Two newly elected legislators have been administered the oath of workplace by Karnataka Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri on Tuesday. BJP MLA Sharanu Salagar and Congress MLA from Maski Basavanagouda Turvihal had gained from Basavakalyan and Maski meeting segments, respectively.
While Salagar was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi and Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu Chavan, Turvihal was flanked by Congress state president D Okay Shivakumar and social gathering chief whip Ajay Singh. The by-elections had taken place on April 17 and the outcomes have been introduced on May 2.
The bypoll to Maski passed off after the sitting Congress MLA Prathapgouda Patil resigned from his seat in 2019 to affix the BJP. He contested the bypoll however misplaced.
The Basavakalyan by-election was necessitated following the loss of life of Congress MLA B Narayan Rao resulting from COVID final yr.
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