Cong workers lay siege BSY’s house
Verbal duals between Cong-BJP workers
Bengaluru, September 20: Close on the heels of Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy’s statement that people would revolt against BJP if the latter tried to destabilize the coalition government in the state, hundreds of Congress workers laid siege the house of BJP state President B.S Yeddyurappa in the city on Thursday and expressed their ire.
In a sudden development, the Congress workers laid siege the house at Dollars Colony in the city and shouted slogans against Yeddyurappa, BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra and the central government.
Verbal duals
Meanwhile, B.S Yeddyurappa was holding a meeting with the MLAs at his residence. At this time, the Congress and BJP workers engaged in verbal duals and reached a stage of scuffle each other. BJP MLAs MP Renukacharya, Vishwanath, Madalu Virupakshappa, Doddappa Gowda Patil, Harish Poonja, Ravikumar and Ayanur Manjunath made futile attempt to pacify the Congress workers.
Later, both the Congress and BJP workers exchanged heated arguments and shouted slogans against each others. The Congress workers tried to barge into the house of Yeddyurappa. As Renukacharya pushed the Congress workers, tension prevailed for some time.
The police who rushed to the spot dispersed the Congress and BJP workers and put barricades on the road leading to Yeddyurappa’s house and police security was beefed up.
“Corrupt Yeddyurappa who had been to the jail was the leader of Operation Lotus. Yeddyurappa’s unethical politics should be rejected. The Central government has been using the IT and ED to hound Congress leaders and they will not succeed”.
- Congress workers
“In the name of protest, Congress workers have behaved like goondas and Chief Minister Kumaraswamy is encouraging them. We have also grown up. We know how to give them the answer”.
- M.P Renukacharya, BJP MLA
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Allahabad HC quashes Abbas Ansari’s conviction, restores assembly membership
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday overturned the conviction of Mau Sadar MLA Abbas Ansari in a case linked to a controversial speech made during the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The ruling effectively reinstates his membership in the legislative assembly.
Justice Samir Jain set aside the May 2023 order of a special MP/MLA court in Mau, which had sentenced the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party leader to two years of rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹2,000.
Ansari had been convicted under Sections 153-A (promoting enmity between groups), 189 (threat to public servant), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 171F (undue influence during elections) of the Indian Penal Code. His initial appeal before the appellate court was dismissed on July 5, 2023, after which he moved the High Court.
The case stemmed from remarks made at an election rally, where Ansari allegedly said that after the formation of the government, bureaucrats would not be transferred or posted for six months as “hisab-kitab (scores)” would first be settled.
Despite the controversy, Ansari secured a decisive victory in the 2022 assembly polls from Mau, defeating his nearest rival by over 38,000 votes.
