Mangala Angadi; Mala Narayanarao (R)
HUBBALLI: North Karnataka on Sunday saw the defeat of Mala Narayanarao, wife of late Congress MLA B Narayanarao, and narrow victory of Mangala Angadi, wife of late BJP Union minister Suresh Angadi. Mangala made the final cut with a margin of 5,240 votes.
While both parties fielded spouses of their late leaders to garner votes, the sympathy card appears to have lost its sheen as it didn’t necessarily translate into many votes.
The strategy failed in the 2020 byelections too, when in Sira, JD(S) fielded the better half of late MLA B Satyanarayana, but was relegated to third place when results were declared.
Make details of all foreign Covid-19 aid and where it is going public: Congress to PM Modi
The Congress leader Pawan Khera said the party is there to support the government in the fight against COVID pandemic, but stressed that transparency is very important.
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IAF C17 transport aircraft gearing up to airlift more empty oxygen containers from Singapore. (File Photo | ANI) By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday demanded transparency in the distribution of aid during the COVID-19 pandemic and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make public details of all relief material received by India from different countries.
Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole. File
SII CEO must return as soon as possible to supervise production and address the massive deficit, it says
Stating that the issue of alleged threats to Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla were extremely serious, Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole on Monday demanded that Mr. Poonawalla immediately reveal the names of those powerful political people who had purportedly made menacing calls to him.
Mr. Patole said Mr. Poonawalla, who is currently in the U.K., must return to India as soon as possible to supervise the production of vaccines and address the massive deficit facing the country.
Rangasamy stakes claim to form government in Puducherry
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Last Updated: May 03, 2021, 08:09 PM IST
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Rangasamy called on Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan at the Raj Nivas and submitted a letter in this regard.
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Earlier in the day, Rangasamy was elected as the AINRC legislature party leader.
AINRC leader N Rangasamy, heading the NDA in Puducherry, on Monday staked his claim to form a government in Puducherry after the front won 16 seats in the 30 member territorial assembly in the April 6 assembly polls.
Rangasamy called on Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan at the Raj Nivas and submitted a letter in this regard.