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TN: BJP in soup as it loses 13 of its leaders to alliance partner AIADMK

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Chennai: A total of 13 functionaries from Tamil Nadu’s BJP on Wednesday quit the party to join its alliance partner the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).
The 13 belonged to the BJP’s IT wing in Chennai West.
The development comes as the State unit of the BJP accused the Edappadi Palaniswami-led AIADMK of allegedly “poaching” its leaders.
BJP IT Wing District president Anbarasan in a statement said, “I have worked for BJP for years. People know that I have never expected any position. Considering the unusual scenario in the party for the past few days I have decided to resign from the party.”
The statement bears the signatures of 10 IT Wing District Secretaries and two IT Wing District Deputy Secretaries.
Several BJP MLAs have resigned and joined AIADMK recently.
On Tuesday, BJP Intellectual Wing State Secretary Krishnan, IT wing State secretary Dileep Kannan, Trichy Rural District Vice President Vijay and State OBC Wing Secretary Ammu joined AIADMK after meeting with Edappadi K Palaniswami.
This came just days after the exit of BJP State IT Wing Chief Nirmal Kumar to AIADMK who quit the party levelling serious allegations against Annamalai.

Similarly, IT Wing State Secretary Krishnan also resigned from BJP blaming Annamalai. This has sparked a war of words on social media between supporters of AIADMK and the BJP.
BJP functionaries raised questions about how Edappadi Palaniswami can welcome them with a smile by being an alliance partner.
In one such Twitter post, BJP Sports and Skill Development State President Amar Prasad Reddy mentioned “AIADMK being an alliance partner shouldn’t have done this”.
Meanwhile, earlier Annamalai told ANI, “Some four BJP leaders have joined, it’s an unfortunate state in Tamil Nadu where Dravidian politicians who think that they run big parties want to poach from BJP and grow their party. That only shows BJP is growing”.
Reacting to Annamalai’s comments AIADMK IT Wing Secretary Singai Ramachandran retorted on Twitter, “Once BJP was getting votes lesser than NOTA. In the 2021 election, how BJP MLAs won the election is the answer for this (AIADMK – BJP faced the election as allies). AIADMK is the organization which won the election single-handedly. It is only a joke to say to develop AIADMK, BJP persons are needed”.
Even during the Erode East bypoll, there was a war of words between AIADMK and BJP with AIADMK passing comments saying the BJP doesn’t have a role in inter-party issues. Now once again it has become debatable.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Siasat staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

March 8, 2023
Von der Leyen, Trudeau tout ‘green alliance’ before Biden visits

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“It’s to create good and well paying jobs, to promote growth, to boost our energy and climate cooperation across the board,” von der Leyen told reporters in Kingston, Ontario on Tuesday.
“China produces 98 percent of Europe’s supplies of rare earths,” she said. “Europe needs to de-risk this dependency.”
Canada is a minerals-rich country and major global producer of potash, palladium, niobium and uranium. The slow pace of regulatory hurdles, historically, hasn’t been a selling point for investors to bankroll Canadian projects.
Talks are also underway for a memorandum of understanding on hydrogen. Von der Leyen said Europe is facing a time crunch in its bid to import 10 million tons of the fuel by 2030.
Interest in sourcing hydrogen from Canada follows an agreement with Germany last year to begin exporting the fuel in 2025. Trudeau has previously said the ambitious goal is “doable,” despite the lack of export facilities in Atlantic Canada.
The green deal pledge comes on the eve of von der Leyen’s arrival in Washington to meet with President Joe Biden. There, her tall task will be to convince Biden to extend the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) tax breaks to the European Union’s electric vehicle industry.
Von der Leyen’s visit is her first to Canada since her election as president in 2019. Her five-year term will end next year with Europe’s elections. Biden, in turn, is expected to visit Canada later this month for his first in-person visit since taking office.
More details about the EU-Canada green alliance are expected later this year at the High Level Dialogue on Climate.

Partnering with Canada, a beneficiary of the IRA’s North American content rules for EVs, is one step to advance trade links as wealthy countries look to decarbonize and develop industries to displace reliance on Russia and China.
The impact of the IRA has also been the subject of study by a parliamentary committee in Ottawa where concerns about its massive $369-billion package for clean tech has fueled concerns about protectionism and fears that investments will be pulled away from western allies.
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March 8, 2023
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March 7, 2023
BJP, Grand Alliance to demonstrate political strength in Bihar today

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New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) and the Grand Alliance are all set to demonstrate their political strength in Bihar on Saturday.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is arriving in Bihar today on a day-long visit.
During his visit, Shah will address a public meeting in Lauria under Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha Constituency in Bihar to strengthen the party activities.
On the other hand, the Grand Alliance is preparing to answer Union Home Minister Amit Shah through a mega rally in Purnia where Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Congress State President Akhilesh Prasad Singh, and other leaders of Grand Alliance are likely to be present.
Shah will address a public rally in the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat. He will then chair the Core Committee meeting of Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat. State BJP President Sanjay Jaiswal, Union Minister for State Home Affairs Nityanand Rai, senior BJP leaders of Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha, local MP, MLAs, and district BJP president to be present in the meeting.
Home Minister Amit Shah will then go to Lauria Nandangarh, where Prince Siddhartha (Mahatma Buddha) shed his royal robes and went out searching for knowledge.
After that Union Home Minister will head towards the capital Patna to address a Kisan Mazdoor Samagam at Bapu Sabhagar in honour of Swami Sahjanand Saraswati, who was one of the top farmer leaders in the country.
While talking to ANI, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai who is at Lauria for Shah’s program said, “There is tremendous enthusiasm among people for today’s public meeting of Home Minister Amit Shah ji. A large number of people want to listen to the Home Minister. The welfare work that is being done in the entire country under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the people of Valmiki Nagar are enthusiastic about it and want to listen to Home Minister Amit Shah.”

On the Grand Alliance Rally in Purnia on the same day when Union Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Bihar for Public Meeting, Rai said, “It is not right to compare BJP’s public meeting with Grand Alliance’s rally. The public meeting of the BJP will be held with the resolution of Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas, and Sabka Prayas. The rally of the Grand Alliance is a rally of appeasement. Grand Alliance is holding a rally in Purnia today to give the message of appeasement politics. There is no comparison between that rally and this BJP public meeting. BJP’s program is just a program for one Lok Sabha seat.”
“There is no answer to the name and work of PM Modi. The result of his work is visible in every house, and every village in the Country. The public meeting of Valmiki Nagar will be massive. The Home Minister will speak about development. He will talk about peace and security while the Grand Alliance rally is a rally of appeasement,” Rai added.
On being asked if the Grand Alliance is holding a rally in Bihar on the same day to give a political message to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Kumar Jha said, “You have to first find out whose rally was first decided. Our rally was already fixed. The Home Minister is going to participate in a small rally, ours is a mega rally. This is a big difference. Amit Shah ji is the Home Minister of the country, he is free to go anywhere, but he is coming to Bihar. He has to answer two questions and one is special. After the Prime Minister spoke about the special state status of Bihar we will expect the Home Minister to speak on this issue and Bihar should get its right.”
“My second question is that the Home Minister is the Home Minister of the country so he should make efforts so that his statement increases the social harmony of the country and not decrease it. I am sure that he will accept my request,” the RJD MP added.
Meanwhile, Rashtriya Lok Janta Dal chief spokesperson Madhaw Anand, while speaking to ANI about the Grand Alliance rally at Purnia, said, “The rally is to divert the attention of the people from the infighting going on between RJD and JDU. Through this rally, there will be neither progress of the public nor any welfare of the people. Just the fight going on inside RJD and JDU for CM’s chair will intensify in the coming days.”
“Through this rally, both RJD and JDU are trying to test their strength internally. It will be interesting to see how long Nitish Kumar can retain his chair and how long Tejashwi Yadav can distance himself from the magic chair,” Anand added.
Notably, this would be Amit Shah’s fourth trip to Bihar since the BJP and Janata Dal (U) ended their partnership and the JD(U) formed the Grand Alliance in the state last year in the month of August.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 25, 2023
Congress-led alliance will defeat BJP in 2024: Kharge

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Dimapur: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday said that his party along with other like-minded parties will come together to defeat the BJP in the next year’s general election while expressing confidence that his party will put up a good show in the upcoming February 27 Nagaland assembly polls.
Criticising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during an election rally at Diphupar Village Public School in Dimapur, the Congress chief said: “You are in a democracy, you should remember that… you are not an autocrat, you are not a dictator. You are elected by the people, and the people will teach you a lesson in 2024 (general elections).
Addressing the people of Nagaland, he said that they had been cheated by the BJP as the saffron party took advantage of the situation and overturned the government overnight. “… and the people of Nagaland were once again cheated,” Kharge said.
“The BJP formed the government by blackmailing the Chief Minister. Not only here but in 6-7 states they pressurised MLAs and toppled the governments there,” the veteran Congress leader from Karnataka said.
He further said the BJP was in talks with other like-minded parties to work on a strategy for the 2024 general elections.
Predicting the BJP will not attain a majority, Kharge said: “Congress will lead, and we will get the majority, we will follow the Constitution and we will follow democracy.”
The Congress president also alleged that the BJP talks of about the Constitution but its “acts are undemocratic”.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 21, 2023
Fadnavis mocks Uddhav over Sena split after alliance with NCP, Congress

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Mumbai: Uddhav Thackeray claimed the Shiv Sena had rotted during its 25-year alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, while it has been decimated in its two-and-half-year alliance with the Nationalist Congress Party and Congress, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis quipped on Sunday.
Speaking at a ‘Vijay Sankalp’ rally in Kolhapur in the presence of Union Home Minister and senior colleague Amit Shah, he said the “traitors” had been taught a lesson and shown their place six months ago, apparently a reference to the split in the Shiv Sena, which brought down the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government.
Taking a swipe at Thackeray, the deputy CM said, “Those who said they rotted in the 25-year alliance with the BJP have now seen their party finished in two-and-half years after joining hands with the NCP, Congress (to form the Maha Vikas Aghdi post the 2019 Assembly poll results). They have been brought to the streets.”
In an apparent attack on Thackeray’s repeated utterances that the party was founded by his father late Bal Thackeray, who groomed its leaders, Fadnavis said “the Shiv Sena cannot be a property”.
“It is a school of thought. There can be a heir to a property or to some assets but not for thoughts. You have to put them in action and live up to these thoughts,” Fadnavis said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 19, 2023
Telangana Congress in charge rules out alliance with BRS

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Hyderabad: Congress incharge for Telangana, Manikrao Thakre on Tuesday ruled out any alliance with the state’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
Hours after Congress MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy’s remarks created a storm in the party, the central leader made the clarification on his arrival in Hyderabad.
At the airport lounge, Venkat Reddy, AICC secretaries Nadeem Javeed, Bose Raju, Venugopal and others called on Thakare. Venkat Reddy is understood to have clarified his remarks.
Later talking to reporters, Thakare said that Congress will get majority on its own and it will not require alliance with anybody.
“I have not seen what Venkat Reddy said. I will react after going through what he said,” the Congress incharge said. He made it clear that the Congress is committed to the statement made by party leader Rahul Gandhi during his visit to Telangana, ruling out an alliance with BRS.
Earlier in the day, Venkat Reddy, Congress MP from Bhuvanagiri constituency, triggered a storm in the party with his prediction that Telangana Assembly elections will throw a hung house. He made the forecast that no party will secure 60 seats in the 119-member Assembly.
The MP also stated that since Congress is a secular party, the BRS will have to enter into an alliance with it after the elections.
Venkat Reddy’s remarks evoked strong reaction from several leaders in the party. They reiterated that Congress will not have any alliance with the BRS. Condemning the MP’s remarks, Addanki Dayakar, Mahesh Kumar Goud and other leaders also exuded confidence that Congress will secure a majority on its own.

They criticised Venkat Reddy for creating confusion among party ranks with his comments about alliances.
However, Venkat Reddy denied that his remarks were against the party’s stand. He alleged that some people were creating unnecessary controversy. He said on the basis of surveys in social media, he made a forecast that there will be a hung Assembly.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 14, 2023
PM has become restless over Left-Cong alliance in poll-bound Tripura: Manik Sarkar

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Santirbazar: Former Tripura chief minister and CPI(M) leader Manik Sarkar claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become “restless over the Left-Congress alliance” in the poll-bound state.
Alleging that the BJP-led government is “not following the Constitution” and has “murdered democracy” in Tripura, he said that the two rivals the Left and the Congress- have joined hands to end “fascist” rule in the state.
His comment comes after PM Modi had on February 11 lashed out at the Congress-CPI(M) alliance in Tripura during an election rally and said the two parties have strangely chosen dosti’ (friendship) in the northeastern state as against their normal kushti’ (wrestling) in Kerala.
“You have mentioned that two parties, which are fighting each other in a state (Kerala), have become friends here. It is true that a CPI(M)-led front is running a government in Kerala where the Congress is sitting on the opposition bench. But democracy is vibrant there, which is missing in Tripura. The BJP is not following the Constitution here and a fascist rule is going on,” Sarkar said at an election rally in South Tripura’s Santirbazar on Monday.
The veteran CPI(M) leader also said, “It appears that the PM has become restless over the Left-Congress alliance…Democracy has been murdered in the northeastern state and the BJP is not following the Constitution here during the past five years of its rule. All these are happening at your behest.”
Claiming that the BJP’s tribal and non-tribal vote bank has “gone down drastically in the poll-bound state”, Sarkar said the electoral understanding between the Left and the Congress will avoid division of anti-BJP votes, which has “left the saffron camp worry”.
“The PM has toured the state twice for the ongoing campaign for the elections but he avoided to mention about the implementation of the vision document unveiled before the 2018 assembly elections. Modi remains silent on the promises during his campaign in the poll-bound state,” he said.
Sarkar also claimed electors “could not cast” their votes in the past five years and urged them to ensure that they can exercise their franchise in the February 16 elections.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 14, 2023
AIADMK’s alliance with BJP to continue for 2024 polls: Palaniswami

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Chennai: AIADMK’s interim general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami said on Friday that AIADMK’s alliance with BJP will continue for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Claiming the AIADMK’s relationship with the BJP had been cordial, he said that the parties would fight the 2024 polls together.
Talking to reporters in Tirunelveli after campaigning for his party’s candidate in the Erode East Assembly by-poll, he played down the controversies about AIADMK and BJP leaders attacking each other on social media.
The AIADMK leader said that each leader would want their party to grow, unlike in the ruling Secular Progressive Alliance, where the partners focused more on the DMK’s growth.
The former chief minister also remarked that it was the AIADMK that had helped so many other parties and not the other way around.
The by-poll in Erode East is scheduled on February 27.
Palaniswami said that he would campaign for the candidate again on February 24 and 25.
Exuding confidence that AIADMK will win the by-election, he said the victory will resound in Lok Sabha polls as well.

He alleged that the DMK government had done nothing for the people of Erode East. He said that Chief Minister M.K. Stalin’s government had not even ensured proper drinking water for the constituency’s residents in its 21-month tenure.
He claimed that when AIADMK was in power, it had taken up an exclusive integrated drinking water project at a cost of Rs 484 crore for Erode, from the Cauvery river.
After the trial runs, when the scheme was to be commissioned, the general elections were announced in May 2021.
The AIADMK leader said wherever DMK leaders were campaigning, the people were questioning them.
He alleged that the law and order had deteriorated in the state due to the inefficiency of the DMK government.
“The drug menace is rife across the state; we see the lives of youngsters and students getting spoiled in front of our eyes,” he added.
He slammed the chief minister for not fulfilling poll promises but instead building a memorial and a library in the name of his father.
He pointed out that many environmentalists, activists and fishermen have opposed the government’s decision to construct a pen statue in the sea.
“We are not against the pen statue but we are asking the government to construct it near the memorial and not in the sea,” he said, adding that the government need not spend Rs 81 crore on that. The government can construct it with Rs 2 crore and use the remaining money to distribute free pens to students, he said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 10, 2023