Laxman Savadi joins Congress, promised ticket from Athani constituency
Bengaluru: Lakshmana Savadi, former Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, has joined the Congress party after being upset over the loss of the BJP ticket from the Athani constituency. Savadi was welcomed to the Congress by the Leader of Opposition of Karnataka Assembly, Siddaramaiah, KPCC president DK Shivakumar, and state Congress in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala at the KPCC office on Queen's Road in the city.
Several other prominent Congress leaders, including KPCC working president B Chandrappa, KPCC campaign committee president MB Patil, former ministers Vinay Kulkarni, Basavaraja Rayareddy, AB Patil, and MLC Channaraja Hattiholi were also present on the occasion. Savadi has also been promised of Congress ticket from Athani constituency for the upcoming Karnataka elections.
Savadi, who arrived in Bangalore from Belgaum on a special flight, went to Siddaramaiah's residence with Randeep Singh Surjewala and D.K. Shiva Kumar in the same car. He later resigned from the primary membership of the BJP party and the council seat.
The move by Savadi is expected to boost the Congress party's chances in the upcoming assembly elections in Karnataka.
The development has come as a major blow to the BJP, which has been facing dissent within the party in Karnataka in recent months. With the assembly elections drawing near, the BJP will now have to work harder to retain its hold on the state.
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Elderly man dies after part of slab falls on him in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): A 75-year-old man died after some portion of a slab in a two-storey residential structure collapsed on him in Mumbai's Bhandup area on Saturday morning, officials said.
The incident occurred at Tulshipada in Patkar Compound of Bhandup West around 9.45 am, they said.
"The victim, identified as Susai Daevdas Kaunder, was injured when some part of the slab on the upper floor of a two-storey structure fell on him," a civic official said.
He was immediately taken to nearby Navkaar Hospital, where he was declared dead, the official said.
