JD(S) files complaint with CEO against false tweets on Deve Gowda, Kumaraswamy

Vartha Bharati | 10-04-2023 | 10:30:00 IST

HD Deve Gowda, HD Kumaraswamy (PTI)

Bengaluru: The JD(S) has filed a complaint with Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena regarding tweets by an account holder against party senior leaders HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy.

In a letter on Sunday, AP Ranganatha, president of the state legal cell of the JD(S), told the CEO that ‘blatantly false tweets’ were posted late in the day, to vilify the images of the said leaders of the party.

The legal cell head has also asked the officer to take immediate action in the matter.

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Five achievers to be conferred with Social Welfare Dept’s ‘Dr. Ambedkar Award’ on April 14

11-04-2026 ¦ 11-04-2026 IST

CM Muniyappa | Mangaluru Vijay

Bengaluru: The Social Welfare Department has announced the names of the five achievers who will be conferred with the ‘Dr. BR Ambedkar Award’ for this year.

The selection committee members decided on the awardees during a meeting held on March 27.

The list of awardees is as follows:

* Mangaluru Vijay (Organized struggle/Literature)
* CM Muniyappa (Organized struggle/Journalism)
* HN Annayya (Organized struggle)
* Hanumantha Rao Doddamani (Literature/Organization)
* Shobha Gasti (Liberation of Devadasis)

The awardees will be felicitated and conferred with the award by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during a programme to be held on Tuesday, April 14 at the Banquet Hall of the Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, on the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti.