Priyanka to contest from constituency where Indira Gandhi got political rebirth: Congressmen demand
Bengaluru, Jan 30: The Chikmagaluru and Udupi District Congress Committee urged Priyanka Gandhi to contest from Chikmagaluru-Udupi Lok Sabha constituency which gave a political rebirth to her grandmother Indira Gandhi, in the ensuing Lok Sabha polls.
Forty-one years back, Indira Gandhi had won in the Chikmagaluru by-election and then, George Fernandes had campaigned against Indira Gandhi.
Now, Shobha Karandlaje of the BJP is the Lok Sabha Member from this constituency. The Congress lost power in 1977 and Indira Gandhi was also defeated. Later, Indira Gandhi had won from Chikmagaluru-Udupi constituency. Same thing would be repeated if Priyanka Gandhi contest from this constituency, the Congressmen opined.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
