Cong-JDS together face by-poll: Deve Gowda
Bengaluru, October 06: Former prime minister and JDS supremo H.D. Deve Gowda said that Congress-JDS alliance would face the by-election to three Lok Sabha and two Assembly segments.
Speaking to reporters at the party office here on Saturday, Deve Gowda said that “Ramanagar was our constituency where JDS will field its candidate and Congress would field its candidates in Bagalkot and Jamkhandi constituency”, he said.
“Regarding the three Lok Sabha constituencies like Shivamogga, Ballary and Mandya, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar and former chief minister Siddaramaiah would discuss and take a decision. We do not have any confusion. Both the parties would go together to face the by-elections”, he said.
JDS candidate would contest from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency. But the name was not yet finalized. The by-election to the Lok Sabha seats would not become a referendum to the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, he added.
He has not yet decided on campaigning for by-elections. The party leaders would take care of it. The JDS has given up the Vijayapura local body election to the Congress, he said.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
