North-West Graduates’ Constituency; BJP Candidate Hanumantha Nirani wins
Belagavi: Following the completion of the two graduates and two teachers’ constituency elections on June 13, the vote-counting process for the North-West graduates’ constituency came to an end with BJP candidate Hanumantha Nirani securing victory by a difference of 34.693 votes.
Reportedly, the vote-counting process for the constituency was completed late on Wednesday night, with 9,006 votes classified as invalid from a total of 65,992 votes.
Hanumantha Nirani, who is a younger brother of the Minister for large and medium industries Murugesh Nirani, had also previously represented the graduates’ constituency.
While Nirani has received 44,815 votes, his opposing candidate from Congress, Sunil Sanka received 10,122 votes, it is learned.
Vote-counting for the Southern Graduates’ Constituency: The vote-counting procedure for the Vidhana Parishad’s Southern graduates’ constituency is currently underway. The vote-counting process for this constituency’s election which includes Mandya, Hassan, and Chamrajanagar districts has continued to Thursday. Congress party’s candidate Madhu. G Madegowda has been leading thus far, it is learned.
The counting of votes is being undertaken at the Maharani Arts and Commerce College at Paduvarahalli on Mysuru-Hunsur road in the city.
CM Bommai extends congratulatory message: The Chief Minister in his congratulatory message to the BJP’s victorious candidate said, “Hearty congratulations to Hanumantha Nirani for securing victory for the second time in the Vidhana Parishad elections from the North-West graduates’ constituency. Thanks to the mature graduate voters from the constituency, the BJP Karnataka activists who laboured day and night, and the party leaders who have led to this victory”, the CM tweeted.
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Formulate model SOP for trekking safety in Karnataka: Minister Khandre tells officials
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre has instructed authorities to formulate a standard operating procedure (SOP) for trekking safety, intended to serve as a national model.
The Minister issued the instruction in writing to the chief wildlife warden in the wake of the disappearance of a woman from Kerala in the dense Tadiandamol forest, and the search for a minor girl in Chandradrona hills, his office said in a release on Thursday.
Like the ‘e-Gastu’ app already developed by the Forest Department and the ‘MStripes’ app used in tiger reserves, if a similar kind of app is temporarily installed on the mobile phones of trekkers during the trek, it will be easier to track those who go astray, hence the Forest Minister has directed to take steps to develop the app and provide group insurance to trekkers, it said.
In addition, Khandre has suggested that nature guides should be equipped with wireless communication sets and they should be held accountable for safety and coordination of trekking groups under their supervision, it added.
