'Horses for courses' policy for BJP in MCC elections; fields 4 minority candidates from four wards
All four candidates will contest against minority representatives from Congress
Mangaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is trying to get back into power in Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC) after losing the 2013 Elections has fielded four candidates from minority communities to consolidate votes of minorities during the election.
BJP came into power in MCC for the first time in 2008 but lost power in 2013 and is trying to claim power again. The four candidates from minority communities fielded by BJP includes three women candidate. Asha D’Souza who was elected on Congress ticket from Kankanady-Valencia (ward no 48) in the previous election was left out by her party this time. The BJP has got her onboard and has her contesting from Falnir ward.
Asha D’Souza will be seeded against Former Mayor of MCC and four-time corporator from Congress, Jesinta Vijay Alfred who will be contesting her fifth election after being undefeated for four continuous terms.
From ward no. 38 (Bunder) BJP has fielded Jessel Voila D’Souza against senior corporator and Congress candidate Naveen D’Souza. Naveen who is contesting his fourth MCC Election was also a nominated member of the council for one year.
From ward no. 5 (Kattipala North) BJP has fielded Surayya against Congress’ Fathima Bi. Similarly from ward no. 43 (Kudroli) BJP has fielded Arshad against Shamsuddin.
The saffron party has clearly gone with the ‘horses for courses’ policy in the upcoming elections that will be held in November 14.
Congress and BJP have both fielded candidates on all 60 wards while JD(s), SDPI, CPI, CPI (M), WPI have also fielded candidates from selected seats along with other Independent candidates. A total of 191 nominations have been filed for 60 wards election.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Student found dead in hostel room in IIT Kharagpur
Kolkata (PTI): A 22-year-old M Tech student was found dead in his hostel room in the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, the second such incident reported on the campus within a span of 10 days.
The student, identified as Soham Haldar, was found hanging from the ceiling of his hostel room on Tuesday and he was immediately taken to the institute hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, an IIT Kharagpur official said.
Haldar, a dual-degree student in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, was a boarder of the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Hall of Residence on the campus.
Police from the Kharagpur Town police station have initiated a probe into the incident as preliminary findings indicated that it could be a case of suicide, though the exact cause of death will be ascertained following the post-mortem examination, the official said.
In a statement, the institute expressed deep grief over the student's death and said a detailed inquiry has been initiated.
The authorities have informed the family and are extending all possible assistance to them, it added.
Director Suman Chakraborty told PTI that the institute will strengthen the mechanism to identify stressed-out and depressed students and take follow-up steps to address their issues.
The grief-stricken parents of the student, who hailed from Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, have come to the campus and the authorities will speak to them, he said.
"Haldar's friends, faculty and staffers also could not gauge any stress or anxiety in him. But we need to enable students suffering from anxiety and extreme stress to open up their minds and do everything needed to prevent such incidents," he said.
Investigators are also scrutinising CCTV footage from the hostel premises to piece together the sequence of events leading to the incident.
The incident comes close on the heels of another student's death reported on April 18, when 21-year-old Jaibir Singh Dodia, a third-year Mechanical Engineering student from Ahmedabad, allegedly died after jumping from the eighth floor of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hall of Residence. That case is also under investigation.
The back-to-back incidents have once again brought the issue of mental health and student support systems at the institute into focus, especially in view of several such cases reported last year.
