Former MP Jayaprakash Hegde to Join Congress Party Today
Udupi: Former Chairman of the Karnataka Backward Class Commission and ex-MP Jayaprakash Hegde has announced his decision to join the Congress party on Tuesday.
According to official sources, the joining ceremony will take place at 4 pm at the KPCC office in Bengaluru.
"I have decided to re-enter active politics to work towards the development of the coastal region. Accordingly, I will join the Congress party at the KPCC office in Bangalore on March 12 at 4 pm," said K. Jayaprakash Hegde.
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Hegde, hailing from Korgi in Kundapur taluk, had a long political career. He won consecutively as an independent from the Brahmavara assembly constituency for 14 years. After Brahmavara constituency was eliminated due to redistricting, he joined the Congress in 2008 and contested from the Kundapur constituency, though unsuccessfully. He then contested in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections from the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency but lost. However, he won the Lok Sabha by-election in 2012. In 2017, he joined the BJP but has now returned to the Congress party.
Hegde served as the Chairman of the Karnataka Backward Class Commission during the previous BJP government, a position he continued to hold under the Congress Government. He recently submitted a report on the caste census to the government.
Jayaprakash Hegde has now returned to the Congress fold.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
