Will contest Assembly polls if party leaders permit, says MP Sumalatha
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Mandya: MP Sumalatha Ambareesh has said that she would contest the upcoming Assembly election from Mandya constituency ‘if the BJP High Command permits her’.
Addressing the media in Maddur of Mandya district on Monday, Sumalatha, wife of late Kannada movie superstar Ambareesh, said, “There are rumours of JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy contesting from Mandya. I will take on the former chief minister in the elections if instructed by my party leaders.”
Stating that the people of Mandya prefer a change in their representative, Sumalatha added that the result from Mandya for this year’s elections would be a stunner.
“Maddur has a high number of Ambareesh fans, which is favourable for the BJP. Also, my son Abhishek will be campaigning for the BJP soon,” the MP has said.
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Assam to lift all cases against Koch Rajbongshis in Foreigners' Tribunals: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Guwahati, Apr 4 (PTI): The Assam cabinet has decided to lift all cases pending against people from the Koch Rajbongshi community in the Foreigners' Tribunals, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday.
They will also no longer carry the tag of 'D' or doubtful voters, he said.
''There are 28,000 cases pending in different Foreigners' Tribunals in the state against people of the community. The cabinet has taken a historic decision of lifting the cases with immediate effect,'' Sarma said at a press conference here after the cabinet meeting.
The government believes that the Koch Rajbongshis are an indigenous community of the state and they are an inextricable part of ''our social and cultural fabric'', he asserted.
The people of this community are poor and have suffered a lot over the years, he said.
''They will no longer carry the tag of foreigners or ‘D’ voters,'' the CM said.
Foreigners Tribunals are quasi-judicial bodies, particularly in Assam, established to determine if a person residing in India is a "foreigner" as defined by the Foreigners Act of 1946, based on the Foreigners (Tribunals) Order of 1964.
These tribunals are designed to address matters related to citizenship and the presence of “foreigners” in India, specifically focusing on cases where someone is suspected of being an illegal immigrant.
There are 100 Foreigners’ Tribunals across Assam.
The Koch Rajbongshis have a sizeable presence in Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya, and parts of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan, and they demand Scheduled Tribe status.
