Shivamogga: Gandhi statue in Holehonnur vandalized on Sunday night by unidentified duo
Shivamogga: The idol of Mahatma Gandhi installed at the heart of Holehonnur town in Bhadravathi taluk was vandalized by unidentified persons late Sunday night.
The Gandhi statue that was standing inside an enclosure is suspected to have been vandalized by a duo on a bike that came to the Holehonnur town Gandhi Circle.
The locals have staged a protest against the incident and also blocked National Highway 13. With the blockade affecting the movement of traffic on the Shivamogga-Channagiri-Chitradurga line, a long queue of vehicles was seen on the roads on the outskirts of the town.
The police officers and forensic experts visited the spot for an investigation of the matter. CCTV camera footage of the scene near the statue is being checked to get information on the people who vandalized the statue.
Shivamogga Rural MLA Sharada Poorya Naik also visited the town. Congress Holehonnur Block leader Umesh, who visited the Gandhi Circle, called the destruction of a statue of the Father of the Nation as 'the most degradable act in a democracy'.
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Priyanka Gandhi takes oath as LS MP after big win from Wayanad
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took oath as a Lok Sabha MP on Thursday following her thumping victory from Kerala's Wayanad in a bypoll.
The 52-year-old, who joins her mother Sonia and brother Rahul as an MP in what is a rare instance of three members of a family together in Parliament, took affirmation in Hindi while holding a copy of the Constitution soon after the House met.
Ravindra Chavan (Cong), who won the Nanded bypoll also took oath in Marathi in the name of God. The bypoll was necessitated following the demise of his father Vasantrao Chavan recently.
Priyanka Gandhi took the plunge into active politics in 2019 and was later appointed Congress general secretary. Five years after that, Priyanka Gandhi begins her journey as an elected representative of the people.
With a winning margin of more than 4.1 lakh votes, she surpassed the tally of her brother Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad in Kerala.
Priyanka Gandhi's entry into Parliament comes at a difficult time for the party, which has been jolted by electoral defeats in Haryana and Maharashtra. It would be interesting to see if she is able to give a much-needed fillip to the grand old party and help put it back on the electoral track.
Often drawing comparisons with her grandmother Indira Gandhi for their similarity in looks and way of speaking, Priyanka Gandhi has been the go-to campaigner for the party since her entry into active politics and even before that when she campaigned for her mother Sonia and brother Rahul.
Congress leaders from Wayanad handed over the election certificate of the Wayanad parliamentary by-election to Priyanka Gandhi on Wednesday and conveyed their best wishes.
Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday won the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll with a thumping margin of over four lakh votes, defeating Sathyan Mokeri of the CPI(M)-led LDF.
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