Karnataka Mahila Congress asks party to give at least 30 tickets for women in assembly polls

Vartha Bharati | 12-01-2023 | 22:34:00 IST

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress on Thursday urged the party to give at least 30 tickets to women in the upcoming Assembly elections.

Mahila Congress President Pushpa Amarnath said, ''109 applications have come seeking tickets, in about 74 constituencies women have applied for tickets. Scrutiny is on for winning candidates. Along with women legislators I had participated in the party's election meeting at Belagavi recently, where I had placed a request to give tickets to at least 30 women.'' Speaking to reporters here, she said winnability will be the criteria for the ticket distribution.

''But, having received so many applications from women in itself is a revolution, there is awareness to ask for tickets, that's a good sign,'' she added.

The 224 member Karnataka assembly will go to polls by May.

Among the eleven women members in the current assembly, six are from Congress, three from BJP, one from JD(S) and one nominated.

The women Congress legislators are- Laxmi Hebbalkar (Belgaum Rural), Kaneez Fatima (Gulbarga North), Roopakala M (KGF), Anjali Nimbalkar (Khanapur), Soumya Reddy (Jayanagar), and Kusumavati Shivalli (Kundagol).

Asserting that only by bringing in women's reservation, a larger number of women can get tickets to contest polls, Amarnath said, raising above party line there is a need to fight for it.

Only through women's reservation legislation can women get an adequate number of tickets and representation, she noted. The BJP which has a majority should pass this bill.

''Our leader Rahul Gandhi and leadership have already declared that in the event of Congress getting a complete majority and coming to power, womens' reservation bill will be passed and it will be implemented,'' she added.

State Congress President D K Shivakumar had recently said that the party is planning a separate manifesto for women ahead of polls, and wants to release a ''guarantee letter'' expressing Congress’ commitment towards them.

Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is scheduled to address a women’s convention here on January 16, aimed at galvanising the support of womenfolk ahead of Assembly polls in Karnataka

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Assam govt moves SC against anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera

13-04-2026 ¦ 13-04-2026 IST

Photo: PTI

New Delhi (PTI): The Assam government has moved the Supreme Court against the Telangana High Court order granting one-week transit anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera in a case registered against him for levelling allegations against Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife.

The petition was filed on Sunday through advocate Shuvodeep Roy and is likely to be taken up for hearing this week.

On April 10, the high court granted one-week transit anticipatory bail to Khera.

The high court gave him a week's time to file an application before the court concerned and granted him relief with certain conditions.

"Without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, this court is of the view that the petitioner has made out a case for grant of limited transit anticipatory bail, as his apprehension of arrest appears to be reasonable and supported by material on record," the high court had said in its order.

The conditions were that the petitioner shall be released on bail in the event of arrest on his executing a personal bond for Rs one lakh with two sureties for the like sum each, cooperate with the investigation and make himself available for interrogation as and when required by the Investigating Officer and that he shall not leave the country without prior permission of the competent Court.

The conditions further include that the petitioner shall, within the stipulated period, approach the competent jurisdictional court in Assam and seek appropriate relief and he, being a public figure, shall exercise restraint in making any further public statements in relation to the subject matter of the present case, which may prejudice the investigation, the order said.

The Congress leader on April 5 had alleged that the Assam CM's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, has multiple passports and foreign property, which were not declared in the chief minister's election affidavit for the April 9 Assembly polls in that state.

The case against Khera was registered at the Guwahati Crime Branch Police Station under several sections of the BNS, including 175 (false statement in connection with an election), 35 (Right of private defence of the body and of property) and 318 (cheating).

Khera, who approached the high court on April 7, showed his residential address in Hyderabad. He had requested the high court to release him on bail in the event of his arrest.