AICC gen secy Venugopal calls ‘vote chori’ threat to India’s integrity
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Alappuzha (PTI): AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal on Sunday said 'vote chori' is a threat to India’s integrity, accusing the Centre of "manipulating electoral rolls".
“The alleged vote chori and manipulation of electoral rolls have shaken people’s faith in the very foundation of democracy,” he said in a post on 'X'.
Venugopal joined the nationwide 'vote chor, gaddi chhod' (vote thief, give up the seat) signature and door-to-door campaign launched by the party on the issue.
He took part in the campaign held in his ward, Kaithavana, in this coastal district on Sunday.
“Vote chori is not an isolated crime; it is part of a larger attack on our Constitution, weakening of our economy, systematic social injustice, and a threat to India’s integrity,” the Alappuzha MP alleged on his social media handle.
Across India, the Congress will collect five crore signatures against what it claimed was a “blatant assault on democracy,” Venugopal said.
Claiming the campaign is gaining momentum as a people’s movement, he called upon “every citizen who believes in democracy to join this struggle to defend the Constitution and save the soul of India.”
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Advocate found dead in car on Nainital court premises
Nainital (PTI): A 55-year-old advocate allegedly died by suicide after shooting himself inside his car at the Nainital district court parking lot here on Monday, police said.
According to the police, Puran Singh Bhakuni, a resident of Mallital, was found in the rear seat of his vehicle with a gunshot wound to his temple.
Police recovered a licensed pistol from his hand and a suicide note from the car’s dashboard. The note stated that Bhakuni was unwell and suffering from depression.
"We received information through lawyers around noon. The deceased was lying in the back seat with a pistol in his hand and blood near his ear," Circle Officer Anjana Negi said.
Forensic teams and ballistic experts reached the spot to collect evidence, as no witness reported hearing the gunshot.
Government counsel Sushil Sharma stated that Bhakuni left home at 9 am and was found dead at 9.30 am.
Sharma raised concerns over the circumstances, noting that the body was in the rear seat, and demanded a thorough probe to rule out foul play. Bhakuni, who worked as a notary, had married six months ago, he said.
Police took the body into custody and sent it for a postmortem to confirm the cause of death.
The forensic laboratory will examine the suicide note and the ballistics of the weapon, the police said, adding that the investigation is ongoing.
