JD(S) concedes Bengaluru North constituency to Congress for LS Election
Bengaluru: JD(S) party has given away the Bengaluru North Constituency to the Congress party for the upcoming LS Election.
The constituency was bagged by JD(S) in the pre-election alliance deal between the two parties.
On Monday KC Venugopal through a Facebook post shared the information confirming that Congress will contest from the constituency.
He thanked JD(S) supremo H.D Devegowda and his party for the ‘kind gesture’ of giving the seat to Congress. He further added “Together, let us reclaim democracy”.
In a similar post on Twitter, Karnataka Congress also thanked Devegowda and Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy for the gesture and towards the end added “This election for saving constitution and democracy and the alliance will win it”.
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಉತ್ತರ ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರವನ್ನು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ಗೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಟ್ಟ ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್ @hd_kumaraswamy @H_D_Devegowda ಅವರುಗಳಿಗೆ ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು.
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) March 25, 2019
ಈ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯು ಸಂವಿಧಾನ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವ ಉಳಿವಿಗಾಗಿ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದು ಗೆಲುವು ಮೈತ್ರಿ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳದ್ದಾಗಲಿದೆ.#ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ_ಪ್ರಗತಿಗಾಗಿ_ಮೈತ್ರಿ#LokSabhaelections2019
Earlier, there were reports that Devegowda would himself contest from the constituency. But after discussions he decided to contest from Tumkuru, which meant there was no suitable candidate in the party to be fielded from Bengaluru North and hence the party decided to give away the seat.
With this JD(S) will now contest on only 7 seats of the state, while Congress will contest on 21 of the 28 seat in the state.
While the Congress is yet to announce candidate from Bengaluru North seat, BJP has fielded former Chief Minister and sitting MP of the constituency DV Sadanand Gowda from the party.
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Ranchi: Temple guard bludgeoned to death during robbery attempt, 3 held
Ranchi (PTI): A 60-year-old security guard of a temple in Ranchi was bludgeoned to death with a stone during a robbery attempt, police said on Saturday.
The incident happened late on Thursday at the Jagannath Temple in the Dhurwa Smart City area, they said.
"Three persons were arrested on Friday for killing the security guard. They confessed to the crime and told police that the victim had identified them. Therefore, in fear of being caught, they killed him by attacking him with a stone on his head," SSP Rakesh Ranjan said.
"Thereafter, they took money from the donation box and fled the scene. Two of them have criminal antecedents," he added.
Ranjan said the investigators recovered Rs 3 lakh in cash that had been robbed, the stone with blood-stained marks, and the iron rod used to break open the lock of the donation box kept there.
An FIR in this regard was lodged at the Dhurwa police station, he said, adding that the accused were sent to judicial custody by a court.
