Prasad to take bypolls as a challenge, supporters want him to join BJP

November 9, 2016

Mysuru, Nov 9: The former Minister, V. Srinivas Prasad, has vowed to take the coming bypolls to Nanjangud Assembly constituency as a challenge.

Addressing the Swabhimana Samavesha, a meeting of his supporters convened to chart out his future political course after parting ways with the Congress, Mr. Prasad said the bypolls had become inevitable following his resignation from the Assembly.

Earlier, the former chairman of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA), K.R. Mohan Kumar, said Mr. Prasad himself should enter the fray for the bypolls. “He should not only contest the bypolls to the Assembly from Nanjangud constituency, but also the next Assembly elections in 2018,” he said.

Mr. Kumar, who recently quit the Congress, said the Swabhimana Samavesha has not been organised for the sake of power or profit, but for self-esteem.

“If it was not for Mr. Prasad, the Congress would not have won so many seats in Mysuru and Chamarajanagar districts,” he said.

The Swabhimana Samavesha organised at Nanjangud on Tuesday was perceived to be a show of strength by Mr. Prasad's supporters, particularly after the Congress organised a meeting of the party's Nanjangud taluk Congress committee meeting on October 23, close on the heels of the resignation submitted by Mr. Prasad to the Assembly.

Meanwhile, his supporters passed two resolutions unanimously — the first is that Prasad himself should contest the bypoll and the second is that he should contest on a BJP ticket — during theSwabhimana Samavesha' (self-respect conference) of his well-wishers, fans and supporters here.

Reacting to the charges of Srinivas Prasad, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asked whether Prasad was in his Cabinet for three years for the sake of power.

Siddaramaiah was speaking to reporters at Mysuru Airport in Mandakalli, during his vist to the city to attend a private function. “Was Prasad not aware of my gestures and behaviour when he was minister?” Siddaramaiah asked.

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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