Simple majority for Congress in Council with its four nominees winning vacant seats
Bengaluru: The Congress got a simple majority in the Karnataka Legislative Council with the four vacant seats in Council filling officially on Sunday.
The party had nominated Aarathi Krishna, Ramesh Babu, FH Jakkappanavar and Shivakumar K for the seats in the Upper House of the Legislature. The posts were earlier held by UB Venkatesh, Prakash Rathod, KA Thippeswamy and CP Yogeshwar, who was nominated as a member of the BJP but later won the Assembly polls from Channapatna on a Congress ticket.
There had earlier been speculations that Aarathi and Babu would be joined by senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu and Dalit leader D G Sagar, however, the Congress, in its nomination, replaced Mattu and Sagar with Jakkappanavar and Shivakumar.
A majority in the Legislature will be crucial for the ruling party to ensure the passage of bills. The Congress faced a setback during the recently concluded monsoon session, when the BJP-JD(S) Opposition voted against the Karnataka Souharda Sahakari (Amendment) Bill, 2025, and defeated the bill.
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Road crash in UP leaves 10 dead
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP) (PTI): Ten people were killed when a van collided head-on with a truck on the Sisaiya-Lakhimpur national highway on Monday, police said.
The van was going to Sisaiya from Lakhimpur when the accident took place between Unchgaon and Bharehta villages.
Circle Officer of Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, said all nine passengers travelling in the van and the driver were killed.
District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri Anjani Kumar Singh told reporters that the van collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction, leading to nine casualties on the spot, while one succumbed to injuries at the district hospital.
Circle Officer, Dhaurahra, Shamsher Bahadur Singh told PTI, "Efforts are on to establish the identity of other deceased persons."
The seven of the deceased have been identified as Jaideep Singh (25), Pawan (23), Sohan (21), Ram Goyal (42), Sahajram (35), Pappu (18), all residents of Bahraich district and Adnan Khan (15), a resident of Lakhimpur Kheri district, police said.
Condoling the loss of lives in the accident, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X, said, "The loss of life in the unfortunate road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply distressing and heart-wrenching. My condolences are with the bereaved families."
"I have directed the local administration to provide prompt and adequate assistance to the injured and the victims. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to grant the departed souls a place at His divine feet and to bestow a speedy recovery upon the injured," Adityanath said on X.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak too condoled the loss of lives in the accident.
"The loss of lives resulting from the road accident in Lakhimpur Kheri district is deeply tragic and heart-wrenching. My deepest condolences go out to the bereaved families," Maurya said.
