For Mysore, the Bharatiya Janata Party has replaced sitting MP Pratap Simha with Yaduveer Wadiyar the royal scion. The Congress has announced M. Lakshmana as its candidate.
The legal saga surrounding the acquisition dates back to 2006 when the land belonging to Bangalore Palace was acquired for road expansion, sparking a dispute over the legitimacy of the action and the need for TDR. Supreme Court intervention ensued, directing key officials to appear personally and prompting the State Cabinet to justify its actions in court.
Mysuru voters are choosing between BJP s Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and Congress s M Lakshmana in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Wadiyar, the scion of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family, is making his political debut from the Mysore Lok Sabha segment, while Lakshmana is state Congress spokesperson and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah s confidant. The Congress has chosen to focus on this constituency due to its large vote-base in the district.
Mysuru: A BJP MP representing the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency Pratap Simha on Monday threatened to demolish dome-shaped public bus shelters in Mysuru. He claimed that the unusual public bus shelters resemble mosques and hence should be razed down. The BJP parliamentarian also said if the concerned engineers fail to demolish the bus shelters, he would not shy away from