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PM Modi’s visit, BJP’s grassroots work lift party prospects in north Karnataka

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Hubbali: Prime Minister Narendra Modi camping in Karnataka and addressing a gathering in Haveri has uplifted the spirits of the party cadres in north Karnataka. Coupled with this the organisational machinery of the BJP is functioning tirelessly and has almost completed four rounds of door-to-door campaigning.
In Hubbali, BJP candidate Mahesh Tenginkai, the party state general secretary and the blue-eyed boy of senior leader B.L. Santhosh, has been working hard to defeat the Congress candidate Jagadish Shettar whose exit from the BJP has become national news.
While Shettar has the support of the local people and their goodwill, being a six-term MLA and a former chief minister, the Hubbali seat is a stronghold of the BJP and the RSS. The arrival of the Prime Minister in the adjacent district of Haveri where he dwelt on the development measures undertaken by his government and a ‘double engine’ government in the state seems to have struck a chord with the voters.

M.R. Krishan Tulangi, a farmer in Hubbali while speaking to IANS said, “The Prime Minister has said that the government of India is purchasing urea at a cost of Rs 50 per kg and distributing it to farmers at Rs 5 per kg. This is a very important gesture on the part of the BJP government towards the farmers. This time I will vote for the BJP even though Jagadish Shettar is a good person and a winnable candidate.”
In Gadag also there is support for the BJP candidates and most of those whom this correspondent spoke to said that even though the Karnataka BJP is not up to the mark and corruption allegations are there, the Prime Minister was doing good work for the country. To support him they have to vote for the BJP.
Basavaraj Pujar, a driver in Gadag told IANS, “The Prime Minister in his speech at Haveri said that our country is presently the fifth largest economy in the world and will soon become the third largest economy. This filled me with pride and I have decided to vote for the BJP.”
In Belagavi, however, the presence of the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi (MES) which stands for the merger of the border districts of Karnataka with Maharashtra, is likely to play spoilsport to the prospects of the BJP in four seats.
In addition to the Prime Minister’s roadshow and public programmes, the presence of grassroot RSS cadres is helping the BJP conduct door to door surveys, which the Congress is lacking.

Another factor is the presence of a large number of youths for campaigning for the BJP while the Congress has middle aged people in its campaign team.
With only two days left for the elections and with the campaigning ended today, the BJP and the Congress are in an all out mode to garner the maximum votes.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 8, 2023
Karnataka polls: Siddaramaiah locked in fierce fight with BJP’s Somanna in Varuna

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Varuna: It’s a battle royale in the Varuna constituency in Mysuru district where the BJP with all its might has decided to take Congress strongman Siddaramaiah head-on in his home turf in the May 10 Assembly election.
The ruling party has fielded Housing Minister V Somanna against the former Chief Minister, who is fighting his last election, in this segment, where his son Yathindra Siddaramaiah won the previous polls in 2018.
As the then Chief Minister, he contested from Chamundeshwari in Mysuru district from where he had been an MLA five times but had lost twice there, and Badami in Bagalkote district.

Siddaramaiah lost to JD(S) candidate G T Deve Gowda in Chamundeshwari but won from Badami with a margin of 1,696 votes against BJP’s B Sriramulu.
“We have fielded Somanna as our candidate from Varuna. You (people) make him MLA and send him to the Assembly. I’m telling you that BJP will make him a big personality…,” said Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who addressed an election rally a few days ago.
The Sangh Parivar has put all its energy behind the 72-year-old Somanna, who had been an MLA from Govindaraj Nagar in Bengaluru, from where he has been moved out for the first time.
According to Somanna, a five-time MLA, he was not willing to contest election this time and wanted to retire but the BJP top leadership asked him to fight from Varuna and Chamarajanagar segments and he could not say no to them.
“What else can I say when the Prime Minister asked me to contest from Varuna? I agreed to it,” Somanna said.

The 75-year-old Siddaramaiah, an eight time MLA, is upbeat about his electoral prospects.
“As Chief Minister I have given many good programmes. I have done a lot of work here for the people. This is my last election and after this, I am going to retire from active politics,” said.
The electioneering in Varuna has become ‘star-studded’.
Kannada actors Shivaraj Kumar and B R Vijay Kumar, popularly known as Duniya Vijay, campaigned for Somanna, while Sommanna brought in renowned actor Sudeep Sanjeev, fondly called as Kichcha Sudeep, to add star appeal.
The electoral fight is so fierce here that many voters say: “We have not seen a poll battle like this before”.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 6, 2023
BJP’s treatment of wrestlers shameful, arrogant: Arvind Kejriwal

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New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday slammed the BJP over the scuffle at Jantar Mantar between wrestlers and police and called its treatment of national sportspersons shameful and arrogant.
Kejriwal in a tweet in Hindi said that arrogance has gone to the head of the BJP and it wanted to run the system through “hooliganism” as he called on people to throw it out of power.
A scuffle broke out late Wednesday night between the wrestlers staging a protest at Jantar Mantar and some policemen, leading to a couple of protesters getting injured.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti and Congress leader Deepender Hooda were among the people who were detained after the incident, according to police.
In a video that circulated on social media, some of the protesters were seen accusing a policeman of attacking two wrestlers in a drunken state.
According to police, protesters became aggressive after policemen deployed there asked some people about cots being brought by Bharti.
Kejriwal sharing a video of Jantar Mantar tweeted “such behaviour with the champion players of the country? This is extremely unfortunate and shameful…”
“I appeal to all the people in the country…no more…do not tolerate BJP’s hooliganism, the time has come to uproot the BJP and chase them away,” he wrote.

देश के चैम्पियन खिलाड़ियों के साथ इतना ग़लत बर्ताव..? ये बेहद दुखद और शर्मनाक है।
घमंड में पूरी भाजपा का दिमाग़ ख़राब हो चुका है। ये लोग सिर्फ़ गुंडागर्दी से सारा सिस्टम हाँकना चाहते हैं। पूरे सिस्टम का मज़ाक़ बनाकर रख दिया है इन्होंने।
देश के सभी लोगों से मेरी अपील- अब बस…… https://t.co/4R5mj12kOk
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 4, 2023
Kejriwal had recently visited the wrestlers and extended his support to them.
The wrestlers have been on a sit-in since April 23 demanding arrest of WFI president and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, a sexual harassment accused.
The Delhi Police had on February 28 filed two FIRs against the WFI president in the matter and subsequently offered to provide security to the female wrestlers who filed complaints against him.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 4, 2023
Cong’s Priyank Kharge, BJP’s Yatnal get EC notices over ‘nalayak’, ‘vishkanya’ remarks

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New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday issued notices to Congress MLA Priyank Kharge for his “nalayak beta” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and to BJP legislator Basangouda Patil Yatnal for his “vishkanya” jibe at former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
The separate EC notices said the two have prima facie violated provisions of the model code in Karnataka.
The notices came a day after a strong advisory was issued by the poll panel asking parties and their leaders to exercise restraint in their utterances during electioneering in Karnataka.

Both Kharge and Yatnal have been asked to explain by 5 PM Thursday as to why action should not be taken against them.
While Kharge is Congress’ candidate from Chittapur, Yatnal is BJP’s star campaigner and a candidate from Bijapur City.
In its notice to Kharge, the EC referred to a clause in the poll code which states that “Political parties and candidates shall refrain from criticism of all aspects of private life, not connected with the public activities of the leaders and workers of the other parties…”
It said “the Commission is prima facie of the opinion that you have violated the aforesaid provision of MCC by making the said statement.”
In its notice to Yatnal, District Election Officer Koppal cited same clauses of the model code and said “a personal attack remark against a rival party leader is found to be made by you …which is in violation of the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct…”

The BJP had moved the Commission on Tuesday against Kharge for his remark while the EC had taken cognisance of Yaatnal’s statement through media reports.
Taking serious note of the “plummeting level of campaign discourse” during electioneering in Karnataka, the Election Commission on Tuesday asked political parties and their star campaigners to exercise caution and restraint in their utterances and not to vitiate the election atmosphere.
The poll panel also referred to the instances of “inappropriate vocabulary and language” used during the ongoing campaign by people, “in particular, by those invested with the statutory status of star campaigner”.
“Such instances have occasioned various complaints, cross complaints and have also attracted negative media attention,” the EC said in a statement.
Campaigning for the May 10 polls is hotting up with the Congress and the BJP being engaged in a war of words.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 3, 2023
BJP’s B P Yatnal gets EC notice for ‘vishkanya’ remak against Sonia Gandhi

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New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday issued a notice to BJP leader Basangouda Patil Yatnal for his “vishkanya” remark against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.
The notice issued by Koppal District Election Officer in Karnataka said prima facie he has violated provisions of the model code.
The BJP’s star campaigner has been asked to respond to the notice by Thursday evening.

The poll panel took cognisance of his remarks based on media reports.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 3, 2023
NRC finds place in BJP’s Karnataka manifesto – Know what it is
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has released its manifesto for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections on Monday. The document, titled “Praja Pranalike’ 2023”, includes 16 top promises, and among them, the implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Karnataka are controversial.
The manifesto was released by BJP President JP Nadda in the presence of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and his predecessor BS Yediyurappa. The party has also announced that it will ensure the speedy deportation of all illegal immigrants in the state.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Nadda have held roadshows in the state as part of the party’s campaign.

Karnataka is scheduled to go to the polls on May 10, with the counting of votes set to take place on May 13. As the elections draw near, the BJP is expected to push for its promises, including the implementation of the NRC.
What is NRC?
The NRC is a register of all Indian citizens, whose creation was mandated by the 2003 amendment of the Citizenship Act, 1955. It was first implemented in Assam in 2013-14.
The NRC includes persons who satisfy at least one of the listed conditions, such as
1. Those whose name appeared in the NRC of 1951 or Electoral Rolls up to March 24, 1971,
2. Those who can provide any one of the admissible documents issued up to March 24, 1971,
3. Descendants of the above persons.
4. All members of the Tea Tribes are also included.
While updating the NRC in Assam, the cut-off date was March 24, 1971, whereas, in the case of other parts of India, there is no such date.
Citizenship by Birth in India
As per the Indian constitution, all persons born in India between January 26, 1950, and July 1, 1987, automatically received citizenship by birth, regardless of the nationalities of their parents.

From July 1, 1987, until December 3, 2004, children born in the country received Indian citizenship by birth if at least one parent was a citizen.
After December 3, 2004, citizenship by birth is granted only if both parents are Indian citizens or if one parent is a citizen and the other is not considered an illegal migrant.
The inclusion of the NRC in the BJP’s Karnataka manifesto has raised concerns among some citizens, as the implementation of the NRC has been a contentious issue in the country.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )
May 2, 2023
‘Uniform Civil Code, state capital region’: BJP’s manifesto for Karnataka polls

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Bengaluru: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Monday released the party’s manifesto or vision document for the Karnataka Assembly elections in Bengaluru.
Claiming that they had touched every section of society with their last manifesto, the BJP has this time promised to implement the Uniform Civil Code, provide 10 lakh jobs and ‘state capital region’ tag for Bengaluru.
Amid backlash over the purported merger of Nandini milk with Amul, the party has also promised free half-litre Nandini milk, and three free of-cost LPG gas cylinders to the poor families.

The party proposes to build five lakh houses in the urban areas and 10 lakh houses in the rural areas. Along with five kg of rice, five kg of siridhanya will also be distributed in ration shops.
The BJP has been in a tough fight with the Congress to win the Assembly polls scheduled for May 10 with BJP supremo and Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding roadshows in the state.
With its motto of ‘justice to all, appeasement to none’, the BJP-led state government also withdrew 4 percent Muslim quota for backward/ Pasmanda communities to award it to Vokkaligas and Lingayats in the state which make up an essential percentage of the votes in the state.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

May 1, 2023
BJP’s intimidatory tactics won’t work, TMC will in 2026: Abhishek

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Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday asserted that more the BJP uses “intimidatory tactics” against West Bengal’s ruling party, the more number of seats it will get in the 2026 assembly polls, as people will resist the saffron camp’s “gameplan”.
Banerjee, while addressing a rally at Chopra in Uttar Dinajpur district, claimed that the Trinamool Congress will win not less than 240 seats in the next assembly elections.
He also maintained the BJP government at the Centre was intimidating opposition parties through frequent CBI and ED raids.

“From 184 seats in 2011 assembly polls, we got 211 seats in 2016. It went up to 213 seats in the 2021 elections. And keep in mind, TMC will not get less than 240 seats in the 2026 polls. The more the BJP’s conspiracy against us grows using its agencies, the more our seats will go up, with people resisting their gameplan,” he said.
Banerjee recalled that during the 2021 polls, people had ignored the repeated visits by BJP leaders to Bengal and their “audacious display of power”, to vote the TMC to power for the third time.
“We will not cower due to their (BJP’s) threats unlike other parties. We will hit the streets with more protests,” he said.
Banerjee also accused the saffron party of withholding the release of Rs 7,500-crore dues to the state, and said he will lead TMC activists to Delhi next month for an “indefinite sit-in to force the Centre to take note of the woes of the people of Bengal”.
He said in stark contrast to the Centre’s “step-motherly” treatment to Bengal, the state government has spent Rs 3,500 crore under the rural roads housing project, irrespective of whether a region had elected TMC representatives to power in the last panchayat polls.

“We produce our report card before the people where every electoral promise from Lakshmir Bhandar, Swastha Saathi’, Aikashree’ to Students Credit Card is accounted for. Can the BJP MPs, MLAs and panchayat members show such a report card? I challenge them. They only know to discriminate,” the TMC national general secretary said.
The Diamond Harbour MP also claimed that while the state government is providing Rs 500 or Rs 1,000 to women under the Lakshmir Bhandar’ scheme, the Narendra Modi government is “extracting Rs 1,000” from citizens for linking Aadhaar with PAN.
(Except for the headline, the 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 )

April 30, 2023
BJP’s ‘Vishkanya’ remark for Sonia shows the rot in politics: Ashok Gehlot

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Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday slammed a Karnataka BJP leader for calling former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi a ‘Vishkanya,’ saying the use of the term was a reflection of the vitiated political discourse in the country.
“Remarks made by a Bharatiya Janata Party leader in Karnataka against Sonia Gandhi reflect the rot in politics. Sonia Gandhi is respected across the country, by both ruling and the opposition parties,” Gehlot told reporters in Hanumangarh.
“With such lowly and despicable statements about her, I think a new form of BJP is emerging,” he said .

During an interaction with the media in poll-bound Karnataka, BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal Thursday night called Sonia Gandhi a ‘Vishkanya,’ apparently responding to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s comparison of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a ‘poisonous snake.’
Gehlot in his turn accused the BJP of distorting its opponents’ remarks in order to mislead the public.
“I think their countdown is starting from Karnataka. If we make any comment on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he distorts it and presents it in front of the public to win the election, we have seen that many times,” he said.
All the same, the Congress leader said he will personally write a letter to Modi and ask him to take action against Yatnal.
He said if the PM or Karnataka CM don’t take action then it will be clear they share the opinion of the BJP MLA.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 28, 2023
Firm in my demand for action on BJP’s corruption: Sachin Pilot

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Jaipur: Former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot on Sunday indicated he will continue with his agitation against his own government for action against the corruption in the previous BJP government.
Pilot said he is not backing down from the stand he has taken against the state Congress government saying he is “politely requesting” it to take action in corruption cases from the previous dispensation.
He said despite his daylong fast on April 11, no action has been taken in such cases.

“Speaking truth, raising voice against corruption and injustice, is among the values of the Congress party. Following these values, I observed one-day fast on April 11. Today, it’s been two weeks, no action has been taken so far.
“So, again I am politely requesting the government to fulfil the promises we had made to the people,” Pilot told reporters here, adding that now even demanding action against corruption is being termed anti-party’ activity.
Pilot was speaking to media after offering his prayers at Jhadkhad Temple (Shiv Temple) in the city.
He said he welcomes the action taken by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), which arrested several corrupt IAS, IPS, RAS and other officers.
“The Chief Minister himself had said that ACB is active and has raided several corrupt officers, which we all welcome. But, when he had come into power after being in opposition for five years, we never said that we would arrest a patwari or officer. We had said we will take action in the corruption cases that happened in Vasundhara Ji’s tenure,” Pilot said.

After the Pilot’s one-day fast, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot had said that ACB has arrested several corrupt IAS, IPS officers, which has nowhere happened in the country.
People voted for people because corruption was a big issue before Congress came to power, he said, adding that since there is very little time left in the assembly elections, action should be taken.
“If we all raise corruption done by the BJP or if I raise the corruption issues of the previous Vasundhara Raje government and demand action on them then I believe that it is in the benefit of the party,” Pilot said.
He also raised questions over inaction against the party leaders who defied the party’s high command in September 2022.
“It is true that the incident that took place on September 25 was an open violation of the orders of our Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken were openly insulted. Why hasn’t action been taken against them yet? This is the question, the answer lies with the party,” Pilot said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 23, 2023