Former Raichur Rajya Sabha MP Abdul Samad Siddiqui passes away
Raichur: Abdul Samad Siddiqui, former Rajya Sabha MP from Raichur, passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness, at the age of 87 years.
Siddiqui started his political career with the Janata Party that later merged to form the Janata Dal. He was also national general secretary of the Janata Dal. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1988 to 1994.
He co-founded the Lok Shakti, after the Janata Dal split, and was the national vice-president of the new party since inception. The Lok Shakti was a state party in Karnataka, having several leaders of the Janata Dal as well as former chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde.
An educationist too, Siddiqui established several institutions in his native district Raichur, including the New Education Society and the Millat Education Society.
Siddiqui is survived by his wife and children.
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Puthucherry CM Rangasamy secures unassailable lead
Puducherry (PTI): Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy was on course to retain his Thattanchavady Assembly constituency as counting of votes polled in the April 9 Puducherry Assembly elections was on across the UT.
At the end of four rounds of counting, which was the last one, the CM was ahead of his TVK-backed Neyyam Makkal Kazhagam candidate E Vinayakam by 4,441
votes, gaining an unassailable lead.
The veteran leader polled 10,024 while Vinayakam polled 5583 votes. Congress' Ve Vaithilingam polled 2990 votes, bracing for the fourth place after an independent.
This constituency is an important segment which drew the attention of political parties. Rangasamy has contested from two segments-Thattanchavady and Mangalam segments.
