BJP announces candidates for Sandur, Shiggaon; Channapatna undecided
Bharat Bommai, son of former CM, is BJP candidate for Shiggaon
Bengaluru: Out of the three Vidhan Sabha constituencies bound for by-elections, BJP had announced the names of candidates for Shiggaon and Sandur on Saturday. However, the candidate for Channapatna is yet to be decided.
Bharat Basavaraj Bommai, son of the former CM Bommai, is the candidate for Shiggaon constituency. As Basavaraj Bommai, the previous legislator from the constituency, was elected an MP, the seat had become vacant.
From Sandur, BJP has named Bangaru Hanumanthu as its candidate. Previous Congress MLA E Tukaram had been elected an MP from Ballari Lok Sabha constituency.
Reports state that BJP high command has decided to handover Channapatna constituency to JDS, as it has already claimed the other two constituencies for itself. Earlier, H D Kumaraswamy was an MLA from Channapatna. As he had won the Lok Sabha elections from Mandya, the constituency is going for vote again.
However, BJP MLC C P Yogeshwar has posed a threat to Kumaraswamy's ambition to field a candidate from his party in the constituency. Yogeshwar is bent upon getting a ticket from Channapatna. He has already conducted a series of meetings with party workers and leaders regarding this.
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Four, including two siblings, dead, five injured as truck hits motorcycle and SUV in MP's Damoh
Damoh (PTI): Four persons, including two brothers, died and five others sustained injuries after a truck hit a motorcycle and a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district on Friday, a police official said.
The incident took place near Basa Tarkheda village, around 10 km from the district headquarters, close to a temple along Damoh-Sagar state highway in the evening, Sagar Naka police outpost in charge inspector Vikram Dangi said.
"The truck first hit a motorcycle, killing siblings Jeevan Ahirwar (33) and Suraj Ahirwar (30) on the spot. It then rammed into a Bolero, killing two persons identified as Raju Choudhary (50) and Dharmendra Sikhaiya (32). Five persons sustained injuries and have been hospitalised," he informed.
The truck driver and his assistant fled from the spot and efforts are on to nab them, the official added.
