Karnataka elections | Six more MLAs miss the ticket as BJP announces second list of 23 names
The Hindu
The BJP on Wednesday released the second list of candidates comprising 23 names, a day after releasing the first list of 189 candidates. The highlight of the second list is that the party has denied the ticket to six more MLAs, including Madal Virupakshappa, who is facing a corruption probe by the Lokayukta and is currently in custody. With this, the total number of incumbent MLAs who have been denied the ticket has touched 17.
The BJP on Wednesday released the second list of candidates comprising 23 names, a day after releasing the first list of 189 candidates.
The highlight of the second list is that the party has denied the ticket to six more MLAs, including Madal Virupakshappa, who is facing a corruption probe by the Lokayukta and is currently in custody. With this, the total number of incumbent MLAs who have been denied the ticket has touched 17.
In Haveri (SC reserved), the BJP has denied the ticket to MLA Nehru Olekar, who had been sentenced in a corruption case, though he had obtained a stay from the higher court. In his place, the party has fielded Gavisiddappa Dhyamannavar. The party has also denied the ticket to MLA for Mudigere (reserved) constituency M.P. Kumaraswamy. It has fielded Deepak Doddaiah from there.
In Davangere North, MLA and former Minister S.A. Ravindranath has missed the ticket, perhaps on account of age. In his place, Lokikere Nagaraj has been accommodated. Similarly, MLA Linganna has been denied the ticket in Mayakonda (SC reserved) constituency.
The party has continued its trend of rehauling in the coastal region as it has denied the ticket to MLA for Byndoor Sukumar Shetty and fielded Gururaj Gantiholi from there.
Nagaraj Chabbi, a disappointed ticket aspirant from the Congress who joined the BJP just a few days ago, has been given the ticket to contest from Kalghatagi. Family member of the former MLA Sampangi, Ashwini, has been accommodated in KGF (SC reserved) constituency.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.