Senior Congress leader Mukhyamantri Chandru resigns from party; cites 'personal reasons'
Bengaluru, May 29: Senior Congress leader H N Chandrashekar, popularly known as Mukhyamantri Chandru, has quit the Karnataka unit of the party, citing personal reasons.
In his resignation letter to the Congress state president D K Shivakumar on Saturday, Chandru said he had joined the "Congress with vast historical background" with an objective to serve people.
"I am content that I have done my duty sincerely. I am resigning from the primary membership. I express my gratitude to all those in the party who supported and loved me," he said.
Sources in the Congress said Chandru was aspiring for a Rajya Sabha ticket and after the denial he decided to part ways.
Chandru was not immediately available for comments.
The leader, who acted in many plays, cinema and tele-serials, got the prefix 'Mukhyamantri' for his stupendous role of a chief minister in some plays.
Chandru joined electoral politics in 1985 when he won assembly election from Gauribidanur on the Janata Party ticket.
Later, he joined BJP and became MLC from 1998 to 2004. He had also served as the Kannada Development Authority chairperson till 2013.
After the Congress came to power in 2013, he joined the party in 2014 and was there till his resignation.
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Denying bidi proves fatal: Delhi man dies hours after repeatedly hit on head
New Delhi (PTI): Denied a bidi, a group of youths in west Delhi's Khyala area allegedly hit a man on the head repeatedly with a 'kada' (metal bangle) who died hours after receiving medical treatment, a police official said.
According to police, the 33-year-old man, Kanhaiya, was attacked late on Monday night.
He was approached by the group asking for a smoke, which he denied. Enraged, the accused hit the man on his head repeatedly with a 'kada' and injured him, a police official said.
Despite the wounds, the man visited the Guru Gobind Singh Hospital, where he received medical aid and was discharged with no medico-legal case registered, the official added.
However, his condition worsened hours later and was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him "brought dead" early on Tuesday morning.
Police received information about his death from the hospital and have initiated legal proceedings.
"A case has been registered and suspects rounded up for questioning. We are analysing CCTV footage and conducting local enquiries to establish the full sequence of events," Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) Vichitra Veer said, adding a post-mortem will determine the exact cause of the death.
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