Late MLA B Satyanarayana s wife Ammajamma is JD(S) candidate from Sira for Nov 3 bypolls
Bengaluru: JD(S) patriarch H D Deve Gowda on Tuesday announced late party legislator B Satyanarayanas wife Ammajamma as the candidate for the November 3 by-election to the Sira assembly constituency.
Announcing the candidate, Gowda said the party will face the bypolls unitedly.
The bypoll is necessitated following the death of JD(S) legislator B Sathyanarayana in August.
JD(S)' decision to field his wife Ammajamma from the seat is being seen as a move to capitalize on the sympathy votes.
Sira in Tumakuru district along with Rajarajeshwari Nagar (R R Nagar) segment in the city will go for bypolls on November 3, for which the election notification will be issued on October 9.
The last date for filing of nomination is October 16 and the counting of votes will take place on November 10.
The Congress has already announced that it will be fielding former Minister T B Jayachandra as party candidate from Sira.
Jayachandra had represented the constituency twice in 2008 and 2013, by defeating JD(S)' Sathyanarayana, who in turn had defeated him in the 2018 assembly polls.
The Congress and JD(S) are traditional rivals for the seat, which the BJP has never won.
If BJP fields a strong candidate, the by-election is likely to see a three-cornered contest.
The saffron party is yet to announce its candidate for the seat, and the state leadership has sent its recommendations to the BJP high command.
Recently several local leaders and workers from Sira, including Dr. C M Rajesh Gowda, whose name is doing the rounds in the party circles as the probable candidate, joined the BJP.
All the three parties are also yet to announce their candidates for R R Nagar assembly constituency.
JDS(S) has shortlisted three probables- party city unit chief R Prakash, RR Nagar president Bettaswamy Gowda and a leader from the Jnananbharathi ward Krishnamurthy- as candidates for the seat.
Congress Legislature party leader Siddaramaiah has indicated that the party is likely to field H Kusuma, the wife of late IAS officer D K Ravi.
She had recently joined the party.
The BJP is likely to field N Munirathna, whose disqualification has necessitated the bypolls for the seat.
He had defected from Congress to BJP.
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Nepal joins Singapore and Hong Kong in banning sale of Everest and MDH spices over safety concerns
Kathmandu: Nepal has recently taken steps to ban the consumption and sale of spices produced by Everest and MDH, following similar actions by Singapore and Hong Kong. The move comes amidst concerns over the presence of harmful chemicals in these products, particularly ethylene oxide, a known cancer-causing pesticide.
According to reports from ANI, Nepal's Department of Food Technology and Quality Control has initiated testing on spices from these two Indian brands for ethylene oxide. Mohan Krishna Maharjan, spokesperson for Nepal's food technology department, confirmed the ban, stating that it extends to both import and sale of the affected spices.
Maharjan highlighted that testing is currently ongoing, and the ban will remain in effect until conclusive results are obtained. This development reflects a growing international scrutiny on the safety of MDH and Everest spices, with concerns also raised in New Zealand, the United States, and Australia.
In New Zealand, where ethylene oxide usage for food sterilization has been phased out, authorities are investigating the presence of this chemical in MDH and Everest spices. Meanwhile, in April, the Hong Kong food safety body banned four spice products from these brands, followed by Singapore's recall of Everest's Fish Curry Masala due to excessive levels of ethylene oxide.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has responded by ordering quality checks on products from MDH and Everest. Additionally, it has reached out to food safety regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore for further information.
MDH and Everest spices have long been household names in India and are exported to various countries, including those in the Middle East.
