Has AICC stayed nominations of four people to vacant seats of Legislative Council?
Bengaluru: The Congress High Command has reportedly temporarily halted, at the last minute, the nomination of four people whose names were recommended for the four vacant seats in the Karnataka Legislative Council.
The High Command is learned to have proposed the names of senior journalist Dinesh Amin Mattu, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) media head Ramesh Babu, Dalit leader DG Sagar and NRI Forum Vice-president Arathi Krishna for the seats. Accordingly, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had signed the recommendation and forwarded it to the Governor for approval.
Currently, however, reports have stated that the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has asked for a stay on the nomination.
With several people from various fields aspiring for the seats in the Council, CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar had prepared a list of candidates and submitted it to the AICC, which finalized the four names.
Ramesh Babu, who is a former MLC, and Mattu are members of backward class communities. Sagar belongs to a Scheduled Caste (SC) while Arathi Krishna is a member of the Vokkaliga community.
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Maoist carrying bounty of Rs 15 lakh among four killed in gunfight with security forces in J’khand
Hazaribag (PTI): Four Maoists, including one carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh on his head, were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Jharkhand's Hazaribag district on Friday, police officials said.
The encounter took place in the Khapia forest area within the Keredari police station limits, following a tip-off.
"Four Maoists were killed in a gunfight with joint forces in 'Operation KotiNeer'. The Maoists killed have been identified as regional committee member Sahdeo Maho, carrying a reward of Rs 15 lakh, Ranjit Ganjhu, Zonal committee member, carrying a reward of Rs 10 lakh," IG, CRPF, Saket Kumar Singh told mediapersons.
The remaining two are Area Commander Budhan Karmali, carrying a reward of Rs one lakh and sub-zonal committee member Natasha, a woman who hailed from Gadchiroli in Maharashtra.
SDPO of Barkagaon, Pawan Kumar, said that no security personnel were injured in the operation.
The Maoists killed were wanted in about 80 cases.
With the encounter, only 57 Maoists are left in the state, the IG said.
A number of arms were also recovered during the operation including two AK 47 and one INSAS rifles.
The development comes close on the heels of a fierce exchange of fire between a Maoist squad headed by Misir Besra, who carries a bounty of Rs 1 crore, and police personnel on April 15 in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum. Four security personnel were injured in the encounter.
The Centre has already informed the state governments that there are no Naxal violence-affected districts in the country, more than five decades since Left Wing Extremism (LWE) originated in India.
The declaration followed a high-level security review held earlier this month by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the mandated 'National Policy and Action Plan to Address Left Wing Extremism' formulated in 2015.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah informed Parliament on March 30 that India was free from Maoists.
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