Belagavi: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son and MLC Yathindra Siddaramaiah has sparked political interest with a statement seen as endorsing Congress leader Satish Jarkiholi for future leadership in Karnataka.

Speaking at the inauguration of the statue of Saint Kanakadasa in Kappalguddi village of Raibag taluk, Yathindra said, “My father is in the final phase of his political journey. The state now needs a leader with a progressive ideology and a strong value-based outlook. Satish Jarkiholi is the right person to take on that responsibility and can lead the state’s politics by example.”

His remarks are being interpreted as an indirect suggestion that Satish Jarkiholi has the potential to be Karnataka’s next Chief Minister.

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Tezpur (PTI): The principal of a government school in Assam’s Sonitpur district has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a female student, a police officer said on Saturday.

The Class 9 student had alleged that the principal made lewd comments and touched her inappropriately during Saraswati Puja celebrations on January 23.

“The girl confined in her mother, as she was afraid to attend school after the incident. The family members filed a complaint at Missamari police station. Based on it, the principal was arrested on Thursday,” the officer said.

The accused, the principal of Missamari Higher Secondary School, is also the president of the All Assam Higher Secondary Schools Principals’ Association.

An investigation is uderway, he added.