Posters calling HD Kumaraswamy 'electricity thief' put up: Srirampur Police file FIR against 3
Bengaluru: Srirampur Police officers have filed FIR against three people, Bindu, Naveen Gowda and one more person, for putting up posters on the compound walls of the JD(S) office at JP Bhavan in Seshadripuram accusing him of electricity theft.
The FIR was filed based on a police complaint by JD(S) Bengaluru President HM Ramesh Gowda accusing the three people of putting up such posters, dubbing Kumaraswamy an 'electricity thief', before absconding, on the night of Tuesday, November 14.
The poster carried a photo of the former Karnataka Chief Minister Kumaraswamy along with the phrase calling him 'electricity thief'. The police, immediately on being informed of the posters with the controversial message, rushed to the JD(S) office and got the posters removed from the JP Bhavan compound walls.
The Karnataka Congress had, on Tuesday, posted a video along with a statement on its official 'X' account, accusing the JD(S) leader of drawing power illegally to illuminate his house at JP Nagar for Diwali. A case was also registered against Kumaraswamy by the Vigilance Wing of the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM) under section 135 of the Indian Electricity Act (Theft of electricity).
While Kumaraswamy clarified that it was not his fault but of a private decorator who gave the connection directly from a nearby electricity pole and that, when he got to know, he immediately got it removed and took the electricity connection from the meter board of the house, the drama continued using posters calling him an 'electricity thief'.
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Vijay unable to prove majority, not invited for CM oath ceremony: Sources
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay has reportedly not been invited to take oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after failing to demonstrate support from the required number of MLAs, sources in Raj Bhavan said.
According to media reports that quoted sources in the office of R.N. Ravi Arlekar, Vijay could not prove the backing of 118 legislators, the majority mark in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Despite last-minute efforts to secure support from the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam (AMMK), and an IUML legislator, Vijay reportedly managed support from only 116 MLAs, falling short by two members.
Sources said Vijay failed to submit letters of support from the VCK and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Later, the IUML issued a statement clarifying that it was not part of the TVK-led alliance.
Meanwhile, AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran is also said to have informed the Governor that his party would support the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) instead.
Earlier in the evening, Vijay had met Governor Arlekar and staked claim to form the government, stating that he enjoyed the support of 118 MLAs.
