11 MLCs take oath today
Bengaluru, June 18: All the 11 newly elected Legislative Council Members K Govindaraju, BM Farooq, K Harish Kumar, Aravind Kumar Arali, CM Ibrahim, Tejashwini Gowda, Dharme Gowda, KP Nanjundi, Raghunath Rao Malkapure, Ravikumar and Rudre Gowda took oath in the name of the God in a simple programme at the Banquet Hall of the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Monday.
They took oath in the presence of Legislative Council Chairman DH Shankaramurthy.
Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Krishna Byre Gowda, Woman and Child Welfare and Kannada and Culture departments Minister Jayamala, Opposition Leader BS Yeddyurappa were present on the occasion.
'Felicitated'
Motamma, Ramachandra Gowda, Amarnath Patil, MD Lakshminarayana, DS Veeraiah who retired as MLCs were felicitated on the occasion.
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“Union Min. HDK has collected crores of rupees for bypolls,” alleges Cheluvarayaswamy
Mandya: Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy has accused Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy of collecting crores of rupees from various companies for the bypolls of three assembly constituencies of Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Addressing press persons on Monday, he stated that the JD(S)-BJP alliance has poured large amounts of funds into the bypolls of three constituencies in the state. “We could not compete against them, money alone cannot make anyone win. People will bless owing to our pro-people programs,” he added.
He claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party through its ‘operation lotus’ has been attempting to poach Congress legislators since the formation of the government in 2023. He further said, “Kumaraswamy and BJP leaders keep saying that the government will fall, what other proof is required to determine that Operation lotus is being conducted.”
“Everyone is aware that operation lotus cannot run without money. They have lured our MLAs with money. However, our legislators have ignored such attempts. We will provide adequate proof about the amount of money and the legislators they tried to poach at the right time. Let them (BJP-JDS) prove allegations against us (Congress) first,” said the Minister responding to a reporter’s question.
Cheluvarayaswamy also refuted claims of scandal and cited them as ‘baseless.’ He further said, “Everything is under investigation. Ask them to prove their allegations first. It is just an illusion that the state government will fall owing to the scams.”
