Sharanu Salagar, the MLA from Bidar’s Basavakalyan, was booked after he along with his supporters barged into a Muslim family’s home on Eid and threatened them alleging that they were ‘slaughtering animals’.
Counting of votes on May 2
Mysore/Mysuru: The by-polls to
Belagavi Lok Sabha Constituency and Maski and Basavakalyan Assembly segments began on a brisk note this morning.
The by-election of Belagavi LS seat was necessitated by the death of Suresh Angadi, who was a Union Minister of State for Railways, while the by-poll for Basavakalyan segment in Bidar district was necessitated by the death of sitting Congress MLA B.Narayanrao and that for Maski due to the defection of the then Congress MLA Pratapgouda Patil to the BJP.
The by-poll is taking place even as the country is witnessing a massive spike in COVID-19 infections. However, the polls are being held in accordance with COVID-19 SOPs and all precautionary and safety measures in place.