Father-daughter create history, enter Assembly together
Bengaluru, June 13: For the first time in the history of Karnataka politics, father and daughter together entered the Assembly. With the election of Sowmya Reddy, daughter of former minister and MLA Ramalinga Reddy, from Jayanagar Assembly constituency, the election for which was held on June 8, both Sowmya and her father Ramalinga Reddy entered the 15 Assembly together.
There are several instances where father and sons entered the Vidhana Soudha. In 1994, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and his son HD Revanna were elected for the first time. Later, it was continued and even in this election also, father-son duo elected to the Assembly.
This time, former chief minister Siddaramaiah was elected from Badami constituency, while his son Dr Yathindra Siddaramaiah was elected from Varuna constituency. In the 14th Assembly election, senior leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa was elected from Davangere South constituency and his son SS Mallikarjun was elected from Davangere north constituency. In the same way, M Krishnappa from Vijayanagar constituency in Bengaluru and his son Priya Krishna was elected from Govindaraj Nagar in Bengaluru.
Now, Sowmya Reddy was elected from Jayanagar constituency. Her father and former minister Ramalinga Reddy was elected from BTM Layout. There were instances where father-son or brothers elected to the Assembly. But this is the first time where father and daughter were elected to the Assembly.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
