BJP candidate list to be released in April, says CM Bommai
Belgaum: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the list of BJP candidates for the upcoming assembly elections is set to be released in the first week of April.
Speaking to reporters in the city on Tuesday, Bommai said that KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar has been calling our party MLAs for 2-3 days and luring them to give tickets. Congress is desperate without a suitable candidate. So they are calling our party members. He countered that it is clear that the Congress is bankrupt.
The saffron party has set a target of winning at least 150 of the total 224 seats.
In the meantime, the congress and the JD(S) have announced their first list of candidates.
The congress has announced candidate names for 124 seats and have fielded its star campaigner’s, former CM Siddaramaiah from Varuna Constituency in Mysore and KPCC chief DK Shivkumar from the Kanakapura constituency.
The JD(S) on the other hand, also has announced candidate names for 93 constituencies.
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Five arrested in Kerala's Walayar for beating to death Jharkhand native
Palakkad (Kerala) (PTI): Five people have been arrested for allegedly beating to death a Jharkhand native on suspicion of theft near Walayar here a day ago, police said on Friday.
The arrests were formally recorded late Thursday night and all the accused have been booked for the offence of murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, an officer of Walayar police station said.
The deceased -- Ramnarayan Bhayar (31) -- was working as a labourer in the Walayar area.
According to police, Bhayar was attacked by a group of men on Wednesday evening, alleging that he was involved in a theft at Kizhakeattappallam near Walayar.
As per the FIR, the incident occurred before 7.40 pm, and the injured Bhayar was rushed to the Palakkad District Government Hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Police said a detailed investigation was underway to ascertain the sequence of events leading to the incident.
