Congress leaders have contacted me, says D V Sadananda Gowda
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister of Karnataka D V Sadandanda Gowda said that he was deeply disappointed with BJP for denying him ticket to contest Lok Sabha elections from Bengaluru (North) constituency.
Revealing that he was contacted by Congress leaders, Gowda declared that he would be revealing his decision on Tuesday. He was speaking to the media after celebrating his 72nd birthday with family and friends on Monday in his residence at Dollars Colony, Bengaluru.
Stressing that he would make his decision after consulting his family, Sadananda Gowda said that a senior BJP leader had visited his house on Sunday and he would be sharing the details tomorrow. Speaking on Former Deputy CM K S Eshwarappa’s rebellion against the party, Gowda said that he had advised Eshwarappa to take a joint delegation of all disgruntled leaders to the high command. “He has already made his decision known. I don’t want to comment on that”, he added.
“Only my name came up in the survey conducted to select a candidate for Bengaluru North. I was promised a ticket, but no one came to me at the end. I have been watching certain developments that have happened in Delhi and the state”, Sadananda Gowda said.
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Gowda said that he was organizing a press meet on Tuesday to unburden his heart about the injustice that has happened to him. While ups and downs were a common thing in politics, he said that he was deeply saddened by intentional neglect he had faced.
Sadananda Gowda is hurt by his candidacy for Bengaluru North LS constituency handed over to Shobha Karandlaje. It is known that KPCC President D K Shivakumar has tried to make the most of this rift by inviting the aggrieved BJP veteran to his party through Puttur MLA Ashok Rai. Sources tell that Congress is deliberating to launch him from Bangalore North constituency, if Sadananda Gowda accepts the proposal.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
