Belthangady: BJP candidate from 2013 assembly election and youth leader to join Congress on Monday
Belthangady: BJP youth leader and party’s Taluk committee president Ranjan G Gowda will join the Congress party on Monday, April 1.
Ranjan met Congress leader Siddaramaiah along with District In-Charge Minister U. T Khader on Friday and discussed his plans to join the party.
Ranjan Gowda, son of former minister K Gangadhar Gowda, was the BJP candidate from Belthangady assembly constituency in the 2013 Assembly elections and had lost the election. Following the defeat the saffron party had refused to give ticket to him in 2018 election.
Ranjan Gowda has earlier served as district president of BJP Yuva Morcha.
Ranjan has followed the footsteps of his father Gangadhar Gowda, who returned back to Congress ahead of previous assembly elections after joining BJP. Gandadhar was a minister in Gundurao government when he was in Congress.
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Gadag: 25-year-old youngster found dead in field with slit throat; police register case
Gadag: In an incident reported from near Lakshmeshwar town the district, a Dharwad-based 25-year-old youngster was allegedly murdered by slitting his throat. The reason for the crime is yet to be ascertained.
The victim, identified as Muhammad Farooq Sheikh Sanadi, a native of Harlapura village in Kundagola taluk, Dharwad district, was currently residing in Shigli village.
Gadag Deputy Superintendent of Police Murthuka Khadri has visited Lakshmeshwar and inspected the crime scene. Police have put forth the possibility that the miscreants killed Sanadi by slitting his throat and later dumped his corpse in a field near the town.
A case has been registered by the police, who are investigating the incident to find the guilty.
The locals are worried as two separate murder incidents have been reported from the Lakshmeshwar Police Station limits in one night.
