BJP announces candidates for 21 constituencies in Karnataka
Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released a list of 21 candidates who will contest from Karnataka against the Congress-JD(S) coalition in the state for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Former Minister A Manju, who left Congress and joined BJP will contest from Hassan constituency from the party ticket, Dr. Umesh Jadhav from Kalburgi, Devendrappa has secured ticket from Bellari while A. Narayanswami will contest the polls from Chitradurga constituency.
Udupi-Chikmagalur-Shobha Karandlaje, Mysore-Kodagu-Pratap Simha, Vijayapura-Ramesh Jigajinagi, Uttara Kannada-Ananthkumar Hegde, Bengaluru North-DV Sadananda Gowda, Chikkaballapur-BN Bache Gowda, Bangalore Central-PC. Mohan, Chamarajanagar-V. Srinivas Prasad, Tumkur-GS Basavaraju, Dakshina Kannada-Nalin Kumar Kateel, Shimoga-BY Raghavendra are among others who will contest the election on BJP ticket.
Davangere-GM Siddheshwar, Dharwad-Prahlad Joshi, Haveri-Shivakumar Udasi, Bidar-Bhagwant Khuba, Bagalkot-PC. Gaddigowder, Belgaum-Suresh Angadi have also secured tickets for the upcoming election.
Of the 28 constituencies in the state the party has announced candidates for 21 seats while candidates for 7 other constituencies are yet to be announced.
Seven constituencies where the party has not yet named its candidates include Mandya, Kolar, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore South, Koppal, Raichur and Chikkodi.
In constituencies like Udupi-Chikmagalur, Mysore-Kodagu, Uttara Kannada, Vijayapur and Bengaluru North rumors were rife that the party will not give tickets to sitting MPs and would change the candidates, but the high-command has persisted with the sitting MPs and have announced tickets to them.
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2 detained after comment over wedding procession to Dalit house sparks clash in UP's Shahjahanpur
Shahjahanpur (UP) (PTI): Two persons have been detained after a clash broke out allegedly over remarks targeting a Dalit family's wedding procession in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur district, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred in Lai Kheda village under Tilhar police station area, where a wedding procession from Bareilly had arrived at a Dalit household on April 20.
According to SP Saurabh Dixit, when the procession was near the house of Rajpal Yadav, he allegedly made a remark saying "Now, Dalits will also take out wedding processions riding a buggy", leading to an argument. Yadav's side allegedly turned aggressive, escalating the conflict further.
Police said a scuffle ensued between the two sides. Upon receiving information, police personnel reached the spot and ensured that the procession was conducted peacefully after the incident.
An FIR was registered on Friday against Rajpal Yadav, Sumit, Amit, Surendra, Avdhesh Yadav and five unidentified persons based on a complaint. Rajpal Yadav and his son Sumit have been taken into custody and are being questioned, Dixit said.
The case has been registered under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, police said.
Dixit said preliminary findings suggest that Yadav, too, was hosting a function and processions from both sides had arrived around the same time. A dispute may have initially arisen due to a narrow passage and attempts to move the processions quickly.
Police have registered the case under relevant sections of the BNS and initiated further probe, officials said.
