SC upholds Bhalki MLA's election

BANGALORE: Bhalki MLA Prakash Khandre, whose election in 1999 was set aside by the Karnataka High Court, has won his appeal in the Supreme Court.
Khandre said the bench of M.B. Shah, B.P. Sinha and H.K. Seema, has ruled against the high court judgment. The latter had said that Vijayakumar Khandre, the candidate with the second highest votes in the Bhalki election, was the elected representative of the assembly segment.
``The apex court has upheld my election,'''' Khandre added.