BJP shortlists candidates for all 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka: Arvind Limbavali
Bengaluru, Mar 17: The BJP's Karnataka unit said Sunday that it has shortlisted candidates for all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies and the party's central election committee would soon take a call on it.
"We have shortlisted the names of all the candidates (in Karnataka). The central election committee will take a decision on it and release the list," BJP state general secretary Arvind Limbavali told reporters.
He was speaking after the party's state core meeting here, chaired by BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa.
BJP general secretary and state unit in-charge P Muralidhar Rao, BJP organising secretary (in-charge south India) B L Santosh, former chief ministers D V Sadananda Gowda and Jagadish Shettar were among those who attended the meeting.
Limbavali said the state election committee would table the list before the central election committee, headed by its national president, but refused to divulge the names, saying the CEC would announce it later.
On the Mandya Lok Sabha seat, where Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy is pitted against multi-lingual actress Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of late actor-turned-politician Ambareesh, he said the core committee discussed fielding a candidate.
However, the party kept its options open and would take a final call based on Sumalatha's decision, he said.
Mandya has gone to the JD(S) as per the seat-sharing agreement between the coalition partners Congress and the JD(S).
The party has planned to field Nikhil Gowda, grandson of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda and son of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy.
However, Sumalatha's decision has disturbed the political equations.
Ambareesh had represented Mandya thrice in the Lok Sabha, the first time on a JD(S) ticket and twice on Congress ticket.
He was minister of state for information and broadcasting during the UPA-1 regime.
Limbavali said senior Congress leader from Hassan, A Manju would soon join the BJP after his meeting with Yeddyurappa.
Manju had been a vocal critic of Gowda and often expressed his displeasure in respecting the Congress-JD(S) coalition.
Shortlisted Candidates:
Kolar- DS Veeraiah, Chikkaballapur-BN Bache Gowda, Bengaluru(South)-Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, Bengaluru(Center)- PC Mohan, Bengaluru(North)- Sadananda Gowda/HM Chandrashekar, Bengaluru(Rural)- CP Yogeshwar/Rudresh.
Chamarajanagar- V Srinivas Prasad, Mysore- Pratap Simha,Tumkur- GS Basavaraju, Chitradurga- A Narayanaswamy/Manappa Vajjal, Dakshina Kannada- Nalin Kumar Kateel, Hasan- A Manju, Udupi-Chikmagalur- Shobha Karandlaje, Shimoga- BY Raghavendra.
Davanagere- GM Siddeshwar, North Kannada- Anath Kumar Hegde, Darawad- Prahlad Joshi, Haveri- Shivakumar Udasi, Ballari- Devendrappa/Venkatesh Prasad, Koppala- Sanganna Karadi, Bidar- Bhagavat Khuba, Raichur- Thipparaju Havaldar/ Amareh Nayak/ Fakeerappa, Kalburgi- Dr. Umesh Jadhav.
Vijayapura- Ramesh Jigajinagi, Bagalkot- PC Gaddigoudar, Belgaum- Suresh Angadi, Chikkodi-Prabhakar Khore/Ramesh Katti names were included in the list.
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Surat spiritual guru among seven held in Rs 2.38 crore fake currency racket in Ahmedabad
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Ahmedabad (PTI): City police has seized high-quality counterfeit Indian currency with a face value of Rs 2.38 crore and apprehended seven persons, officials said on Thursday.
Acting on a tip-off, the crime branch apprehended the accused, including a Surat-based spiritual and yoga teacher, when they arrived here on Wednesday, and seized 42,000 fake notes Rs 500 denomination.
Mukesh Thummar, Ashok Mavani, Ramesh Bhalar, Divyesh Rana, Pradip Jotangiya, Bharat Kakadiya and a woman allegedly brought the high-quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) in an SUV which was intercepted near Amraiwadi area, said Deputy Commissioner of Police Ajit Rajian.
Pradip Jotangiya is a 'spiritual and yoga teacher' at Shree Satyam Yog Foundation in Surat. The SUV had a "VVVIP" sticker and a plate reading "Shri Satyam Yog Foundation Recognized by Ayush Mantralay, Govt. of India".
Currency bundles were recovered from a black bag and concealed packaging inside the vehicle, the official said, adding that the process to arrest the accused was underway.
A crime branch team was immediately sent to Surat, and in coordination with the Surat crime branch, another Rs 28 lakh in fake currency was seized from a house where notes were being printed. Some equipment was also seized, DCP Rajian added.
Mukesh Thummar was allegedly the kingpin of the racket and arranged equipment and raw material including printers and paper cutting machines, as per an official release. Counterfeit currency was being printed at the place for the last four months, it added.
The accused had procured security thread paper resembling RBI markings from Chinese sources through e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba, it said.
Probe also revealed that photo-editing software and AI-based platforms such as ChatGPT were used to refine the design, layout, and visual features of counterfeit notes. One of the accused had expertise in graphic editing and printing processes.
The accused initially tested the counterfeit notes by using them in a few transactions. After gaining confidence that the fake currency was not being detected, they engaged agents to produce additional notes, Rajian said.
The accused will be produced before a court later on Thursday and police will seek their custody, he said.
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