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Tension prevailed successful Padarayanapura for a little play connected Monday (June 15) arsenic hundreds of supporters of B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, Chamarajpet Congress MLA, took to the streets demanding that Mr. Khan beryllium appointed Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka. The protestation was led by erstwhile metropolis councillor Imran Pasha.
Mr. Khan held complaint of the Housing and Minority Welfare Departments successful the Siddaramaiah-led authorities from 2023-26. He was not among the 13 caller Ministers inducted into Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar’s Cabinet connected June 3. There person been aggregate protests crossed the State demanding his induction.
On June 15, the protesters gathered successful ample numbers successful beforehand of Mr. Pasha’soffice successful Padarayanapura and sought to march to Vidhana Soudha to property for their demand. They reportedly unopen down shops and commercialized establishments successful and astir Padarayanapura.
According to the police, the organisers had earlier sought support to clasp the protest, but the petition was denied. Anticipating a law-and-order situation, authorities deployed a ample contingent of constabulary unit successful the area. As the assemblage gathered and attempted to march towards Vidhana Soudha, the constabulary intervened and detained respective protesters nether preventive provisions of the Karnataka Police Act, 1963.
A elder constabulary serviceman said the concern was rapidly brought nether power and remained peaceful throughout. No untoward incidents oregon harm to spot were reported. The constabulary aboriginal released the detained protesters aft completing ineligible formalities. Further monitoring has been intensified successful the country to forestall immoderate disruption to nationalist order.
Mr. Khan has been progressive successful a contention implicit his alleged relation successful the caller Davangare South bypoll, wherever the Muslim assemblage demanded the Congress ticket, but the enactment fielded a Lingayat candidate. A purported audio signaling wherever helium was allegedly heard talking to a section person against the Congress was precocious leaked connected societal media. But Mr. Khan has denied that it is his voice.
