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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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March 24,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 24: Seven people were arrested on Tuesday for violating prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of CrPC in Mangaluru during the lockdown in Karnataka, Commissioner of Police PS Harsha said.

Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday had announced a complete lockdown in the state till April 1.
"In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the entire state will be locked down from 12 am of March 23 to April 1. People are requested to strictly follow it to contain the coronavirus spread," he said.
Earlier, the state government had ordered the suspending of all public and private transport services.
According to the data compiled by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total number of the infection-related death toll in the country rose to nine on Tuesday, while the total number of active cases reached 482.

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July 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 2: A youth who was on job hunt committed suicide by hanging from the roof of his house in Maroli on Wednesday.

32-year-old Advaita Shetty taken pilot training and looking for a job, According to sources, he had come back to his native place, Maroli, three days ago.

The exact reason behind this extreme step is not known yet.

Kankanady town police have registered a case in this regard.

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March 12,2020

Bhopal, Mar 12: Madhya Pradesh Congress on Thursday alleged that two of its ministers who had gone to Bengaluru to meet the rebel party legislators were assaulted.

"Two of our ministers Jitu Patwari and Lakhan Singh had gone to Bengaluru. They were assaulted, we have info that our ministers have been arrested," Madhya Pradesh Congress leader said during a press conference.

Congress further warned that if the police don't take action, the party will take it to the court.

Some of the rebel MLAs had said in a video on Wednesday that they were in Bengaluru out of their own will.

The rebel MLAs have been staying in Bengaluru over the past few days.

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