Bengaluru: Disqualified Karnataka MLAs on Saturday slammed CM Yediyurappa for allegedly ruining their political careers as they said their careers are now under the clouds of uncertainty.

According to the reports Yediyurappa held a secret meeting with a group of disqualified MLAs after the Election Commission announced dates of by-elections in 15 constituencies represented by the disqualified MLAs.

The MLAs reportedly told Yediyurappa that because of his their political careers were hanging with uncertainty.

“You became CM because of us. And because of you our political careers have almost come to end. We believed in you and you have brought our existence in question. It is better you us poison” the MLAs reportedly to Yediyurappa during the meeting.

To this the Karnataka CM tried to assure the MLAs that he and his party were supporting them. “You need not worry about anything. I will myself go to Delhi and speak to leader and legal advisers. There is no doubt that you will be contesting the by-polls” Yediyurappa explained to the inconvincible MLAs.

The MLAs then reportedly demanded postponing of by-elections so that their legal battle in SC can conclude before the election.

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Gorakhpur (UP) (PTI): A newly married man fled with the Rs 15 lakh given to him as dowry by the bride's family, and it came to light later that he was an alleged serial scammer, police said on Sunday.

The accused, identified as Pritam Kumar Nishad from Etawah, allegedly posed as an IAS officer to deceive the woman into marrying him. He is currently absconding with his sister, and a case has been filed against him for cheating, dowry harassment, and forgery, officials said.

According to the police, the woman's family claimed that they spent nearly Rs 30 lakh for the wedding that was solemnised on March 11.

The match was arranged through a matrimonial group, where the accused introduced himself as an IAS officer, sharing purported interview clips, office visuals, and photographs with politicians to gain the family's trust.

Despite initially claiming he would marry without dowry, the accused allegedly demanded Rs 15 lakh shortly before the engagement. The bride's family paid Rs 10 lakh in cash during the engagement and the remaining Rs 5 lakh on the wedding day, the police said.

The fraud came to light on Saturday after the woman reached Etawah, and a wedding attendee informed the family that the accused was not a civil servant. When her relatives visited the address provided by him, they found her in a small rented room, while the accused and his sister had fled, the police added.

The woman has also alleged that the accused planned to take her to Goa and sell her, and accused him of inappropriate behaviour.

The police suspect that the accused may have been involved in multiple such marriages in the past. Based on a complaint lodged at the cantonment police station, an FIR was registered on Saturday evening.

Senior Superintendent of Police Dr Kaustubh said efforts are underway to arrest the accused.