Sathish Jarakiholi reacts to Ramesh Jarakiholi’s resignation statement
Belagavi, December 25: “It is common that every party would face this situation after Cabinet expansion. No one will give resignation. I will discuss with Ramesh Jarakiholi”, said newly inducted minister Sathish Jarakiholi.
After offering tributes to the statues of Kittur Rani Chennamma, Dr BR Ambedkar, Basavanna and Chhatrapathi Shivaji on his maiden visit to Belagavi after swearing in as the minister, here on Tuesday, Sathish Jarakiholi said that party leadership would speak to Ramesh Jarakiholi. The government will not collapse as soon as BJP people predicted. He did not meet Ramesh. But he would speak to Ramesh, he clarified.
There were lot of problems and challenges in the district and I would try to solve them in a phased manner. People were expecting the development of the city. I will discuss with the leaders on political issues and solve them, he said.
Portfolios would be finalized tomorrow and I am ready to shoulder the responsibility of any portfolio, Sathish Jarakiholi said.
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Followed poll processes transparently, will review all legitimate concerns: EC to Cong
New Delhi (PTI): The Election Commission on Saturday asserted that all poll procedures it followed in Maharashtra were transparent and assured that it would review all legitimate concerns flagged by the Congress, which alleged serious inconsistencies.
In its interim response to the party, the poll authority invited a Congress delegation on December 3 to discuss concerns expressed by it.
The Congress on Friday raised with the Election Commission "serious and grave inconsistencies" which it said were being revealed in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently-concluded Maharashtra Assembly polls and sought an in-person hearing to present relevant evidence.
In the response, the EC reiterated that the process was transparent with the involvement of candidates or their agents at every stage.
The commission also assured of a review of the Congress' legitimate concerns and a written response after hearing the party's delegation in person.
It asserted that a transparent electoral roll updation process was undertaken with the involvement of all political parties.
Responding to the issue regarding the voter turnout data, the EC asserted that there was no discrepancy in it and the data was available with all candidates polling station-wise and is verifiable.
The gap in the 5 pm polling data and the final voter turnout was due to procedural priorities, as presiding officers perform multiple statutory duties near the close of polling before updating the voter turnout data.
As an additional disclosure measure, an EC press note at around 11:45 pm was introduced during the 2024 Lok Sabha election and followed subsequently during all assembly polls thereafter, the poll body told the Congress.
