Mysuru: “Whether to contest from Badami or not, this decision will be taken by party high command. I am just a Chief Minister of a state, not the high command,” Siddaramaiah clarified.

Talking to reporters at his residence in TK Layout in Mysuru on Thursday, Siddaramaiah said, neither I nor the people of Badami have any confusion regarding Badami constituency. This is you who are creating confusion. All confusions will be cleared on April 23 or 24, he said.

“I will start my state tour from 26th of this month. I will be canvassing only in those places where competition is tougher,” chief minister added.

Speaking about the ticket denial for sitting MLAs, Siddaramaiah said, “Ticket will be issued to HP Rajesh of Jagaluru. For remaining candidates party high command will decide.”

Congress leaders R Dhruvanarayan, Hinkal Prakash, Marigauda, Somashekhar, BB Sitaram, HA Venkatesh, B Siddaraju, R Murthy and others were present with the chief minister.

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Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.

The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.

Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".

At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.

The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.

The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.