Karnataka, May 22: Polling for this constituency was deferred after Vijayakumar died during the campaign on May 4.

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced that BN Prahlad, the brother of late MLA BN Vijaykumar, will be its candidate from Karnataka’s Jayanagar Assembly constituency, PTI reported. Polling will be held on June 11.

Vijaykumar died in Bengaluru on May 4 after a massive heart attack. The 59-year-old was a two-time MLA from Jayanagar, and was also his party’s candidate for the May 12 Assembly elections. He was taken to a government hospital after he collapsed while campaigning in his constituency on May 3. He died soon after.

The Assembly elections in the state threw up a hung verdict. The Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular), along with the Bahujan Samaj Party and two independents, have the support of 117 MLAs, while the Bharatiya Janata Party has the support of 104 legislators. Elections in two seats – Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar – were countermanded.

BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa was sworn in as the chief minister last Thursday but resigned two days later as his party, despite being the largest, did not have the numbers to prove its majority. The chief minister-designate of the Congress JD(S) alliance, HD Kumaraswamy, is expected to take oath on Wednesday.

 

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Lucknow, Jul 27 (PTI): The wife of a constable posted at Bakshi ka Talab police station in Uttar Pradesh has committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in the house, police said on Sunday.

They said the matter came to light through a video she posted on Instagram.

"On Sunday, it was learnt through an Instagram video that Saumya Kashyap committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan in the house. Saumya is the wife of constable Anurag Singh, who is currently posted in Eagle Mobile at Bakshi Ka Talab station," the police said in a statement.

In the video Saumya posted before her death, she talked about her in-laws trying to get her husband married for the second time and her brother-in-law threatening to kill her, the statement said.

Police said they have informed the deceased's family, who have left from their Mainpuri house.

"On receipt of their complaint, a case will be registered and necessary action will be taken," the statement said.