retain power in the May 12 election. The party insiders warned the issue will worsen and it may even damage its poll prospects if the party leadership fails to take immediate action to quell the rebellion.

Sitting MLAs denied ticket

B B Chimmankatti (Badami)

Makbul S Baghwan (Vijayapura City)

R Ramakrishna (Gulbarga Rural)

Manohar Tahasildar (Hangal)

B N Shivannavar (Byadgi)

B M Nagaraj (Siraguppa)

N Y Gopalakrishna (Ballari)

H P Rajesh (Jagalur)

Shivamurthy Naik (Mayakonda)

G H Srinivas (Tarikere)

K Shadakshari (Tiptur)

S Jayanna (Kollegal)

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Kumar
 - 
Monday, 16 Apr 2018

Govt institution, private firms and all kind of institutional structures having retirement. We, people dont want old people who contest only for money and sleep. They are just mocking people by sleeping in RS and LS

Ganesh
 - 
Monday, 16 Apr 2018

Age should be a major factor. People want young and energetic minded people who can reach everywhere without excuses while needed.

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June 3,2020

Koppal, Jun 3: Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that allegedly there was deep crisis in the state BJP but categorically denied any role of Congress in it.

Addressing a press conference here, the former Chief Minister said 'I and my party have nothing to do with the developments in the ruling party. I came to know through media that some 25 BJP MLAs allegedly not satisfied with the way of functioning of the government. The Congress party is not interested in what is happenings in BJP and if the government falls on its own, then Congress might stake claim to form the government eventually".

Mr Siddaramaiah alleged that the State’s BJP government was trying to 'subvert the Constitution and Panchayat Raj Laws' by postponing election to Gram Panchayats citing spread of COVID-19.

'The Commission has not provided any information so far about the preparation of electoral rolls, fixing of reservation to seats, and calendar of events for holding elections. It is the duty of the Commission to hold elections as per the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act,' he further said.

The EC on May 28 postponed elections to GPs citing 'exceptional circumstances' prevailing in Karnataka following the coronavirus pandemic situation. Elections to as many as 5,800 GPs scheduled to be held by next month with the ending of their terms have been put off, and fresh dates were yet to be announced.

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February 3,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 3: After neighbouring reported the second confirmed case of dreaded Coronavirus, the government of Karnataka today ordered high alert across border districts including Dakshina Kannada.

Apart from Dakshina Kannada, district administrations in Kodagu, Chamarajanagar and Mysuru that share boundary with Kerala have been put on high alert over the movement of people with suspected cases.

In a statement released on Monday, the Health and Family welfare department said that these districts have been directed to immediately report to the State Surveillance Unit (SSU) if they come across any suspected cases of people infected with Coronavirus.

Currently, about 51 people who returned from Coronavirus-affected regions have been identified and 46 are under home isolation across Karnataka.

So far, 44 samples have been sent to the National Institute of Virology, Pune for analysis and out of which 29 samples have revealed negative results. Yet, the state government has put in all possible measures to check the spread of the virus in any part of the state.

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May 14,2020

Bengaluru, May 14: Three youths died of "asphyxiation" when they fell into a pit in the abandoned Kolar gold field mines, where they had gone to allegedly steal iron material early on Thursday, police said.

On Wednesday night, the trio had entered the gold mine in Kolar district, about 100 km from Bengaluru, and fell in the pit after losing balance.

After inhaling the poisonous gas in the pit, they were asphyxiated to death, they said.

"It was a seven hour exercise after which we could bring out two bodies. Work is on to retrieve the third," a police officer told .

Police reached the spot after they were alerted by the accomplices of the deceased.

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