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Former Raichur MLA Syed Yasin passes away
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The former Raichur MLA Syed Yasin | He was 74.According to sources, he was admitted to a private hospital where he died due to prolonged illness.He is survived by his wife and four sons.Mr. Yasin was elected from the Raichur Urban Assembly Constituency in 1999 and 2008 on Congress ticket.He was the son-in-law of the former Union Minister Jaffer Sharief and on his behest, he entered politics.Family sources confirmed that he will be laid to rest on Monday as per Islamic rituals.Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar visited the residence of Yasin and paid his last respects to him. Recalling his association with Syed Yasin, the Chief Minister said: “I have known him from my students days. We were contemporaries in politics. Considering his work, Congress gave him ticket to contest in assembly elections six times.”MLAs N.S. Boseraju, Shivaraj Patil, Basanagouda Daddal and MLC Vasant Kumar and other leaders paid tributes to Mr. Yasin. Published - July 12, 2026 06:53 pm IST
(from left) Maragatham Kumaravel; S. Jayakumar; P. Sathyabama | C.D. Prabhakar at the Secretariat in Chennai and gave their explanations on Thursday (July 9, 2026).S. Jayakumar (Perundurai), P. Sathyabama (Dharapuram), and Maragatham Kumaravel (Maduranthagam) appeared before the Speaker and gave their explanations on notices issued to them earlier. A few days ago, Esakki Subaya (Ambasamudram) had given his explanation to the Speaker.These four MLAs were among the 25 rebel MLAs who voted contrary to the direction issued by the party whip during the vote of confidence for the Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay-led government in the Assembly on May 13.Barring these four MLAs, the proceedings against the remaining 21 MLAs who voted contrary to the party whip were dropped by the Speaker after AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami condoned their action.After the proceedings against them were dropped, two MLAs, C. Vijayabaskar (Viralimalai) and M.R. Vijayabhaskar (Karur), resigned from the Assembly and joined the TVK. Published - July 09, 2026 01:09 pm IST
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