Bengaluru: “I have been denied the ticket by BJP only because of party’s state president BS Yeddyurappa. I did not join the KJP when Yeddyurappa had founded it, that’s the reason he has denied me the ticket. All surveys conducted in the Sagar constituency are in my favor. For five years I have developed the party in this constituency. But now, the ticket has been issued to a corrupt candidate,” claimed the former Sagar MLA Belur Gopalakrishna.

He said, “BJP will not make Yeddyurappa Chief Minister because the party has not fielded more number of Lingayats for the May 12 Assembly polls.”

“JD (s) has contacted and invited me to join the party. But I will not join any party. Rather I will fight against Hartala Halappa as a revolt candidate in the Sagar Constituency. My only aim is to defeat Halappa,” he added.

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Bengaluru: In a major crackdown on drunk driving, the Bengaluru Traffic Police examined 60,903 drivers and lodged 769 cases in a week.

According to the Traffic Police, a letter will be written to the Karnataka Transport Department to cancel the driving licenses of the accused drivers booked under drunk driving.

Similarly, cases have been registered against 241 drivers who were speeding in the city and a fine of Rs 2.41 lakh has been collected, the release read.

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