Ex-minister BA Mohidin passes away: Both Houses pay homage
Bengaluru, July 10: Both Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council on Tuesday paid their homage to the departed soul of former education minister BA Mohidin.
As soon as the Session began on Tuesday morning, Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar moved the condolence motion in the House. He recalled that Mohiuddin who born in Kolambe village in Karwar taluk in Uttara Kannada district in 1938, was a BSc graduate and was a farmer in profession. He was elected to the Assembly in 1978 and elected to the Legislative Council between 1990 and 2002. He also worked as Chief Whip in the Legislative Council from 1995 to 1996 and in 1996, he was appointed as the Minister for Small Industries and Higher Education. He had close relationship with Mohiuddin for more than 46 years. His demise was a great loss to the state, the Speaker recalled.
Later, House leader and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and Opposition Leader BS Yeddyurappa also recalled the selfless service of the great leader.
Speaker became emotional
Speaker Ramesh Kumar became emotional and said that “I have given him a special place in my life. He was like my elder brother and he had the right to correct my mistakes. But today, I have lost him. I would go to his place to attend his last rites. So, the Deputy Speaker would manage the Session for two days. The Deputy Speaker is a new face and everyone needs to cooperate with him”, he appealed.
Later, the members of the House observed silence as a mark of respect to the departed soul.
“When former prime minister Indira Gandhi contested in the by-election to the Chikmagalur Lok Sabha constituency, then chief minister Devaraj Arasu entrusted the financial responsibility to Mohiuddin. When he was the district minister in Dakshina Kannada, he had managed Rama Mandir issue every effectively.”
-Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar
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Karnataka HM G Parameshwara blames EVM for Cong debacle in Maharashtra, backs ballot papers
BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Monday alleged Electronic Voting Machine manipulations led to the defeat of Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in just concluded assembly polls in Maharashtra.
While speaking to reporters here on Monday, he said the BJP does selective manipulations to convince people that there were no wrongdoings. He also wanted to go back to the paper ballots system.
The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra won a landslide victory in the assembly elections, shattering the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream to wrest power. The BJP won the highest ever 132 seats for the party, while the Shiv Sena led by Shinde bagged 57 seats and NCP won 41 seats to take the Mahayuti total to 230 seats. Congress as part of MVA won just 16 seats.
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"We analysed the Maharashtra poll outcome deeply. We felt that in many places EVMs were manipulated," Parameshwara said. He also said an obvious question would be why not it happened in Jharkhand and elsewhere. The manipulations are done selectively so that no one can question it, he blamed.
According to him, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a leading partner. Had the Congress been the leading partner, things would have changed. He backed the ballot papers saying that the same was discussed in Maharashtra Congress as well.
