Karnataka HC stays trial against former Union Minister Srinivasa Prasad for poll code violation
Bengaluru, Jul 11: The High Court of Karnataka on Monday stayed proceedings against former Union Minister and six-time Member of Parliament V Srinivasa Prasad in a case wherein he allegedly violated the election code of conduct in 2017.
He allegedly openly handed out Rs 100 to a resident of Devasarahalli.
Prasad was campaigning for a by-election to the Nanjangud Assembly constituency that year when the alleged incident happened.
An election officer filed a complaint against him for violating the election code of conduct before the jurisdictional Nanjangud rural police station.
A case under Section 171 H of the Indian Penal Code (illegal payments in connection with election) is pending before the Magistrate Court for MLAs/MPs.
Then, Prasad approached the High Court, seeking quashing of the FIR and proceedings.
After hearing the arguments, Justice Sunil Dutt Yadav stayed further proceedings in the case and posted the petition for further hearing.
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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.
