Hit the ground, special team is watching: K'taka Congress chief DK Shivakumar to ticket aspirants
Bengaluru, Sep 16: Stressing the need to hit the ground, Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar on Friday made it clear to his partymen including the sitting legislators and aspirants that it was the most important criteria for the candidacy to 2023 Assembly polls in the State.
He was addressing a meeting of KPCC office-bearers and Bharat Jodo Yatra coordinators, as the march would enter the State through Chamarajanagar district on September 30.
"...I have told all MLAs there is no bargain...AICC has officially appointed a separate team under Sunil (political strategist Sunil Kanugolu) to do a political analysis. Rahul Gandhi had called us leaders and said a team has been constituted. There are 600 people across all constituencies, two or three in every constituency," Shivakumar said.
Stating that they would not identify with anyone and are watching everyone, he said they already have mapped every constituency, and are calculating the fate of the sitting, the defeated, and those aspiring to be MLAs.
"Every seat is important for us, some might be thinking no one can do anything to them in their constituency, including sitting MLAs. I'm telling them that it's an illusion," he said pointing out that in Kerala almost 13 sitting MLAs were removed from the list and youngsters given a chance.
Noting that for the Bharat Jodo Yatra, every MLA is tasked with mobilising 5,000 people, Shivakumar took a dig at some party colleagues for their lack of keenness, and specifically named senior MLA and former KPCC chief R V Deshpande.
"Deshpande said he can't (get people), because his constituency is too far. I said nothing doing...Can't we just do this for one day for the sake of Rahul Gandhi?" he asked.
The KPCC chief said leaders and party workers who cannot work on the ground would be rested.
He listed out the work done and events organised by KPCC aimed at strengthening the party under his presidency.
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
