Unable to find a suitable candidate, JDS returns Bengaluru North to Congress

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March 25, 2019

Bengaluru, Mar 25: The Janata Dal (Secular), which was supposed to field candidate from Bengaluru North constituency as per seat sharing deal with Congress ahead of next month’s Lok Sbha polls, late last night decided to cede the seat to the latter.

The Congress made an announcement to this effect, an hour past midnight, Sunday. AICC General Secretary and Karnataka in-charge K C Venugopal took to Twitter to thank the JD(S) for returning the seat. "@INCIndia is thankful to Shri H D Deve Gowda ji and the JD(S) for their kind gesture of giving back the Bengaluru North Lok Sabha seat to the Congress. Together, let us reclaim democracy," read his tweet.

Bengaluru North is held by Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda. The BJP has renominated him to contest from the constituency.

Bengaluru North was among the constituencies that JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda was considering his candidature from. However, after much deliberation, he decided to contest from the Tumakuru Lok Sabha constituency. This left his party with no other suitable candidate who could be fielded from Bengaluru North. With no option in sight, it has now decided to return the seat the Congress.

After long drawn negotiations, the ruling partners had sealed a 20-8 deal recently, with the Congress getting 20 seats. The regional, which had initially demanded 12 seats, had however settled for eight seats.

While the JD(S) seemed content with the seats allotted to it, the Congress has been facing difficulty in pacifying its local leaders, who have taken strong exception to its state leaders ceding key constituencies to the regional party.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

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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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