Coalition govt has to face Speaker election test before floor test
Bengaluru, May 24: The JDS-Congress coalition government has to face the tough test of electing the Speaker before winning the floor test in the Assembly. This has created curiosity in the political circle.
On Thursday, former minister KR Ramesh Kumar has filed his nomination as the JDS-Congress candidate for the Speaker position. Against Ramesh Kumar, Suresh Kumar of BJP has filed his nomination papers which made the election more colourful. As there are two contenders for the Speaker post, election would be held at the first Assembly session to be held on May 25 at 12.15 pm. The voting might be through voice vote or raising the hands.
As per the present strength, the Congress-JDS combine has the edge against BJP candidate. So, it is almost sure that Ramesh Kumar would elect as the Speaker of the Assembly.
Since the BJP is the largest party in the Assembly with 104 seats, it would definitely give strong fight to JDS-Congress combine in the election. But the BJP does not have the required number of votes to win the Speaker post. Even then, it has fielded its candidate to test its luck. It has planned to gain the support of the MLAs of JDS-Congress combine who are dissatisfied. But it is said that the BJP has bleak chances to win the election.
Ramesh Kumar has already worked as the Speaker and has managed the Assembly efficiently. So, the Congress has chosen Ramesh Kumar for the post.
No secrete voting
“There is no provision for secrete voting in electing Speaker. The Speaker would be elected through open voting. The Secretariat would place the proposals of the contenders who have already filed their nomination papers. The election process would be held through voice voting, rising hands or by standing up in their places”.
--S Murthy, Assembly Secretary
Ramesh Kumar’s election is sure: DyCM
“KR Ramesh Kumar has filed his nomination papers for the Speaker post from JDS-Congress combine. He has done a good job as the Speaker earlier also. He would once again become the Speaker”.
Dr G Parameshwar, Deputy Chief Minister
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UP Police use tear gas to disperse crowd throwing stones during Sambhal mosque survey
Sambhal (UP) (PTI): Police used tear gas and "minor force" in the face of stone pelting by locals here on Sunday as tension escalated during a second survey of the Mughal-era mosque, claimed to be originally the site of an ancient Hindu temple.
Tension has been seething in Sambhal over the past few days after the Jama Masjid was surveyed last Tuesday on the orders of a local court following a petition that claimed that a Harihar temple stood at the site.
According to the local administration, a second survey by an "Advocate Commissioner" as part of a court-ordered examination into the disputed site began around 7 am and a crowd began gathering at the spot.
"Some miscreants came out of the crowd gathered near the site and pelted stones at the police team. The police used minor force and tear gas to bring the situation under control," Superintendent of Police Krishna Kumar Vishnoi said.
He said those who engaged in stone pelting and those who incited them will be identified and action taken against them.
District Magistrate Rajendra Pesia said, "Some miscreants resorted to stone pelting but the situation is peaceful now and the survey is underway."
Videos of youths throwing stones at police, purportedly near the site of the survey in Sambhal have surfaced on the Internet.
Supreme Court lawyer Vishnu Shankar Jain, who is also the petitioner in the case, had said the Court of Civil Judge (Senior Division) ordered the constitution of an "Advocate Commission" to survey the mosque.
The court has said that a report should be filed after conducting a videography and photography survey through the commission, he had said.
The Central and Uttar Pradesh governments, the mosque committee and the district magistrate of Sambhal have been made parties in the petition concerning the mosque, Jain said last Tuesday.
Vishnu Shankar Jain and his father Hari Shankar Jain have represented the Hindu side in many cases related to places of worship, including the Gyanvapi Mosque-Kashi Vishwanath temple dispute.
Gopal Sharma, a local lawyer for the Hindu side, told PTI on Friday that in his petition filed in the court, he mentioned that "Baburnama" and the "Ain-e-Akbari" has confirmed that a Harihar temple was at the site where the Jama Masjid now stands.
He also claimed that the temple was demolished by Mughal Emperor Babur in 1529.
Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Zia Ur Rehman Barq had objected to the developments.
"The Jama Masjid of Sambhal is historical and very old. The Supreme Court had given the order in 1991 that whatever religious places are there in whatever condition since 1947, they will remain at their places," he had said.
The next date for hearing in this case is January 29.
VIDEO | Uttar Pradesh: Stones and slippers pelted in Sambhal when a survey team reached Shahi Jama Masjid to conduct a survey of the mosque.
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