FIR against MLA Muniratna, 13 others
Bengaluru, May 10: The Election Commission has filed an FIR against MLA Muniratna Naidu and 13 others in connection with the recovery of fake voter identity cards at home in Jalhahalli.
The FIR, which has been lodged against 14 people including BBMP's former BJP member Manjula Nanjamari, Manjunath, and several others, has named MLA Muniratna as 14th accused; the election commissioner informed.
Thousands of identity cards were found when election officials had conducted the raid. Handouts carrying MLA Muniratna's photo were also recovered from the spot. Following which, an FIR was lodged against the MLA based on the instructions of election commission officials.
However, the Jalahalli police have arrested Yeshwantpur Congress corporator JK Venkatesh and one Raghu, and the inquiry is on.
The police and election officials, who have registered FIR against the accused under IPC Section 120B and 171, are conducting a joint investigation.
I have no connection with the case: Muniratna
"I have no connection with the case related to fake voter ID cards that were recovered from Jalahalli. BJP is behind this," RR Nagar Congress MLA Muniratna stated.
Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Muniratna accused that BJP is behind the incident where fake voter Id cards were recovered from a flat in SLV apartment.
The FIR has been registered against me as handouts were containing my photo. I have distributed around 40,000 handouts with the permission of the commission. In every home my handouts are available. I have no connection with this case.
Why did BJP workers not complained to police after visiting the apartment? What was the need to shoot a video before the arrival of police? While all the recovered Id cards belong to residents, we do not have any necessity to get them. This is all BJP's work. Previously also BJP had done the similar activity in Hebbal constituency.
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Ajit Pawar wins Baramati battle, defeats nephew Yugendra by more than 1 lakh votes
Baramati, Nov 23: Maharashtra deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Ajit Pawar on Saturday won from his traditional Baramati assembly constituency by defeating his nephew and NCP (SP) candidate Yugendra Pawar by more than one lakh votes.
Ajit, who parted ways with his uncle Sharad Pawar last year and was seeking an eighth term from this family bastion in Pune district, polled 1,81,132 votes while Yugendra Pawar polled 80,233 votes.
Ajit, thus, defeated his younger brother's son by 1,00,899 votes.
Five months ago, Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) had triumphed in Baramati in the Lok Sabha elections, with incumbent MP and Sharad Pawar's daughter Supriya Sule defeating Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra by a margin of 1.5 lakh votes.
Both the NCP factions did not leave a single stone unturned during the assembly campaign, and even Sharad Pawar's wife Pratibha Pawar and Sule's daughter Revati were seen campaigning for Yugendra, while Ajit Pawar brought his mother on stage during his concluding rally in Baramati.
While Sharad Pawar told the people of Baramati that they needed a new leadership, alluding to Yugendra Pawar whom he described as a highly-educated candidate, Ajit Pawar cautioned people not to fall prey to the "emotional pitch" by the senior Pawar.
After Saturday's results, Ajit Pawar, who along with several other NCP legislators sided with the BJP-Shiv Sena government in 2023, could claim to be the real political heir of his estranged uncle who founded the NCP in 1999.
Sunetra Pawar, now a Rajya Sabha member, thanked the people of Baramati for reposing their faith once again in `Dada' (elder brother in Marathi, as Ajit is fondly called).
