Congress selects candidate for Ballary bypoll: Siddaramaiah clears the air
Bengaluru: The coordination committee chairman Siddaramaiah has succeeded in uniting the Congress MLAs of Ballary district and district in-charge minister D.K. Shivakumar over the issue of choosing Congress candidate for the Ballary bypoll.
Though a series of meetings was conducted at the KPCC office for a couple of days, it was not possible to choose a Congress candidate for the upcoming Ballary bypoll. However, today Siddaramaiah attended the leaders meeting and cleared the air.
MLAs Tukaram, P.T. Parameshwar Naik, Anand Singh, and Anil Lad had expressed their opposition to MLA Nagendra's brother Venkatesh Prasad’s candidature. Also, they had not attended the meeting held at the KPCC office.
At a meeting held at KPCC office under the leadership of Siddaramaiah today, all the Congress MLAs of the district, and prominent party leaders participated and expressed their opinions. Except former MLA Anil Lad, all attended the meeting.
KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Bellary district in-charge minister D.K. Shivakumar and others were present.
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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.
