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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Mangaluru: Bajpe police arrests young man for alleged derogatory posts against police
Bajpe: Police have arrested a youth for allegedly posting derogatory and defamatory content against the Bajpe police on social media.
The arrested accused has been identified as Abhishek M. (23), a resident of Katipalla, Surathkal.
According to the police, Abhishek posted a photograph of Bajpe Nisarga Hotel on his Instagram account mr_a_titude_22, alleging that accused persons in a murder case under the jurisdiction of the Bajpe police station were being treated “like royalty” by the police and were being served beef meals from the hotel every day. In his post, he further accused the police of colluding with criminals and misusing their authority, stating that public trust in the police was being betrayed.
Following which, the Bajpe police registered a case and arrested the accused.
Police records reveal that Abhishek is already facing multiple criminal cases. A case of murder, attempt to murder, assault and robbery has been registered against him at the Surathkal police station. At the same time, a robbery case has also been registered at the Kaup police station.
After his arrest, Abhishek was handed over to the custody of the CEN police for further investigation. He was later produced before a court, police said.
