Karnataka Bypolls Deferred
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Follow us on: RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer Established 1864 Published From ANALYSIS 9 CELEB TALKS 14 SPORTS 16 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW DARK DAYS ARE CHARLIE'S ANGELS RAHANE BACKS ROHIT BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH AHEAD FOR INDIA READY FOR INDIA FOR NEW ROLE BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 1 ISSUE 354 HYDERABAD, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 2019; PAGES 16 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable NAG TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER DIRECTOR { Page 13 } www.dailypioneer.com BRKR BHAVAN NO PLUG AND PLAY OFFICE Karnataka bypolls deferred Ad hoc ‘Secretariat' l Till top court decides on disqualified MLAs l Cong says unprecedented PNS n NEW DELHI Both parties had expelled the rebels. There were also reports conditions insanely bad By-elections to 15 assembly that the MLAs were offered seats in Karnataka -- where ministerial berths by the BJP. NAVEENA GHANATE the MLAs were disqualified Earlier this year, 13 MLAs n HYDERABAD Plethora of work in progress leaves ambience messy earlier this year for rebelling from the Congress and three Gen Rawat to and bringing down the earli- from the JDS had resigned, Long queues at elevators, masks er Congress-JDS government and two Independent law- on the nose and old furniture head Chiefs - will be deferred. The makers who were supporting lying all around are what visi- Election Commission today the government switched tors see as they enter Burgula told the Supreme Court that sides, bringing down the num- Ramakrishna Rao (BRKR) of Staff panel it has decided to postpone the bers of the government. After Bhavan premises. The first NEW DELHI: Indian Army election so the Court can days of high-drama and heat- glimpse of the new Secretariat chief General Bipin Rawat take a call on the petitions of ed debates, the government is messy. There are more work- will be appointed as the new the disqualified MLAs who failed the trust vote, leading to ers than officials, indicating Chairman of the Chiefs of have challenged the Speaker's the formation of the BJP gov- that a lot of work still needs to Staff Committee (CoSC) on decision. ernment led by BS be done. The corridors are (Above) Office furniture placed in a haphazard manner near the staircase at BRKR Friday, defence sources said The hearing in the case The MLAs have argued in court that they Yediyurappa on July 26. strewn with wood planks, bro- Bhavan. (Below) Glass and other construction material lie strewn about in the here on Thursday. Rawat will started yesterday; the top court Addressing a press confer- ken chairs, sofas, cables, tiles, lobby Photos by Naveena G take over as the CoSC said they had heard it for two have the right to resign and if they do not ence, Congress spokesperson fridges, among others. Chairman from India Air days and does not want to pass quit the party they cannot be punished Randeep Singh Surjewala said, A first impression of the Force (IAF) chief Birender any interim order. The court through disqualification under the anti- "There were rampant defec- temporary Secretariat would be Singh Dhanoa, who is set to will now take up the case on tions in Karnataka mocking at a very uninspiring to any for- retire on September 30. October 22. The by-elections defection law, which seeks to prevent the Constitution and also the eign delegate visiting the state. The Chairman of the were expected to be held on defections for money or other considerations anti-defection law enshrined No wonder then that most vis- CoSC is responsible for inter- October 21 and the results in the Constitution where an itors choose to meet officials at services synergy between the were due by October 24. elected government with full places other than the Army, the Air Force and the By-elections were supposed power. The disqualified MLAs right to carry on any trade, majority was unseated by a Secretariat. At 11.30 am on Navy. The senior-most chief to be held in the state if the then approached the court, business and profession guar- group of defectors, who were Thursday, a long queue of from amongst all the three court decided to uphold the challenging the Speaker's anteed under the Articles 19 rightfully in accordance with about 15-20 people is formed at services of the defence forces disqualifications. But last week, order, which , they said, was and 21. the jurisdiction of the Speaker the elevator. The elevator itself is selected as the Chairman of the Commission announced "arbitrary" and "unreasonable". The MLAs have argued in under the Constitution were is not in proper functioning CoSC. the by-elections, setting the The petitioners say the court that they have the right disqualified." condition. It stops randomly From lobbies to elevator and cabins to date along with the state elec- action of the Speaker was to resign and if they do not He said until today the half way through trips. washrooms, the new Secretariat better tions in Maharashtra and "arbitrary" and "unreasonable". quit the party they cannot be Supreme Court has not stayed Secretariat employees are how- Haryana. The MLAs were dis- They contended that the punished through disqualifi- the order of the Speaker that ever accustomed to its erratic shape up quickly for sake of State's image Social media qualified in July by then Speaker was abusing his pow- cation under the anti-defection means the order must be cor- functioning. When it got stuck Speaker KR Ramesh when ers under the 10th Schedule of law, which seeks to prevent rect. between zero floor and first then it stopped again at the fifth untidy at the moment. Except platforms to they resigned, allowing the the Constitution says legisla- defections for money or other Surjewala was responding to floor, one of them said, "It's not floor all by itself. The thing evi- for the officials' chambers, BJP to challenge the 14- tors may be disqualified on considerations. a question after the Supreme overloaded; don't go out. This dently needs immediate repairs. everything else is haphazard. follow ‘code of month-old coalition govern- grounds of defection. They The Congress and the JDS Court agreed to the demands lift gets stuck like that often. This is the common lift; the VIP With renovation work on, con- ment of the Congress and HD said disqualifying them till have both alleged that the BJP of the Election Commission to Wait for two minutes and it will lift reportedly has less snags. struction material is all spread ethics' in polls Kumaraswamy's Janata Dal the dissolution of the house is had used money power to postpone bypolls for start again." And quite surely, it Another employee admitted all over the corridors. NEW DELHI: Social media Secular, and stake claim to a breach of their fundamental persuade the MLAs to resign. Karanataka Assembly seats. did start after a small stutter. But that the Secretariat is very ContinuedonPage2 platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp have agreed to follow the "volun- tary code of ethics" in all 251 to file future elections, including TS medicines When a by-poll becomes the upcoming Maharashtra papers in and Haryana assembly polls, the Election Commission Huzurnagar said on Thursday. purchase scam: ACB prestige issue... The code, which was derived to act against paid by-poll L VENKAT RAM REDDY advertisements that violate conducts searches PNS n HUZURNAGAR n HYDERABAD l KCR to campaign, norms set by the Election stay put in Commission, came into force PNS n HYDERABAD Following in the footsteps of The Huzurnagar bypoll in on March 20 in the last Lok The vigilance and Armoor farmers who en Telangana is not just another Huzurnagar for Harish to gift Sabha polls. The Telangana Anti- enforcement wing masse had made the estab- Assembly by-election being five days Corruption Bureau (ACB) on had held an inquiry lishment of Turmeric Board held along with 64 other 10g gold to Thursday conducted simulta- into the allegations and MSP for red sorghum key Assembly constituencies in l Ministers among neous searches in the offices poll issues, sarpanches drawn the country on October 21. 30 incharges to camp First Jammu and residences of officials of that no proper from across Telangana are set The stakes for major parties in teachers Insurance Medical Services eligibility criteria was to file nominations against the TS are so high that at least the till polling PNS n MEDAK International (IMS) and others as part of its followed by the official candidates of major ruling Telangana Rashtra probe into alleged scam in Director of IMS in the parties in the Huzurnagar by- Samiti and opposition Finance Minister T Harish film fest begins purchase of medicines for selection of firms for poll, with the unresolved issue Congress have made it a pres- assumed in the changed polit- Rao has decided to gift 10 JAMMU: The inaugural edi- state-run hospitals and dis- of cheque power being their tige issue and are preparing for this seat and have been ical scenario in Telangana. grams gold to in-charge tion of Jammu International pensaries. The bureau, supply of medicines main plank. They have vowed a 'do-or-die' battle. engaged in a fierce political That is not all. KCR's son K T teachers who were instru- Film Festival began here on directed by the gov- to lodge their protest against It is not that the TRS gov- battle from the word go. Rama Rao, who is party's mental in at least 20 students Thursday. ernment to take up besides at the premis- the state gov t and give a tough ernment will collapse if it fails For the first time, TRS chief working president and IT of the Zilla Parishad High Thirty seven short films the probe, said it es of four private fight to the bypoll contestants to win the Huzurnagar seat.