Can't allow democracy to be hijacked: Supreme Court restores Congress TD Rajegowda as Sringeri MLA (for now)
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The Supreme Court on Monday granted interim relief to Congress leader TD Rajegowda, directing that he will remain the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Karnataka's Sringeri constituency for now even though a recent vote recount had resulted in BJP candidate DN Jeevaraj being declared the winner. A Bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K Vinod Chandran also made some strong observations against BJP candidate."We cannot let you hijack democracy like this," the Bench remarked.Thus, it proceeded