Bengaluru, July 15: Senior writer, lyricist and poet MN Vyasa Rao passed away due to cardiac arrest at his house in Bengaluru on Sunday morning. He was 73.

Famous with his lyrics ‘Naakondlu naaku, naakeradla entu’ and ‘Suryangu Chandrangu Bandare Munisu’ of “Shubhamangala” film, Vyasa Rao had written more than 100 lyrics. He also wrote poems, short stories and novels.

The mortal remains of Vyasa Rao would be placed for public view on the premises of KIMS at 4 pm.

CM condoles death

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy condoled the demise of noted writer and poet MN Vyasa Rao. Though he was in banking profession, he was known for his poems, lyrics and light songs. He was popular because of his lyrics written for Puttanna Kanagal’s movies, he said.

The CM also said that let his soul rest in peace and the god give courage to his bereaved family members to bear the loss of family member.



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BENGALURU: Karnataka home minister G Parameshwara on Monday alleged Electronic Voting Machine manipulations led to the defeat of Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance in just concluded assembly polls in Maharashtra.

While speaking to reporters here on Monday, he said the BJP does selective manipulations to convince people that there were no wrongdoings. He also wanted to go back to the paper ballots system.

The ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra won a landslide victory in the assembly elections, shattering the Congress-led Maha Vikas Aghadi's dream to wrest power. The BJP won the highest ever 132 seats for the party, while the Shiv Sena led by Shinde bagged 57 seats and NCP won 41 seats to take the Mahayuti total to 230 seats. Congress as part of MVA won just 16 seats.

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"We analysed the Maharashtra poll outcome deeply. We felt that in many places EVMs were manipulated," Parameshwara said. He also said an obvious question would be why not it happened in Jharkhand and elsewhere. The manipulations are done selectively so that no one can question it, he blamed.

According to him, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is a leading partner. Had the Congress been the leading partner, things would have changed. He backed the ballot papers saying that the same was discussed in Maharashtra Congress as well.

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