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Congress MLA Ramesh Kumar unanimously elected as Speaker

Congress legislator Ramesh Kumar was unanimously elected as Speaker of Karnataka Assembly ahead of the trust vote. BJP’s Suresh Kumar withdrew his nomination after consultation with the BJP legislative committee.

BS Yeddyurappa withdrew the nomination of BJP candidate as he wanted the election to be unanimous in order to ”maintain the dignity of the Speaker’s post”.

Six-time MLA from Srinivaspur, Kolar Ramesh Kumar had served as Speaker during the H.D.Deve Gowda and J.H. Patel governments in the State (1994-99). The Congress candidate KR Ramesh Kumar defeated GK Venkatashivareddy of JD(S) by a margin 10,552 votes in the recently concluded assembly election.

Though the BJP has 104 MLAs, the party decided to give a tough fight to the Congress-JDS nominee six-time MLA KR Ramesh Kumar. The Congress-JDS alliance with the support of two independent MLAs have 117 seats in the house.

On May 23, Kumaraswamy was sworn-in as the 24th chief minister of Karnataka, marking the beginning of the JD(S)-Congress alliance in the state. Unhappy with the sequence of events, the BJP observed the day as ‘Anti-People’s Mandate Day’ in the state on the same date.

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DMK Kanimozhi detained after opposition protest against Thoothukudi police firing

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Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Kanimozhi on Friday was detained after the opposition parties led by DMK held a protest against police firing during the anti-Sterlite protest in Thoothukudi.

The opposition parties had called a state-wide shutdown after 13 people died in a police firing when their protest against the construction of a new smelter by the Sterlite Copper turned violent.

“Edappadi K. Palaniswami-led government has become “bloodthirsty” and the chief minister should be held responsible for the incident,” Kanimozhi told the reporters.

“The CEO of Sterlite has said that they will not shut down. Today, people are dying there, but the government has done nothing,” she added.

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader Thol. Thirumavalavan has also been detained along with Kanimozhi.

The administration has imposed section 144 in Thoothukudi while the internet services have also been temporarily shut down for the next five days.

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