Governor to take decision as per law: Parameshwar
Letter signed by Cong-JDS MLA's handed over to Governor
Bengaluru, May 16: With the election results throwing a fractured mandate in the state, the Congress has handed over a letter, having a party resolution and signatures of all MLA's to extend its support to JDS to form the government, to Governor Vajubhai Vala on Wednesday.
A delegation led by JDS Legislature Party leader HD Kumaraswamy and KPCC president Dr G Parameshwar who met the Governor at Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday at 5 pm, submitted the letter signed by 117 MLA's.
Speaking to reporters outside the Raj Bhavan, Dr G Parameshwar said that leaders of both the parties have met the Governor and submitted the letter on the resolution taken by the Congress at the Legislature Party meeting. The Governor promised that he would take a decision after taking legal opinion from legal experts keeping in mind the law, Supreme Court orders, Constitutional provisions and the decisions taken in such circumstances in Goa, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur and other states, he said.
JDS president HD Kumaraswamy said that they have given the letter signed by 117 MLA's and decision taken in Legislature Party meetings to the Governor. Congress senior leader Gulam Nabi Azad, Siddaramaiah and others have brought to the Governor’s notice about the incidents where the coalition was invited to form the government other than the party which took highest seats in some states when there was no clear mandate and the Supreme Court’s verdict in Goa case. Based on the information provided by JDS and Congress and opinion from the legal experts, the Governor has promised of taking a decision. He only should decide the future course of action, he said.
MLA's parade
Before shifting all the MLA's JDS and Congress to Eagleton Resort near Bidadi to protect them from poaching, it was decided to parade all of them before the Governor. Since only 10 MLA's each from JDS and Congress were allowed to meet the Governor, the decision parade them before the Governor was dropped.
KPCC working presidents SR Patil and Dinesh Gundurao, MLA's HD Revenna, Roshan Beig, Bandeppa Kashempur and others were present.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
