BJP takes dig at Siddaramaiah over constituency selection for Karnataka polls
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Bengaluru: On Saturday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) made a sarcastic comment towards Siddaramaiah, the former Karnataka Chief Minister and current Congress Legislature Party leader, for selecting Varuna as his constituency for the upcoming state Assembly elections.
BJP member and IT cell Cheif Amit Malviya, took a dig at Siddaramaiah, by claiming that Siddaramaiah doesn't have a confident winnable constituency in the upcoming state Assembly elections. Malviya tweeted, "Congress claims, 5 times a day, that they are winning Karnataka except their CM aspirant and the only ‘mass leader’ doesn’t have a constituency he is sure of winning. Siddaramiah abandoned Badami, Chamundeshwari and Kolar to finally pick Varuna, his son’s seat, to contest from!”
Congress claims, 5 times a day, that they are winning Karnataka except their CM aspirant and the only ‘mass leader’ doesn’t have a constituency he is sure of winning.
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) April 8, 2023
Siddaramiah abandoned Badami, Chamundeshwari and Kolar to finally pick Varuna, his son’s seat, to contest from!
The Varuna constituency in Mysuru district is set to be a significant battleground to keep an eye on during the upcoming Assembly elections. Siddaramaiah, has decided to contest from this seat, which is presently held by his son and incumbent MLA Yathindra.
Siddaramaiah was nominated as the Congress candidate from his hometown Varuna in the initial list of contestants issued on March 25, replacing his son. However, he has expressed that his desired seat is Kolar in the Old Mysuru region and has already initiated his election campaign there.
The initial list released by the Congress party for the upcoming Assembly elections featured 124 out of the 224 total seats, but excluded both Badami, which was won by Siddaramaiah in the 2018 elections, and Kolar, the constituency where the veteran Congress leader had expressed his interest in contesting from.
The Karnataka Assembly election will take place on May 10, with results set to be announced on May 13.
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Pune journalist booked on voyeurism charge for filming woman at lodge
Pune (PTI): Police have registered a case of voyeurism against a television journalist in Pune for allegedly filming a woman in an objectionable position without her consent at a lodge in the city, officials said on Saturday.
The FIR was filed against Rohan Kadam under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 77 (voyeurism) and 3(5) (common intention) at the Vishrambaug police station here, while the complaint mentions that he was accompanied by three other journalists, they said.
The incident took place on April 8 when the accused had checked into a room at a lodge in Budhwar Peth, which houses a red light area.
In her complaint, the woman said that while she was wearing her saree after establishing "physical relations with a customer", she realised that an unidentified person was filming her through a net above the partition wall between the rooms.
She opened the door of her room and knocked on the adjacent door, asking the person to come out, the FIR said.
"The woman sought clarification from Kadam, who gave vague answers and refused to show his phone. When the lodge operator, the woman and others questioned him, he claimed that they were a group of four journalists conducting a sting operation," it said.
Police said Kadam was assaulted when he allegedly tried to flee from the spot.
The woman later approached the Vishrambaug police station and lodged a complaint.
"We have registered a case in this regard and further probe is on," a police officer said.
Meanwhile, the Pune Union of Working Journalists (PUWJ) has written a letter to city Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar, seeking action against the journalist for the alleged act.
In the letter, the journalists' body said there were murmurs that some journalists and others were trying to ensure that no offence is registered in the matter.
"We do not agree with this and clarify that PUWJ will not come in the way of the probe," the letter stated.
