Soumya Reddy takes oath as new MLA
Bengaluru, June 18: Newly elected MLA from Jayanagar Assembly constituency took oath at the Vidhana Soudha here on Monday.
Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar administered the oath to the newly elected MLA at his office. At this time, her mother Chamundeshwari and her brother were present, but her father and former minister Ramalinga Reddy was absent on the occasion.
Three days training for MLAs
Speaker Ramesh Kumar said that it was decided to give a three-day training programme for the newly elected MLAs at Administrative Training Centre at Mysuru.
Entry of general public into the Legislature House from 8 pm to 9 am was strictly restricted. Apart from MLAs, others should not stay in the Legislators House during this period. Except the cars of the MLAs, no other cars should be parked. The guidelines to this effect would be issued immediately, the Speaker said.
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“Union Min. HDK has collected crores of rupees for bypolls,” alleges Cheluvarayaswamy
Mandya: Agriculture Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy has accused Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy of collecting crores of rupees from various companies for the bypolls of three assembly constituencies of Karnataka and Maharashtra.
Addressing press persons on Monday, he stated that the JD(S)-BJP alliance has poured large amounts of funds into the bypolls of three constituencies in the state. “We could not compete against them, money alone cannot make anyone win. People will bless owing to our pro-people programs,” he added.
He claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party through its ‘operation lotus’ has been attempting to poach Congress legislators since the formation of the government in 2023. He further said, “Kumaraswamy and BJP leaders keep saying that the government will fall, what other proof is required to determine that Operation lotus is being conducted.”
“Everyone is aware that operation lotus cannot run without money. They have lured our MLAs with money. However, our legislators have ignored such attempts. We will provide adequate proof about the amount of money and the legislators they tried to poach at the right time. Let them (BJP-JDS) prove allegations against us (Congress) first,” said the Minister responding to a reporter’s question.
Cheluvarayaswamy also refuted claims of scandal and cited them as ‘baseless.’ He further said, “Everything is under investigation. Ask them to prove their allegations first. It is just an illusion that the state government will fall owing to the scams.”
