Vote count underway for Bengaluru's Jayanagar Assembly seat
Bengaluru, June 13 : Counting of votes was underway on Wednesday for the Jayanagar Assembly constituency here, an election official said.
"The counting of votes for the Jayanagar Assembly seat is underway since 8 a.m. at the Sivananda Sarma Memorial Rashtreeya Vidyalaya (SSMRV) College in the constituency," the official said.
Polling was held on Monday after the May 12 Assembly election in the seat was countermanded following the death of Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) contestant B.N. Vijaya Kumar on May 4.
About 55 per cent voting was registered in all the 216 polling stations in the constituency located in the city's upscale southern suburb.
The Assembly seat has 312,252 registered voters. The BJP nominated Kumar's younger brother B.N. Prahlad as its candidate.
With the withdrawal of Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) candidate Kalegowda from the fray in support of the Congress nominee Sowmya Reddy, the battle for the seat is a straight contest between the two national parties.
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Karnataka govt to strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy, after HC directive
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad has said that the government will strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy across all sectors at the earliest, following the High Court directive.
The High Court of Karnataka had recently directed the state government to "strictly and faithfully" implement the menstrual leave policy, pending formal enactment of the proposed legislation.
"I welcome the directive issued by the Karnataka High Court in support of our state government's ambitious menstrual leave policy," Lad said.
The state government has taken firm steps to implement the menstrual leave policy comprehensively, and as a model to the country, he said in a post on 'X' on Thursday.
"In line with the court's opinion that menstrual leave is a matter of women's dignity, justice, and humane recognition of their lived realities, we will strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy--equivalent to one day per month, or 12 days per year--across all sectors at the earliest," he added.
The court had said that in the interregnum, it shall be incumbent upon the state to ensure effective operationalisation of the policy through the issuance of suitable guidelines, circulars, and administrative instructions, as may be necessary to secure its uniform, consistent, and rigorous implementation across all sectors.
The court issued the directive while hearing on a petition filed by 41-year-old Chandravva Hanumant Gokavi, who works in a hotel in Mudalgi of Gokak taluk in Belagavi district, before the Dharwad bench, seeking implementation of the November 20, 2025, order of the government providing one-day menstrual leave for all working women.
