indiaUpdated: Dec 29, 2020, 10:36 ISTThe body of Karnataka Legislative Council deputy chairman S L Dharme Gowda was recovered from a railway track at Gunasagar village of Kadur Taluk in Chikmagalur district of the state, said police on Tuesday. During the one day proceeding of the council, Gowda was pushed and shoved by angry Congress members who said that only the Chairman can preside over the House. “It is shocking to learn the news of Deputy Speaker of State Legislative Council and JDS leader SL Dharmegowda’s suicide. This is a loss of the state,” news agency ANI quoted HD Deve Gowda, former PM and JDS leader, as saying. A close associate of JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy, Gowda hailed from an influential political family.

Source: Hindustan Times December 29, 2020 04:40 UTC