HC notice to Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyas Kamath
‘Elected as MLA due to defects in EVMs’
Bengaluru, July 25: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Mangaluru South MLA Vedavyas Kamath on charges of winning the Assembly election due to defect in the EVMs.
Defeated candidate John Richart Lobo filed an application against BJP MLA Kamath that the latter had won the election because of the defects in the EVMs. After hearing the argument, the court issued notices to nine others mentioned in the application and postponed the further hearing.
Questioning the victory of Kamath, Lobo said that there was a problem during counting. Moreover, Kamath’s wife had appealed the voters during the campaigning to vote her husband for the protection of Hindutva, which was a clear violation of election code of conduct. So, the election of Kamath should withhold and the Election Commission should be directed to use ballot papers in the future elections, he demanded.
Ravindranath Kamath argued in favour of Lobo.
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We need to create system in which people's skills get their due: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi Friday called for creating a system in which people's skills get their due and everyone's contribution is respected, as he shared a Diwali video in which he interacts with paint job workers and potters.
Posting the over nine-minute video which features him also having a conversation with his nephew Raihan Rajiv Vadra on YouTube, the former Congress chief said, "A memorable Diwali with special people - I celebrated this Diwali working with some painter brothers and making earthen diyas with a potter family."
"I saw their work closely, tried to learn their skills and understood their difficulties and problems. They don't go home. We celebrate festivals happily and to earn some money, they forget their village, city, family," Gandhi said.
"They make happiness from clay. While lighting up the festivals of others, are they able to live in light themselves? Those who build houses can hardly run their own houses!" he said.
Gandhi said Diwali means light that can remove the darkness of poverty and helplessness.
"We have to create such a system -- in which people's skills get their due and contribution is respected -- makes everyone's Diwali a happy one. I hope this Diwali brings prosperity, progress and love in the lives of all of you," he said.
In the video, Gandhi is seen working with labourers at the 10 Janpath residence and learning to paint walls along with his nephew. In the second part of the video, Gandhi goes to the house of a woman who makes earthen lamps with her five daughters.
Gandhi tries his hand at pottery and makes 'diyas', which he says he would give to his mother and sister.
Since his Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra and his Manipur to Mumbai Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, Gandhi has been interacting with a cross-section of people from mechanics and cobblers to labourers and bus drivers.
He often posts videos of his numerous interactions and highlights the plight of various sections of society.
