BJP wins Karnataka South East Graduates' MLC seat
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP on Wednesday emerged victorious in the Karnataka South East Graduates' constituency, thereby winning all the four legislative council seats that went for the polls on October 28.
Results for Bengaluru Teachers', Karnataka North East Teachers' and Karnataka West Graduates' constituencies were declared on Tuesday in which BJP emerged victorious.
In the Karnataka, South East Graduates' constituency for which the results were declared on Wednesday BJP's Chidanand M Gowda defeated his closest rival D T Srinivasa an independent candidate by a margin of 7,125 votes.
While Gowda had secured 30,976 votes, Srinivasa had polled 23,851.
Congress' Ramesh Babu, who had recently joined the party has secured 9,093 votes, while JD(S)' Chowda Reddy Thoopalli got 18,810 votes.
By winning four MLC seats, the ruling BJP has become the single largest party in the Council with 31 seats. It is followed by Congress, with 29 seats, including the chairman.
The JD(S) has 14 seats and there is one independent.
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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".
