Karnataka Polls: BJP bags seven seats, congress restricted to just one in Coastal belt
Mangaluru, May 15: what it can be called as the mirror effect of 2013 poll results in coastal Karnataka, BJP bagged seven seats out of eight restricting congress to just one seat. While in 2013 congress had emerged victorious in seven assembly seats BJP was limited to just one.
All the analysis and calculations went upside down on Tuesday as the counting of votes began at counting centers. Not only the party workers but also leaders of congress party were stunned by the outcome of this election.
U.T Khader, the only congress candidate from coastal Karnataka, who stood against the BJP wave in the region and succeeded, has said that his government's development works has reached the people of all sections. But the false propaganda has won in this election.
Mangaluru North congress candidate Moidin Bava blamed Hindutva wave for his defeat.
On the other hand, Rajesh Naik Ulippadi of BJP who has defeated Ramanatha Rai in Bantwal said that Rai's appeasing politics helped him win this election. He said that Rai has not done any developmental works and that is the main reason for his defeat. He further stated that this is the victory of the party and its workers.
BJP candidates, Harish Punja in Belthangady, Sanjeev Matandoor in Puttur, S.Angara in Sullia, Rajesh Naik in Bantwal, Vedavyas Kamath in Mangaluru South, Dr. Bharath Shetty in Mangaluru North and Umanath Kotian in Moodabidre emerged victorious.
Violation of prohibitory order
In the wake of vote counting the district authority had imposed prohibitory section from May 14 midnight till May 16 midnight. But the party workers violated this prohibitory order by taking out processions along with their winning candidates.
Dakshina Kannada DC Shashikanth Senthil had issued prohibitory orders that had prohibited people from gathering near counting centers, taking out celebratory processions and victory celebration. But party workers violated this order and indulged in victory celebration.
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Online fraud: Hotel chef from Udupi cheated of over Rs 1 lakh by WhatsApp contact
Udupi: Udupi City Police have registered a case of online fraud after a 62-year-old hotel chef was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.13 lakh by a woman who befriended him on WhatsApp, claiming to be based in London.
The victim, identified as Pandu Kariappa Poojary, a resident of Kuthpadi in Udupi, was working at a hotel in Mangaluru.
He reportedly came into contact with a woman identifying herself as Emilda William on WhatsApp. During their interactions, she told Poojary that she planned to start a cosmetics and hotel business in India and would meet him during a visit to Mangaluru.
On April 7, Emilda sent Poojary a flight ticket from London to Delhi via WhatsApp. The following day, Poojary received a phone call from a woman who informed him that Emilda had arrived at Delhi airport carrying a demand draft worth Rs 5 crore along with other items. The caller allegedly asked him to pay Rs 70,000.
Subsequently, Poojary also received a call from Emilda, who was reportedly crying and spoke about the situation. Believing the claims, he transferred a total of Rs 1,13,300 in phases using a scanner. He later realised that he had been cheated.
