Congress fields Nagaraju Yadav, Abdul Jabbar as candidates for Karnataka MLC elections
Bengaluru, May 23: Congress on Monday announced M Nagaraju Yadav and K Abdul Jabbar as its candidates for the biennial election to seven seats of Karnataka Legislative Council, to be elected by the members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs), scheduled for June 3.
Tuesday is the last date to file nominations for the polls.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved the proposal for the candidature of Yadav and Jabbar, AICC said in a release.
While, Yadav is the former chairman of Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), Jabbar is currently the president of the minority cell of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and a former MLC.
The election is necessitated as the term of office of seven members expires on June 14.
The seats will be falling vacant due to the retirement of MLCs -- Laxman Sangappa Savadi and Lahar Singh Siroya of BJP; Ramappa Timmapur, Allum Veerabhadrappa, Veena Achaiah S of Congress; and H M Ramesha Gowda and Narayana Swamy K V of JD(S).
According to official sources, in this election, each MLC candidate will require a minimum of 29 votes to win, and on the basis of minimum votes required and tallying it with the strength of each party in the Legislative Assembly, the BJP is expected to win four seats, Congress two, and JD(S) one.
There were too many MLC ticket aspirants in the Congress party.
State Congress president D K Shivakumar had earlier today said there were more than 200 aspirants for the two seats.
There were also talks about differences between Shivakumar and Congress Legislature party leader Siddaramaiah regarding candidates the State unit had recommended to the high command. However, both leaders had rejected such speculation.
Senior party leader and former Minister S R Patil was among the key aspirants for the ticket.
The polling will be held between 9 AM - 4 PM on June 3 and counting of votes at 5 PM that day.
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Disproportionate assets case: Got sanctions to prosecute Satyendar Jain, CBI tells court
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI on Monday informed a Delhi court that it had obtained requisite sanctions to prosecute AAP leader and former Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a disproportionate assets' case.
The central probe agency made the submission before special judge Jitendra Singh, who posted the hearing on January 22.
The judge observed a supplementary chargesheet was filed against Jain in the case on January 4.
It was alleged by the CBI that the minister, while functioning as a public servant, amassed assets disproportionate to his known sources of income to the extent of approximately Rs 1.62 crore between February 14, 2015 and May 31, 2017.
