Siddaramaiah to chair Congress Legislature Party meeting on July 27, discuss crucial issues
Bengaluru, July 24: The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) is set to convene a meeting on June 27 to address several crucial matters, including the implementation of the government's five guarantee schemes, the appointment of the chairman and vice-chairman of the corporation boards, and other pertinent political issues.
Prominent leaders, including AICC President Mallikarjuna Kharge, KPCC President and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, along with others, will be in attendance at the meeting, which will be presided over by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who also serves as the leader of the legislative party.
The key agenda items for discussion include the progress of the ongoing budget session, devising strategies for the upcoming period in light of the BJP-JDS joint opposition against the ruling party, organizing party efforts in preparation for the Lok Sabha elections, and addressing other pertinent matters.
Initially scheduled for 6:30 PM on July 19th, the CLP meeting was postponed due to AICC leader Rahul Gandhi's meeting with the minister on the same day. However, Rahul had to cancel the meeting after accompanying Sonia Gandhi to the conference of 26 opposition parties held in the city on June 17 and 18, following which he returned to Delhi on the night of June 18.
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President Murmu rejects mercy plea of man convicted for rape, murder of 2-year-old in Maharashtra
New Delhi (PTI): President Droupadi Murmu has rejected the mercy petition of a man convicted of kidnapping, raping and killing a two-year-old girl in Maharashtra in 2012, officials said on Sunday.
This is the third mercy plea rejected by the President after assuming office on July 25, 2022.
The Supreme Court on October 3, 2019, affirmed the death sentence awarded to Ravi Ashok Ghumare, saying he had no control over his "carnal desires" and surpassed all natural, social and legal limits just to satiate his sexual hunger.
In its verdict, a three-judge bench comprising Justice Surya Kant (now chief justice of India), by a majority verdict of 2:1, said the man had "ruthlessly finished" a life which was yet to bloom and his act of committing unnatural offence with the two-year-old exhibits "a dirty and perverted mind, showcasing a horrifying tale of brutality".
Ghumare's mercy plea was rejected by the President on November 6, 2025, according to the status of the mercy petition disclosed by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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"Having said that, it may be seen that the victim was barely a two-year-old baby whom the appellant (Ravi) kidnapped and apparently kept on assaulting for over four to five hours till she breathed her last.
"The appellant, who had no control over his carnal desires, surpassed all natural, social and legal limits just to satiate his sexual hunger. He ruthlessly finished a life which was yet to bloom," Justice Surya Kant had said, while writing the verdict for himself and (now retired) Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman.
The appellant, instead of showing fatherly love, affection and protection to the child against the evils of society, made her the victim of lust, the majority verdict said.
"It’s a case where trust has been betrayed, and social values are impaired. The unnatural sex with a two-year-old toddler exhibits a dirty and perverted mind, showcasing a horrifying tale of brutality," the verdict said.
According to the prosecution, the incident took place on March 6, 2012, in Indiranagar locality of Maharashtra's Jalna city. Ghumare had lured the victim with a chocolate.
The trial court had convicted him and awarded the death penalty on September 16, 2015. His death sentence was upheld by the Bombay High Court in January 2016.
