Chikkaballapur independent MLA Sharath Bachegowda to join Congress
Bengaluru: Chikkaballapur Lok Sabha MP BN Bachegowda’s son Sharath Kumar Bachegowda, an independent MLA from Hoskote assembly constituency will join Congress party on February 22.
Bachegowda is expected to join the party in the presence of KPCC President DK Shivakumar and former CM Siddaramaiah.
Bachegowda has already held a round of talks with Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah on his decision to join the party. It is learned that the Congress High Command has already given green signal for his inclusion.
Bachegowda, fighting assembly elections as an independent candidate, had defeated BJP's MTB Nagaraj, who had fled Congress.
Bachegowda will join the national party Congress to fight his family's political rival MTB Nagaraj.
Bachegowda was a hopeful BJP candidate for the by-election, however, Chief Minister Yeddyurappa gave the ticket to MTB Nagaraj. Frustrated by this, Bachhegowda resigned from the BJP and campaigned as independent candidate and won.
Despite losing the by-election, MTB Nagaraj was elected as an MLC, and was given Cabinet berth by Yeddyurappa. Bachegowda has chosen Congress party to fight his rival MTB Nagaraj on political grounds.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Horse injured, vehicles damaged as billboard collapses in Pune due to strong winds
_vb_34.jpeg)
Pune (PTI): A horse was injured and a few vehicles were damaged after a hoarding collapsed due to strong winds in Maharashtra’s Pune city, police said.
The billboard crashed to the ground between 5 pm and 6 pm on Saturday outside a wedding hall near Kavdi Pat toll booth on the Pune-Solapur Highway, an official said.
The incident comes days after a giant illegal billboard in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar area collapsed on a petrol pump due to gusty winds and unseasonal rains, killing 16 persons and injuring 75.
Citing preliminary information about the incident in Pune, the police on Saturday said the hoarding collapsed due to strong winds and it fell on a horse, and a few vehicles, including one brought by a band party, outside the Gulmohar Lawns wedding hall.
The injured horse was rescued and taken for treatment, the official said.
