Naseer Ahmed, Venugopal, Ramesh Gowda elected unopposed to Legislative Council
Bengaluru, September 27: Naseer Ahmed and M.C. Venugopal from the Congress and Ramesh Gowda from the JDS on Thursday elected unopposed to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.
Election officer Kumaraswamy announced the result at his office at Vidhana Soudha here and gave away the certificates to the new members. Later, he said that Thursday was the last day for withdrawing the nomination papers. But out of the three persons who were in the fray, none has withdrawn the nomination papers. As a result, all the three were announced elected unopposed to the Legislative Council. As the nomination papers of independent candidates Venkateswara Swamy and Harishchandra Gowda were not proper, they were rejected. Newly elected Naseer Ahmed and M.C. Venugopal would continue as the MLCs up to June 30, 2020 and the term of Ramesh Gowda would end on June 14, 2022, Kumaraswamy said.
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Congress misleading public on National Herald case, matter still in court: BJP
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Wednesday accused the Congress of running misleading propaganda over the trial court's decision in the National Herald case and said the court refused to take cognisance of the complaint but did not set aside the case.
The case is still pending trial in the Delhi High Court, and the trial court in its order on Tuesday said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) can continue its investigation, BJP national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia asserted.
"The court yesterday (Tuesday) said that since it is a private complaint and no FIR has been lodged, it will not take cognizance of it. It's a technical matter. The court also said that ED can continue its investigation further. The court did not set it aside," Bhatia told a press conference at the BJP headquarters here
"Its trial is still going on. Sonia Gandhi is still Accused Number-1 and Rahul Gandhi Accused Number-2," the BJP spokesperson said, alleging, "The Gandhi family thrives on deceit, deception, and propaganda."
