Pratap Chandra Shetty is likely to be elected as Legislative Council Chairman
Belagavi (Suvarna Soudha), Dec 11: Senior member of the Upper House Pratap Chandra Shetty is likely to be elected as the Legislative Council Chairman as he is the only candidate contested for the post.
On Tuesday, Pratap Chandra Shetty, along with Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, Minister Zameer Ahmed Khan, MLCs Ravi, Ivan D’Souza and other leaders, filed his nomination papers for the post to Legislative Council Secretary KR Mahalakshmi. Since no other candidate has filed nomination papers for the post, his election to the post is almost certain and he would continue in the post till 2022.
Congress has majority
In the Upper House, the Congress has the majority. If the election is conducted, the Congress would get the posts of Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Chief Whip. Since there is a coalition administration, the Congress may give up other two posts to its coalition partner JDS. But Basavaraj Horatti and SR Patil who expected to get the positions were disappointed with this development.
‘Party considered my seniority’
Speaking to reporters after filing his nomination papers, Pratap Chandra Shetty said that the party has given him the opportunity considering his seniority and experience. “I was as the MLA for four times and MLC as three times. I have not expected the Chairman post. But I would like to thank all the party functionaries for selecting me for this post”, he said.
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Northwest, central, adjoining east India to witness heatwave conditions for next 4-5 days: IMD
New Delhi (PTI): Heatwave conditions are very likely to prevail over isolated pockets of northwest, central and the adjoining parts of east India for the next four to five days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
It said isolated pockets of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Punjab, East Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, West Uttar Pradesh, West Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and scattered pockets of East Uttar Pradesh are expected to witness heatwave conditions on different dates between April 20 and April 25.
"Hot and humid weather conditions are very likely to prevail in isolated pockets over Gangetic West Bengal during April 20-26; Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during April 20–22; Kerala and Mahe, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam during April 20-24; coastal areas of Gujarat on April 24 and April 25," the IMD said.
Also, warm night conditions are expected to prevail in isolated pockets over Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha on April 20 and April 21, Chhattisgarh on April 20, and Odisha between April 20 and April 22.
The IMD highlighted that moderate to intense thunderstorm activity can occur over different states of south, central, east and northwest India on Monday.
There is also a possibility of hailstorms over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Madhya Pradesh Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh on Monday, according to the IMD.
