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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'The Ba**ds of Bollywood’ mirrors my life, damages my reputation: Sameer Wankhede tells Delhi HC
New Delhi: IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has submitted his reply to the Delhi High Court in the defamation case he filed against Red Chillies Entertainment, the production company owned by actor Shah Rukh Khan. The case pertains to the recently released series The Ba**ds of Bollywood*, which Wankhede claims has defamed him.
In his statement to the court, Wankhede asserted that the show’s portrayal of a police officer is clearly based on him and has caused serious harm to his public image. He cited four key reasons supporting his claim.
First, he said the character in question bears physical similarities to him, including facial and body features. Second, he noted that the character’s working style and mannerisms closely resemble his own.
Third, Wankhede highlighted that the officer in the show is depicted making a high-profile arrest involving a major film personality, which he said directly mirrors his own involvement in the Aryan Khan drug case.
Fourth, he pointed out that the character frequently uses the phrase “Satyameva Jayate,” a motto he himself had used during media interactions in the course of that investigation. He argued that using the national motto in such a context cannot be dismissed as creative expression or humour.
Wankhede also referred to an interview in which Aryan Khan allegedly admitted that the show was “inspired by some real events.” This, he said, contradicts Red Chillies Entertainment’s claim that The Ba**ds of Bollywood* is purely fictional.
He further alleged that the tone and intent of the series indicate personal and institutional vendetta, aimed at discrediting and defaming him rather than engaging in artistic storytelling.
Wankhede informed the court that the fallout from the show has affected his family, with his wife and sister receiving abusive and vulgar messages online.
Rejecting Red Chillies’ argument that he is a “thin-skinned” officer, Wankhede said that a public servant cannot be expected to tolerate false and damaging portrayals simply because of his position. He emphasized that his legal action seeks to protect the constitutional rights and dignity of both himself and his family.
