Candidates for 11 MLC seats likely to be elected unopposed
Bengaluru, May 31: Candidates from all the three political parties have filed their nominations for 11 to be elected from the Assembly to the Legislative Council and there is all likelihood that all the candidates would be elected unopposed.
On the last day of filing the nomination papers, K Govindaraj, CM Ibrahim, Aravind Kumar Arali and K Harish Kumar have filed their nomination papers from the Congress. In the same way, BM Farooq and SL Dharme Gowda from JDS, and S Rudre Gowda, Raghunath Malkapure, Tejashwini Gowda, N Ravikumar and KP Nanjundi have filed their papers from BJP.
Verification of papers
Verification of the nomination papers would be held on June 1 and June 4 is the last date for withdrawing the papers. If there are more than 11 candidates are in the fray, then election would be held for the posts. If only 11 nomination papers are filed for the same number of seats, then result might be announced after verification of the papers.
Voting should have been held on June 11 from 8 am to 4 pm and counting of votes should have been held from 5 pm. As there are only 11 candidates, the result might be announced on June 4, it is said.
The term of BJ Puttaswamy, MR Seetaram, Motamma, DS Veeraiah, Syed Mudir Aga, Somanna Bevinamarad, Raghunath Rao Malkapure, Bhanuprakash, CM Ibrahim, K Govindaraj and BS Suresh would end on June 17.
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Minor girl out with friend raped in MP forest; truck driver, associate held
Raisen (MP), Nov 24: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a truck driver while his two associates restrained the teenager’s male friend in Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district, an official said on Sunday.
Police have arrested two persons, including the truck driver, in connection with the alleged crime committed in Siyarmau forest on Silwani-Sagar Road, some 110 km from the district headquarters, on Saturday evening, he said.
The teenager and her 21-year-old male friend were returning after visiting the Vandevi temple in the area when they parked their two-wheeler and entered the forest, said Silwani’s Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anil Maurya.
At the same time, a truck broke down following which its driver, later identified as Sanju Adivasi (21), and his two friends also went inside the forest, where they spotted the girl and her friend.
The trio thrashed the young man and snatched the key of his motorcycle, he said, citing the FIR.
The driver took the girl deep inside the forest and allegedly raped her, while his associates restrained her friend, the official said.
After the three accused left, the girl and the youth walked to the road and alerted some policemen who were passing by.
Police registered a case against Sanju Adivasi and his associates Shivnarayan Advasi and Akshay Ahirwar under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 64 (rape), 70-1 (gang rape) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
Sanju and Shivnarayan have been arrested, while Ahirwar is on the run, the official said.
