Bihar CM Nitish Kumar claps during Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary event
Stops after Assembly Speaker signals him
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar clapped during an event marking Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary in Patna on Thursday, leaving other leaders and officials in an awkward situation.
A video of Nitish Kumar clapping at the Gandhi Maidan event, where tributes were being paid to Mahatma Gandhi, has gone viral on social media. Bihar Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav and Minister Vijay Kumar Mishra were also present at the gathering. The incident took place as leaders stood in line to offer floral tributes to Gandhi’s statue in front of a large audience.
As police personnel sounded a siren and lowered their weapons in honour of Mahatma Gandhi, Nitish Kumar began clapping. This left his cabinet colleague Sinha and Speaker Yadav visibly embarrassed. Yadav quickly signalled Kumar to stop clapping, which he did upon realising the mistake. However, by then, images and videos of the incident had already been captured.
This is not the first time Nitish Kumar has found himself in such an awkward situation. During the last general elections, he had claimed that the NDA would win 400 seats and had also pulled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hand during a campaign rally.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar starts clapping after paying tributes to MK Gandhi.
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Assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav signals him to stop. pic.twitter.com/PeQvlrAW6f
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MLA Janardhana Reddy disqualified following conviction in illegal mining case
Bengaluru, May 8 (PTI): Independent MLA and BJP supporter G Janardhana Reddy was on Thursday disqualified as the member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly after a special CBI court convicted him in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) illegal iron ore mining case.
With this, one seat of the state assembly has fallen vacant.
“Consequent upon conviction of G Janardhana Reddy Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Gangavati Constituency by the Court of the Principal Special Judge for CBI, cases, Hyderabad in CC.No.1 of 2012, he stands disqualified from the membership of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the date of conviction i.e., May 6, 2025 in terms of the provisions of article 191(1) (e) of the Constitution of India read with section 8 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951,” Karnataka Assembly said in a notification.
It said, “Such disqualification shall continue for a further period of six years since his release, unless the conviction is stayed by a competent Court.”
A special CBI court in Hyderabad on Tuesday convicted Reddy and three others in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) illegal iron ore mining case after a prolonged legal battle spanning nearly 14 years.
The court sentenced them to seven years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on each.
Reddy was named accused number two. The court also imposed a Rs 1 lakh fine on the company.
Soon after the judgment, the CBI took Janardhana Reddy and others into custody, and were shifted to the prison.
Janardhana Reddy had formed the Kalyana Rajya Pragati Paksha (KRPP) ahead of the Assembly polls in 2023, snapping his two-decade-old association with the BJP, and won the Gangavati assembly seat.
He, however, rejoined the BJP ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls by merging his outfit with the saffron party.
