BJP inching towards victory in both Karnataka by-poll constituencies
Bengaluru: In the fierce competition between the ruling BJP party and their Congress-JDS opposition for the RR Nagar and Shira Vidhanasaba by-elections, the counting of votes indicate that the BJP’s candidates on both the constituencies are inching towards victory.
In the 12th round of vote count, BJP’s candidate from RR Nagar Munirathna is leading with a count of 31,176 votes. Currently, while BJP’s Munirathna has received a whopping 64,703 votes, Congress candidate Kusuma has received 33,527 votes. Munirathna, who is leading on the postal vote front had been waiting till the 12th round of counting to achieve this feat.
In the Shira region, BJP is heading towards victory for the very first time, as with each round of counting BJP is leading with votes creating a wide gap with their competition. With the end of the 10th round of counting, BJP’s candidate Dr. Rajesh Gowda has polled 38,883 votes. His rival TB Jayachandra has received 24,908 votes. The JDS candidate Ammajamma stands in 3rd place with 16,911 votes.
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Vaiko demands immediate rollback of LPG price
Chennai (PTI): Condemning the hike in price of commercial LPG cylinders, MDMK General Secretary Vaiko on Saturday urged the Union government for immediate rollback of the Centre's move.
MDMK is an ally of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu.
"I strongly condemn the BJP government for increasing the price of cooking gas for commercial use by almost Rs 1000 per cylinder in a single go, citing the rise in crude oil prices in the international market due to the US-Iran war", Vaiko said in a statement.
Pointing out that the price of a 19 kg cooking gas cylinder was increased by Rs 993 and the selling price has been fixed at Rs 3,239, the MDMK leader claimed that restaurants have been severely affected by the disruption in the supply of cooking gas for the past two months, and the prices of food items have also risen.
"In this situation, the increase in the price of cooking gas for commercial use will severely affect the public," he said, adding, "the union government should immediately reverse this price hike".
