Two NDA leaders join Congress in Bihar
Patna (PTI): Two senior leaders of the ruling NDA in Bihar joined the Congress, months ahead of the assembly polls.
Anil Singh, a former BJP leader, and Shambhu Patel, who was with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), were inducted into the Congress by state unit president Rajesh Kumar on Wednesday.
Rajesh Kumar said it was a homecoming for Singh, whose father Ram Raj Singh had served as a minister when the party ruled the state. Singh has himself represented the now-abolished Chandi assembly seat twice, first on a Congress ticket and later as an MLA of the Samata Party, the JD(U)'s previous avatar.
Patel, who is a former JD(U) state general secretary, said he was feeling stifled in the party.
The state Congress president asserted that the induction of Singh and Patel would give the party a boost ahead of the assembly elections, which would be due later this year.
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Sringeri postal ballot recount: Votes tampered with, alleges D.K. Shivakumar
Hospet: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Sunday alleged large-scale tampering of postal ballots in the Sringeri constituency.
Speaking to the media near the Tungabhadra Dam, he said, “A large-scale crime has taken place in Sringeri. Tampering has been done using officials. More than 200 ballot papers have been tampered with.”
He further alleged that postal ballots were manipulated despite signatures being recorded during counting, calling it a “shame for the country.”
“They have tampered with the votes of our MLAs. Similar tampering has taken place in Jayanagar too. This is an insult to democracy. There should be a thorough investigation into this. The law will take its course. We will go to court,” he said.
