2020-12-30 16:05:50 GMT2020-12-31 00:05:50(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
NEW DELHI, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) Speaker of the lower house of Indian parliament Om Birla Wednesday sought a high-level independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Dharme Gowda, a politician and local lawmaker of Karanataka state.
Gowda was the deputy chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council and his body was found on a railway track in Chikmagalur (Karnataka) on Tuesday. It is necessary to have a high-level probe through an independent agency into his death. It is the duty of all of us to safeguard the prestige of legislative bodies and dignity and freedom of Presiding officers, Birla said.
Birla calls for high level probe into Dharme Gowda s death
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Om Birla seeks probe into Dharme Gowda death
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Deputy chairperson of Karnataka Legislative Council was found dead on railway track at Gunasagar, Chikmagalur, on early Tuesday morning
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S.L. Dharme Gowda.
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Deputy chairperson of Karnataka Legislative Council was found dead on railway track at Gunasagar, Chikmagalur, on early Tuesday morning
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday sought a high-level independent inquiry in to the circumstances surrounding the death of S.L. Dharme Gowda, deputy chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council.
Taking to Twitter, Mr. Birla said he was “anguished at the sad news of demise of Deputy Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Council, Shri S.L. Dharmegowda. My condolences to his family. The unfortunate incident in the House, when he was in Chair, is a serious attack on democracy. It is necessary to have a high level probe through an independent
It is a murder by political system, says HDK on Dharme Gowda s demise
He added that there should be an impartial probe into the reasons that drove Dharme Gowda to take this extreme step.
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BENGALURU: Condoling the death of S L Dharme Dowda, the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council, former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that it was a murder committed by the political system which was filled with selfish motives and lost values.Speaking to media persons on Tuesday, Kumaraswamy said his partyman was morally upright and was deeply upset over the incident that took place in the Council over the no-confidence motion against the Chairman.
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SL Dharme Gowda, K taka Upper House Dy Chairman, Dies by Suicide; Body Found on Railway Track
File photo of Karnataka Upper House Deputy Chairman S L Dharme Gowda
The 64-year-old, low profile Gowda was in the news recently after the main opposition Congress members manhandled him in the Upper House for trying to chair the session illegally.
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In a shocking late night development, Karnataka Vidhana Parishad Deputy Chairman SL Dharme Gowda has allegedly died by suicide. The JDS legislator was found dead on a railway track near Chickmagalur, his home town in the hills of central Karnataka.
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