Shiroor seer should support me: Raghupati Bhat
Udupi: K. Raghupati Bhat, the BJP candidate for Udupi Assembly constituency, has urged Lakshmivara Tirtha Swami of Shiroor Mutt to back him.
Speaking to media persons here, Bhat said the seer was expecting the BJP ticket but did not get it. “So he should support me as I am the BJP candidate,” he said.
Replying to a query, Bhat said the Shiroor seer contesting as an Independent candidate would not help Congress candidate Pramod Madhwaraj as the seer would eat into not just BJP votes but also Congress votes.
The seer filed his nomination papers as an Independent candidate here on Saturday. He had earlier said he was not happy with the functioning of the local unit of the BJP and that it was mired in corruption.
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IPS officer Nongrang becomes Meghalaya's first woman police chief
Shillong (PTI): Senior IPS officer Idashisha Nongrang has been appointed as Meghalaya's first woman DGP, officials said on Saturday.
Nongrang will replace LR Bishnoi who will retire on May 19, they said.
The Meghalaya Security Commission, chaired by Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, selected Nongrang out of the three officers approved by the UPSC last month for the role of police chief, a senior home department official informed PTI.
The other two officers recommended by the UPSC were RP Meena and Deepak Kumar, after two others, GP Singh (1991 batch) and Harmeet Singh (1992 batch) declined the top job, officially intimating the commission of their unwillingness to take up the task.
"Heartiest congratulations to Smti Idashisha Nongrang, IPS, on her appointment as the new DGP. Breaking barriers and making history, she becomes the first tribal lady from our state to hold this position, a moment of immense pride for all of us. Wishing her all the best!" Sangma said.
