Chikmagaluru, August 19: As the rain picked up in Chikmagaluru and Malnad region with gusty wind, landslides occurred in four places on national highway 66 due to which vehicular movement between Kalasa Mangaluru was affected.
Police personnel of the Kudremukh police station have been clearing the mud and boulders covered on the road due to sliding of the hill range. As the road was blocked, passengers were affected. The vehicular movement on Charmadi ghat road was also closed due to landslides.
NDRF and Dakshina Kannada police have been engaging in rescue operations at Jodupala. The road leading to Madapura was also collapsed.
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BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Monday alleged Electronic Voting Machine manipulations led to the defeat of Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in just concluded assembly polls in Maharashtra.
While speaking to reporters here on Monday, he said the BJP does selective manipulations to convince people that there were no wrongdoings. He also wanted to go back to the paper ballots system.
The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra won a landslide victory in the assembly elections, shattering the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream to wrest power. The BJP won the highest ever 132 seats for the party, while the Shiv Sena led by Shinde bagged 57 seats and NCP won 41 seats to take the Mahayuti total to 230 seats. Congress as part of MVA won just 16 seats.
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"We analysed the Maharashtra poll outcome deeply. We felt that in many places EVMs were manipulated," Parameshwara said. He also said an obvious question would be why not it happened in Jharkhand and elsewhere. The manipulations are done selectively so that no one can question it, he blamed.
According to him, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a leading partner. Had the Congress been the leading partner, things would have changed. He backed the ballot papers saying that the same was discussed in Maharashtra Congress as well.