Mithun Rai, B K Hariprasad forerunners for Congress ticket from Dakshina Kannada
Official announcement likely on Saturday afternoon
New Delhi: In the latest development for the ticket distribution in Dakshina Kannada constituency two names have emerged in the Congress camp who are most likely to get the ticket to contest against BJP’s Nalin Kumar Kateel.
On Friday, state party leaders and ticket aspirants held a meeting in New Delhi at the residence of AICC General Secretary and Congress’ Karnataka In-Charge KC Venugopal.
During the meeting, it was decided that the Mithun Rai will contest the LS election on Congress ticket from the constituency.
However, the latest reports from Delhi add senior Congress leader and another aspirant for the ticket B K Hariprasad met Sonia Gandhi in the national capital seeking ticket from the constituency.
The reports further adds that after his meeting with Sonia Gandhi, B K Hariprasad is once again into the race for the ticket and anyone between Mithun Rai and B K Hariprasad will get the party’s nod.
The official announcement of the candidate is expected to come out on Saturday afternoon.
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Anna University student suicide case: Five held
Tiruchirappalli (PTI): Five people have been arrested in connection with the death of the Anna University student, who jumped in front of a speeding train in Pudukottai district, police said on Tuesday.
The deceased, a third-year student from Virudhunagar district, was found dead on the railway track near Mandaiyur on the night of September 20 by the railway police, who later recovered a suicide note from his hostel room.
The student had, in the letter, alleged sexual assault, blackmail, and extortion by five men.
Following this, the police arrested the five suspects. A case has been registered, and further investigation is on.
