Karnataka set for gram panchayat elections on Dec 22
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Mon, Dec 21 2020 16:27 IST |
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Karnataka set for gram panchayat elections on Dec 22. Image Source: IANS News
Bengaluru, Dec 21 : Amid reports that a section of candidates was trying to get elected unopposed, the Karnataka State Election Commission notified that 1,17,383 candidates remained in the fray for the first phase of gram panchayat elections to be held on Tuesday.
The KSEC had last week countermanded elections to 13 seats in Byluru village under Kurgodu gram panchayat in Ballari district after it found that candidates had bid for seats.
Ballari Deputy Commissioner SS Nakul, who is also the Returning Officer, recommended in his report that these candidates should be barred from contesting elections as they were allegedly guilty of thwarting a democratic process.
10 booked on the charge of auctioning GP seats
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Following a complaint lodged by Panchayat Development Officer C. Ramakrishna attached to Ramadurga Gram Panchayat in Kudligi taluk of Ballari district, Gudekote Police, on Saturday, registered a case against 10 people on the charge of auctioning six gram panchayat seats in Chandrashekharapura village that fall in Ramadurga Gram Panchayat.
The accused included the six members who were the aspirants of the gram panchayat seats and the village elders who facilitated the auction.
As per the complaint, the village elders held a meeting with the aspirants on the Sri Basaveshwara temple premises on Friday and conducted the auction. At the end of the process, the six seats were together auctioned for ₹ 3,65,000 and the successful bidders had agreed to pay the amount to the temple committee after the completion of the election process. The village elders also decided not to allow others to contest a
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K taka SEC countermands 13 gram panchayat seats
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Fri, Dec 18 2020 23:57 IST |
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Bengaluru, Dec 18 : Taking a serious note of auctioning of gram panchayat seats that reported in few districts, Karnataka State Election Commission countermanded elections to 13 constituencies of Sindigeri gram panchayt in Kurgod Taluk of Ballari district on Friday.
According to the SEC order, rural voters auctioned 13 seats at the Ishwar temple in Byluru village that is part of the Sindigeri gram panchayat. The unopposed candidates agreed to pay the total sum of Rs 51.20 lakh in the name of deity after the completion of Elections on December 22 if none contests against them, said the order.
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There is no official map or sketch demarcating the border points, says Ballari official
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New Survey stones (ISB66) fixed by Survey of India officials on Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border at Gangamma Konda as seen on Monday. | Photo Credit: RAMESHSUSARLA
There is no official map or sketch demarcating the border points, says Ballari official
The 53-day exercise to demarcate the Karnataka-Andhra Pradesh border in Ballari Reserve Forest stopped abruptly three days ago after the Survey of India, Ballari, and Anantapur, respective State Survey officials along with Revenue Department officers worked relentlessly since October 15.
The Supreme Court had asked the Survey of India in 2018 to arbitrate between the two States and mark about 70 points on the inter-State border over a length of 15 km in Siddapura, Malapanagudi, and Tumti in Karnataka, and three villages in D. Hirehal Mandal of Anantapur district.