Karnataka govt forms panel to oversee implementation of five guarantee schemes
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday approved the appointment of Congressmen as Chairperson and Vice Chairpersons to a panel to oversee the implementation of his government's five guarantee schemes.
Former Minister H M Revanna has been appointed as the Chairperson of the committee with a cabinet rank, the Chief Minister's Office said in a statement.
Siddaramaiah has approved the names of Mehroz Khan, Pushpa Amarnath, S R Patil and Suraj Hegde as its Vice Chairpersons, it added.
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According to the CMO, the Chief Minister has also approved a list of 44 people to be appointed as Chairpersons of various state-run boards and corporations.
The list has been sent to respective departments, who will be issuing appointment orders, it added.
Siddaramaiah had last month appointed 34 ruling Congress legislators as heads of various boards and corporations.
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Maharashtra Cong chief Nana Patole scrapes through in Sakoli, wins by 208 votes
Mumbai, Nov 23: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole survived a scare from his nearest BJP rival in the Sakoli assembly constituency but managed to win the tight contest by a narrow margin of 208 votes.
Patole, the incumbent Congress MLA from Sakoli, polled 96,795 votes, while his challenger from BJP, Avinash Brahmankar, came tantalisingly close to bagging 96,587 votes.
Independent nominee Somadatta Karanjekar was a distant third, bagging 18,309 votes.
While Patole managed to save the face with the thin margin, the Congress unit led by him and the Maha Vikas Aghadi were routed by the BJP-led Mahayuti in the one-sided contest.
