SC reprimanded Bhopaiah for disqualifying MLAs in 2011
Bengaluru, May 18: The Congress has expressed its strong exception against the Governor for appointing KG Bhopaiah as the Pro tem Speaker of the Assembly. As per the tradition, senior most MLA should be appointed as the Pro tem Speaker. But neglecting senior most MLA RV Deshapande, the Governor has appointed three-time winner KG Bhopaiah. It is not fair to neglect Deshapande, said senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singvi.
Bhopaiah had worked as the Speaker of Karnataka Assembly from 2009-2013. When No Confidence Motion was moved against then Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa in 2010, Bhopaiah had disqualified 11 BJP rebel MLAs and five independent MLAs to protect the government. Against that decision, those 11 MLAs moved the Karnataka high court, which upheld the Speaker’s order. Later, they have moved the Supreme Court, which nullified the Speaker order, he said.
In fact, the Supreme Court had then reprimanded Bhopaiah for violating the Constitutional values and social justice norm. It had also said that the Speaker had exhibited hasty decision to disqualify 16 MLAs before the date fixed for floor test. This decision had clearly indicated that the Speaker wanted defeat the No Confidence Motion move of the Opposition parties against the Chief Minister, the Supreme Court had said.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
