The Congress high command on Sunday evening summoned KPCC Chief DK Shivakumar and former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah to Delhi on Monday, May 15, after the party concluded MLAs meet to elect the CLP leader in the state capital.

During the meeting, the MLAs adopted resolution to authorize the AICC Chief Mallikarjun Kharge to appoint the CLP leader who will also be the next CM of the state.

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DK Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah who were the two frontrunners for the post were soon summoned to the national capital. The duo will be flying to Delhi on Monday, where the high command is expected to take a call of the state’s chief minister.

According to the reports, the high command was taking opinion of all the MLAs individually before talking to Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah and taking a call. The party has however confirmed that the state cabinet will take oath on Thursday, May 18.

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Kolkata, Nov 30: Two more Hindu priests were arrested in Bangladesh, ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das claimed on Saturday.

Speaking to PTI, Radharamn said, "I have received information that two more ISKCON monks have been arrested by police in Bangladesh."

In a post on X on Friday night, Radharamn said, "In the meantime, bad news has come: two devotees who went with prasad for Chinmaya Prabhu were arrested on their way back to the temple, and Chinmaya prabhu's secretary is also missing. Please pray for them."

Earlier on Friday, Radharamn had posted, "Another Brahmachari, Sri Shyam Das Prabhu, was arrested by Chattogram Police today."

"Does he look like a terrorist? #FreeISKCONMonks Bangladesh. The arrest of innocent #ISKCON brahmacharis are deeply shocking & disturbing," Radharamn posted on X on Saturday. His comments comes comes in the backdrop of unconfirmed reports of arrest of three more ISKCON monks, days after the arrest of spiritual leader Chinmay Das.

Chinmay Das, who also served as a spokesperson for Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote, was arrested at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday while en route to Chattogram to attend a rally. He was denied bail and sent to jail on Tuesday by the Chattogram Sixth Metropolitan Magistrate Court.

Historically, Hindus made up approximately 22 per cent of Bangladesh's population during the 1971 Liberation War.

The Hindu population, once a substantial demographic in Bangladesh, has experienced a significant decline in recent decades, with the minority community now comprising only around 8 per cent of the country's total population.

This drop is largely attributed to a combination of socio-political marginalisation, exodus and sporadic violence over the years.