Candidates of all three major parties in Karnataka file nomination for RR Nagar assembly bypolls
Bengaluru: Poll fever intensified in the city with the candidates of the BJP, Congress, and the JD(S) contesting the Rajarajeshwari Nagar assembly bypoll filing their nominations on Wednesday.
The BJP, Congress, and the JD(S) have fielded N Munirathna, H Kusuma, and V Krishnamurthy respectively for the bypolls that are scheduled to take place on November 3.
Munirathna was twice elected on Congress ticket from RR Nagar constituency -- once in 2013 and second time in 2018.
However, his resignation from the Assembly last year along with 15 other MLAs of Congress and the JD(S) necessitated the bypolls in the constituency.
After resigning from the assembly, he joined the BJP and now, he is contesting the polls on the BJP ticket.
There were long processions led by party leaders atop open vehicles.
Party workers holding party flags, scarfs, and raising slogans followed their leaders.
A day after Munirathna was named as BJP candidate, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa accompanied him to the nomination centre in a procession.
Earlier Yediyurappa handed over the 'B' Form to him inside a Lord Ganesha temple before the deity.
B Form for elections is proof that a particular candidate is put up by a political party.
After filing the nomination, Munirathna exuded confidence about his victory.
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy too accompanied his party candidate.
Speaking to reporters, Kumaraswamy said he would personally oversee the entire election management and lead the campaign in Rajarajeshwari Nagar.
"Congress party's game plan will not work this time in RR Nagar. How will they face the voters when they could not do anything for the constituency despite winning the elections from here twice?" Kumaraswamy sought to know.
The Congress candidate Kusuma, accompanied by former chief minister Siddaramaiah and Congress state chief D K Shivakumar, filed the nomination papers.
Shivakumar said the election was crucial as it is a way to send a message to the state government as well as the Centre.
Meanwhile, in Sira in Tumakuru district, the BJP candidate Dr. Rajesh Gowda too filed his nomination papers.
He was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Govind Kajol.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
