JD(S) petitions Assembly Speaker seeking disqualification of two expelled MLAs
Bengaluru, Jul 8: After expelling MLAs S R Srinivas and K Srinivas Gowda from the party's primary membership for "breach of discipline", the JD(S) on Friday petitioned the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Speaker, seeking their disqualification as legislators.
Defying the party's directive, Srinivas and Gowda had voted against the party's official candidate D Kupendra Reddy in the June 10 Rajya Sabha election.
"Against two legislators S R Srinivas (Gubbi) and K Srinivas Gowda (Kolar), we have given a complaint to the Speaker and sought their disqualification. They have remained away from the party for sometime now, not attended legislature party meetings, and have been sharing a stage with Congress leaders and have openly expressed their desire to join that party," JD(S) Whip Venkat Rao Nadagouda said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, their activities attract action under the 10th schedule of the Constitution (anti-defection law).
"We have submitted our complaint to the Speaker (Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri) with all the documents and the Speaker has assured that he will look into it and take necessary action in accordance with law," he added.
According to JD(S), Srinivas had cast his first preference vote to the BJP's Lahar Singh Siroya and the second preference vote to Congress' Mansoor Ali Khan, while Gowda voted for Khan first and then Siroya in the RS poll.
JD(S) State president C M Ibrahim had in June issued an order expelling both of them from the party.
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Bengal polls: RG Kar victim's mother files nomination as BJP candidate from Panihati
Kolkata (PTI): Ratna Debnath, mother of the raped-murdered RG Kar hospital doctor and the BJP candidate from Panihati, filed her nomination papers on Thursday.
She was accompanied by senior BJP leader and former Union minister Smriti Irani and district party leaders.
Speaking to reporters after filing her nomination, she said her sole aim is to oust the TMC regime in West Bengal, which, she alleged, would ensure women's safety in the state and prevent a recurrence of incidents like the RG Kar case.
Nearly a year and a half after the brutal killing of her 26-year-old daughter inside a locked seminar room of the state-run hospital in August 2024, Debnath agreed to contest the polls on a BJP ticket from her hometown Panihati after being approached by the party "to bring to light the truth behind the crime".
She is pitted against TMC's Tirthankar Ghosh and CPI(M)'s Kalatan Dasgupta.
