Congress Leads in North East Karnataka Graduate constituency Vidhan Parishad election vote count
Kalaburagi: In the Vidhana Parishad elections for the North East Karnataka Graduate Constituency, the Congress candidate, Chandrasekhar Patil, has surged ahead in the 8th and final round of first preference vote counting.
With the completion of the 8th round, Chandrasekhar Patil has garnered 39,496 first preference votes, establishing a lead of 4,446 votes over his closest rival.
The BJP candidate, Amarnath Patil, trails behind with 35,050 votes, while independent candidate N. Pratap Reddy has secured 17,421 votes.
The fixed quota for victory stands at 48,260 votes and hence the counting process for second preference votes has commenced.
The results will be officially announced after the counting of second preference votes.
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Eligible families won't be inconvenienced with BPL card revision: Karnataka minister Muniyappa
Bengaluru, Nov 26: Karnataka minister K H Muniyappa on Monday said the officials have been instructed to restore the Below Poverty Line and Above Poverty Line ration cards as they existed earlier.
The Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister said the decision to this effect was taken in a meeting on November 21 on the orders of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Muniyappa said he has instructed officials to correct all the ration cards by November 28 and distribute rice to the BPL ration card holders with all the facilities.
This comes after some confusion in the state over the cancellation of many Below Poverty Line ration cards while the list of BPL families was being revised. The minister clarified that there was no need to worry for the eligible beneficiaries.
"Steps are being taken to ensure that the eligible beneficiaries are not inconvenienced, and the ineligible ration cards of taxpayers and government employees will be transferred to APL," he said.
The minister underlined that the state government has introduced pro-poor schemes for the benefit of economically weaker sections.
