Akhanda Srinivas Murthy set to join BJP
The Hindu
The former MLA for Pulakeshinagar R. Akhanda Srinivas Murthy is set to join the BJP on Wednesday.
The former MLA for Pulakeshinagar R. Akhanda Srinivas Murthy is set to join the BJP on Wednesday.
Mr. Srinivas Murthy, who was the Congress MLA, quit the party in 2023 when he was denied the ticket to contest the Assembly election and contested the poll on the BSP ticket. However, he lost by a huge margin to the Congress candidate A.C. Srinivas back then.
Mr. Srinivas Murthy’s relations with the Congress started souring ever since miscreants attacked his house following the episode of his nephew posting allegedly derogatory content on social media in 2022 against Prophet Mohammed. Another Congress leader Sampath Raj (who had served as Bengaluru Mayor) was arrested in the case.
The High Court of Karnataka has termed as “appalling” the conduct of the officials of the Karnataka Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Board for “keeping in cold storage” for 10 months, the applications by daughters of two construction labourers seeking release of a meagre amount from the Labour Welfare Fund for their college fees as per the norms.