BJP's MK Pranesh elected Karnataka Legislative Council's Deputy Chairman
Belagavi (K'taka), Dec 23: BJP MLC M K Pranesh was on Friday elected as the Deputy Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council.
This is the second term for Pranesh as Deputy Chairman.
He won by securing 39 votes against Congress' Arun Kumar Arali, who got 26 votes.
The JD(S), which has eight MLCs, remained neutral.
There was some heated exchange between Congress and JD(S) at the beginning of the election process.
JD(S) MLC Bhoje Gowda accused the Congress of not fielding a candidate against Council chairman Basavaraj Horatti (from BJP), during the election to the Chairman post held on Wednesday, as the latter belonged to an upper caste.
Horatti was elected unopposed as the chairman of Legislative Council, with no candidates in the fray from Congress and JD(S).
Leader of the Opposition B K Hariprasad, from the Congress, hit back stating that his party did not field a candidate against Horatti, considering his seniority and not his caste.
Horatti too said, "Don't paint a caste colour on me. Many in this House don't know what caste I belong to," said the leader who belongs to the Lingayat community.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
