State Rayanna brigade president K. Virupakshappa and former BJP MP Shivaram Gowda join Congress
Tremors in Koppal, Rayachur BJP.
Koppal,April.25: Former BJP MP Shivaram gowda , a strong aspirant for assembly seat has resigned from BJP and joined Congress. He accused that the party has ignored him and failed to give him a position befitting his stature.
He had participapted in the road show of Paranna Munavalli , BJP candidate for Gangavathi and had accompanied him during filing of nomination. In a sudden twist, he resigned from BJP and joined congress. He said he was strong aspirant for assembly ticket. He alleged that there is a suffocating atmosphere in BJP , the party has not recognized the selfless service of committed workers like him. He had even informed Yediyurappa and Amit Shah. But they chose to ignore him. Hence He met Siddharamiah and decided to join Congress.
He said he along with K. Virupakshappa, the state chief of Rayanna Brigade are joining Congress under the leadership of Dr. G. Parmeshwar and Dinesh Gundu Rao, KPCC president and working president respectively. He said that in the coming days he will strive to inform people about the pro people welfare measures of CM Siddharamayya and Congress. He also declared that he will work for the electoral victory of Congress candidates and observed that there no friends or foes in politics.. He also predicted that several stalwarts from BJP from Raichur and Koppal are likely to join Congress shortly.
On the occasion, along with CM , former MP, Virupakshappa K., legislators Shivaraj Tangadagi, Hampanagowda Badarli, N.S. Boseraj,, Raichur DCC President Vasanth Kumar , Nekkanto Suri Babu and former Zp president Doddabasavaraja were present.
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Surat LS candidate Nilesh Kumbhani whose nomination form was rejected suspended from Congress
Ahmedabad, Apr 25: The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended from the party for six years its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies leading to the BJP's Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed.
A statement from the Congress said the party's disciplinary committee decided to suspend Kumbhani after thorough discussion, adding it had come to the conclusion that the nomination form was rejected due to gross negligence on his part or "in connivance with the BJP".
"To be fair to you we have given time to you to explain your case but instead of coming before the party disciplinary committee you have gone incommunicado. After your form was rejected by the authorities, BJP went ahead and got form of other eight candidates withdrawn. This has deprived people of Surat their voting rights," the Congress disciplinary committee headed by Balu Patel said.
"People of Surat and party workers have become very angry due to your action and are expressing their anger in different ways. The Congress party has decided to suspend you for six years from the party," the press note said.
Kumbhani's nomination form was rejected on April 21 after his three proposers submitted affidavits to the district returning officer claiming the signatures on the document was not theirs.
The nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the Congress' substitute candidate from Surat, was also invalidated on the same grounds.
In his order, Returning Officer Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were rejected after prima facie discrepancy was found in the signatures of the proposers and they did not appear to be genuine.
Kumbhani, a former corporator from Surat, had unsuccessfully fought the 2022 Assembly polls from Kamrej there.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha constituency on April 22 after all other nominees, including one from BSP, withdrew from the fray one by one on the last day of withdrawing papers.
