Karnataka: Wife of late IAS officer DK Ravi joins Congress
Bengaluru: H Kusuma, wife of late IAS officer D K Ravi, joined the Congress on Sunday. She and her father, who was with the JD(S), were formally inducted into the party by Congress state chief D K Shivakumar.
Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and former deputy chief minister Dr G Parameshwara were present on the occasion, party sources said.
Kusuma's entry into the party comes amid speculations that Congress would field her from Rajarajeshwari Nagar (R R Nagar) in the city, which goes for the bypolls on November 3.
The R R Nagar seat fell vacant following the disqualification of N Munirathna, who was then the party legislator, under the anti-defection law.
He is now with the BJP and is looking for a ticket from the saffron party for the bypolls.
R R Nagar, along with the Sira assembly constituency in Tumakuru, will go for the bypolls on November 3.
Shivakumar told reporters that the list of probable candidates would be sent to the high command, which would take the final call.
He urged party workers to work hard to ensure the victory of the party in the election.
Kusuma's father Hanumantharayappa had contested from R R Nagar on a JD(S) ticket earlier and had lost.
The BJP has not yet announced its candidates, but would most likely field Munirathna from R R Nagar.
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Niqab incident: Nitish Kumar perhaps revealing his true colours, says J-K CM
Srinagar (PTI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday criticised his Bihar counterpart over the niqab incident and said that Nitish Kumar might be slowly revealing his true nature.
"Nitish Kumar, who was once considered a secular leader, may be slowly showing his true colours," Abdullah told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.
Abdullah said Kumar removing the face veil of a Muslim woman doctor was wrong and cannot be justified by any means.
"We have seen this kind of incident here several years ago. Have you forgotten how Mehbooba Mufti removed the burqa of a legitimate voter inside a polling station? That act was wrong, and this act (of Kumar) is also wrong.
"If the (Bihar) chief minister did not want to hand over the order to her (Muslim woman), they could have kept her aside. However, to humiliate her like this is totally wrong," the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said.
Kumar stirred a huge controversy after he removed the face veil of a Muslim woman at a function earlier this week.
