BJP wins Belthangady town panchayat election
Belthangady: As the results of the town panchayat polls have come out, the BJP has managed victorious in 7 seats. In a major setback, the Congress, which was in power for the last two terms, won only 4 seats.
In the backward classes-A, reserved for woman category; Congress candidate Rajshri V. Raman defeated Sushmita of BJP by 244 votes. In the second ward, which is reserved for scheduled caste, BJP candidate Ambareesh defeated Congress' Ramesh by securing 247. In the third war (General), BJP's Sharath Kumar won by getting 232 votes.
Henry Lobo of Congress has been defeated. BJP's Rajni Kudva defeated Mamata Shetty of Congress, a former member, by a margin of 3 votes in the 4th ward reserved for Women (General).
In the 5th Ward (General) Janardhana Kambar of Congress won with 207 votes and defeated BJP's Ganesh. Former member of the Congress Mustar Janu Mehboob emerged victorious with135 votes in the 6th ward (General Woman). While, Naseema Sanjayanagar, who contested from SDPI, secured 129 votes, BJP's Radhika has got 117 votes.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
