Jamakhandi Assembly seat by-poll: Cong decides to field Anand Siddu Nyamagouda
Bengaluru, October 09: The Congress on Tuesday decided to field Anand Siddu Nyamagouda, son of late Siddu Nyamagouda, as party candidate from Jamkhandi Assembly constituency in the by-poll to be held in November.
At a meeting held at KPCC office here, the Congress leaders have unanimously decided to field Anand from Jamakhandi constituency.
After the meeting, Anand said that he would file his nomination papers on Oct 16. All leaders from the party would be present on that day. The pro-people works done by his father during his tenure in the constituency would help him, he said.
"Whoever may be the candidate against me. I'll win the by-election. The leaders have discussed on the poll strategies in the meeting", he said.
Former minister R.B. Thimma Sagar said that it was discussed on booth and block level responsibilities. Since it was a by-election, everyone should take more responsibility. Ministers and MLAs were given responsibilities. Anand would win the election with huge margin, he said.
By-election was not necessary
There was no need to conduct by-election to three Lok Sabha constituencies which have just six months time. Those who will win the elections would have to go to see the Parliament House. It would be a waste of public money and time, said former minister Kimmane Rathnakar.
More than Rs 600 crore would be spent in one constituency. He wrote letters to the President and the Election Commission against conducting the by-election. But the state BJP leaders have been opposing the by-election as a gimmick, he criticized.
KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Working President Eshwar Khandre, State Congress Incharge K.C. Venugopal, CLP Leader and Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar, Water Resources Minister D.K. Shiva Kumar and leaders from Bagalkot were present at the meeting.
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2 drown, 4 missing after boat capsizes in Yamuna in UP's Hamirpur
Hamirpur (UP) (PTI): Two persons, including a child, drowned and four went missing went missing after a boat capsized in the Yamuna river here, police said on Thursday.
They said the incident took place on Wednesday evening in Kutubpur Patiya hamlet under Bhauli gram panchayat in the Kurara police station area when nine people, not including the boatman, were returning from a river island.
According to police, the boat lost balance in the middle of the river and capsized around 7 pm.
The boatman, Dheeru, managed to rescue three people -- Vishnu, Rinku and Parul.
The remaining six --five children and a woman-- Akanksha (9), Rani (9), Brijrani (25), Labhyansh (5), Mahesh (6), and Aditya (11) -- went missing, police said.
Later on Thursday, rescue teams recovered the bodies of Akanksha and Brijrani (25.
SHO, Brijesh Kumar said that due to heavy rain since the morning, teams are facing difficulties in rescue operation.
District Magistrate Abhishek Goyal said a search for the missing is being conducted by teams of the National Disaster Response Force and the State Disaster Response Force.
Taking cognisance of the incident, Chief Minister Adityanath has directed the district administration to investigate the cause of the accident and put in place effective measures to prevent such incidents in future.
He has directed senior police and administrative officials to immediately reach the spot and ensure relief and rescue operations on a war footing, an official statement said.
Adityanath has called for rescue efforts to be intensified to trace the missing persons at the earliest and warned that any negligence in the matter would not be tolerated, it added.
The chief minister also instructed senior district officials to personally monitor the rescue operations and ensure all possible assistance to the affected families.
BJP MLA from Hamirpur Manoj Prajapati said attempts are on to trace the missing. "We will ensure compensation to the affected families in accordance with the rules and submit a report to the chief minister on the incident," he said.
