Srinivas Prasad retires from electoral politics, reveals why he joined BJP

April 14, 2017

Mysuru, Apr 14: Veteran politician V Srinivas Prasad, who quit the Congress and contested the Nanjangud byelections on a BJP ticket and lost, has announced his retirement from electoral politics.

Mr. Prasad who lost by a margin of more than 21,000 votes, told media persons in Mysuru that he will however continue to be in active politics. “This was my 13th elections and I have already said that this would be my last elections and I say it again’’, he said.

He also admitted that he had quit the Congress and joined BJP because Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had dropped him from the Cabinet last year. However, he said that had no regrets and has seen it all in politics and stood by his decision.

He was elected MP from Chamarajanagar on five occasions and was elected MLA from Nanjangud (Reserved) constituency in 2008 and 2013.

Mr. Prasad had made “Dalit pride” as the main plank of his campaign during the byelection.

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Mangaluru police have arrested a 27-year-old NRI on his return from Saudi Arabia in connection with an Instagram post allegedly containing derogatory and provocative remarks about the Hindu religion, officials said on Monday.

The accused, Abdul Khader Nehad, a resident of Ulaibettu in Mangaluru, was working in Saudi Arabia when the post was uploaded, police said.

A suo motu case was registered at the Bajpe police station on October 11 after an allegedly offensive post circulated from the Instagram account ‘team_sdpi_2025’. Police said the content was flagged for being provocative and derogatory in nature.

During the investigation, technical analysis traced the Instagram post to Nehad, who was residing abroad at the time, a senior police officer said. Based on these findings, a Look Out Circular (LOC) was issued against him.

On December 14, Nehad arrived from Saudi Arabia at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, where he was taken into custody on arrival. Police said further investigation is underway.

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