Snubbed M B Patil keeps suspense over his next move

DHNS

June 12, 2018

Bengaluru, Jun 12: Brooding former minister M B Patil decided to keep the Congress on tenterhooks as he is slated to hold a meeting with disgruntled legislators later this week, where he will take a call on his next move.

This comes after he was reportedly snubbed by Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

“I have told Rahul Gandhi everything. I will wait for a week. On June 14 or 15, I will consult my legislator friends. I still have hope,” Patil said. “I’m a Congressman and I’ve been in the party since 1991. Injustice has been meted out to me. My self-respect has been hurt. But 99% I will stay in Congress, but anything can happen in the other 1%,” he cryptically said.

According to sources, Patil is also miffed at former chief minister Siddaramaiah. He has been internally airing the grouse that Siddaramaiah helped his old Janata Dal (Secular) friend and now Congress MLA from Basavana Bagewadi Shivanand Patil, get a ministerial berth in the H D Kumaraswamy Cabinet.

M B Patil has been claiming he has support of about 20 MLAs, which includes Satish Jarkiholi, ‘MTB’ Nagaraju and others. This claim has been questioned by other Congress MLAs such as B A Basavaraja (Byrathi). Even veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge alluded to this. “I have spoken with Patil. He should really know how many are backing him,” Kharge told reporters.

KPCC president?

The Congress high command is yet to take a call on who should replace Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara as the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president. KPCC working president Dinesh Gundu Rao, AICC general secretary B K Hariprasad, former Union minister and Kolar MP K H Muniyappa among others are in the race. The names of M B Patil, H K Patil, H C Mahadevappa and former Housing minister M Krishnappa are also doing the rounds.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

News Network

December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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