Gangambike elected as Mayor, Rameela as Deputy Mayor of BBMP
Bengaluru: After BJP’s high drama in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), the Congress and the JDS alliance has retained its position in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
While Gangambike Mallikarjuna, a Congress member of Jayanagar Ward No.153, elected as the new Mayor; JDS member Rameela Uma Shankar of Kaveripuram Ward 103, has been elected as the Deputy Mayor.
When Gangamabike secured 130 votes, BJP's Shobha Anjanappa failed to get a single vote. Following which Gangambike won with the highest number of votes and became the Mayor of Bengaluru. Nearly 50 years later, the BBMP got a Lingayat Mayor.
All members raised their hands in favor of the Congress leader Gangambike to vote for her.
During the Deputy Mayor election, Rameela of JDS got 129 votes, while BJP's Pratibha Dhanaraj could not secure a single vote.
MPs PC Mohan, Sadananda Gowda, Lehar Singh, and Rajiv Chandrashekhar walked out of the council hall. Through this, the BJP accepted their defeat even before the election process.
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Hyderabad woman commits suicide after allegedly getting injected with HIV-infected blood by relative
Hyderabad: A 22-year-old woman committed suicide in Hyderabad about a month after a relative allegedly injected her with HIV-infected blood after she rejected a marriage proposal, police said.
The woman is identified as Ramani. She was found dead at her grandmother's home in Annojiguda on Friday morning, according to The News Minute.
According to police, the accused, a 24-year-old man related to the victim, had been in a relationship with her. Initially their families had agreed to their marriage but the proposal was later withdrawn after medical tests confirmed that the man was HIV positive.
According to investigators, the accused allegedly injected his own blood into the woman at her home on March 11, after his marriage proposal was refused. Police said he obtained a syringe and committed the act when she was alone, allegedly with the intent of forcing her into marriage.
The incident was discovered when the woman told her relatives and was sent to a medical checkup. The accused was detained in March and put in judicial prison on allegations including attempted murder.
Police said a suicide note was recovered from the scene in which the woman mentioned being distressed by the manner in which the incident was discussed on social media. Family members stated that she had been undergoing emotional distress and had developed health complications following the assault.
