Nikhil Kumaraswamy to contest as JDS candidate from Channapatna in by-election
Bengaluru: Nikhil Kumaraswamy has been announced as the Janata Dal (Secular) candidate for the Channapatna Assembly constituency in the upcoming by-election. He will face off against Congress candidate C. P. Yogeshwar in the contest.
Among the three assembly constituencies where by-elections will be held in the state, the BJP has already declared its candidates for the Shiggaon and Sandur constituencies. As part of the NDA alliance, the BJP has left the Channapatna seat to its partner, the JD(S).
Nikhil's candidacy was confirmed after a coordination meeting between JD(S) and BJP leaders at the residence of B.S. Yediyurappa. Yediyurappa himself announced that Nikhil will contest from Channapatna as the NDA candidate.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
