Impressive victories of two senior DMK leaders
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The victories of two former State Ministers, K.K.S.S.R. Ramachandran and Thangam Thennarasu of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam are significant in their own unique ways.
While Mr. Ramachandran gets the distinction of having won Assembly elections for ninth time, Mr. Thennarasu has won with one of the biggest margins of over 60,000 votes.
Mr. Ramachandran defeated former State Minister, Vaigaichelvan of AIADMK with a margin of 39,034 votes. While Mr. Ramachandran got 91,040 votes his close rival got 52,006 votes.
Mr. Ramachandran has achieved this feat in 11 attempts, a rare record for any candidate from southern districts. The veteran leader had won six times from Sattur Assembly seat out of seven times he had contested since 1977. Once, he got elected from Vilathikulam in 1989 on AIADMK (Jayalalithaa faction).
He was Maharashtra minister from 1999 to 2004, two-term Lok Sabha member
Former minister and veteran Congress leader Eknath Gaikwad, who had been under treatment for COVID-19 for two weeks, passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. He was 81. Gaikwad was a two-term Lok Sabha member and the Mumbai Congress president from 2017 to 2020.
A Dalit leader from Mumbai’s Dharavi, Gaikwad maintained his clout in one of the largest slums in Asia for over three decades. His daughter Varsha Gaikwad is presently the School Education Minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi government and represents the Dharavi Assembly constituency.
He became an MLA for the first time from Dharavi in 1985 and continued his winning streak till 2004 when he contested the Lok Sabh election against former Chief Minister Manohar Joshi of the Shiv Sena, who was the Lok Sabha speaker in the then NDA government.
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Officials said that the Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) has canceled the Class 10 exams this year in view of the current COVID-19 status in the state and the safety of students. The board has postponed its Class 12 exams starting May 3, and a new time-table will be issued as soon as the COVID-19 situation improves.
The decision comes days after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) canceled the Class 10 examinations and postponed the Class 12 examinations.
A notification issued by CGBSE Secretary VK Goyal said that in view of the boom in COVID-19 cases and the crisis situation arising with it in Chhattisgarh, the High School Certificate (Class 10) examination for the academic year 2020-21. Has been canceled.
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Chhattisgarh Board Class 10 exams cancelled, Class 12 suspended
Chhattisgarh Board has cancelled Class 10 exams suspended Class 12 exams. A fresh timetable will be released once the Covid-19 situation improves, CGBSE authorities said.
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The Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education (CGBSE) on Thursday cancelled its Class 10 Board examinations this year in view of the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the state and safety of students, authorities said.
The Board also suspended its Class 12 examinations scheduled to commence from May 3, and a fresh timetable will be released once the Covid-19 situation improves, they said.
The decision comes days after the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) cancelled its Class 10 examinations and postponed Class 12 examinations.