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Telangana: Verbal duel after BJP’s Rs 25 crore allegation against Congress

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Hyderabad: Leaders of BJP and Congress in Telangana were engaged in a verbal duel after BJP MLA Eatala Rajender alleged that state Congress president A. Revanth Reddy took Rs 25 crore from the ruling BRS in Mungode Assembly by-elections.
A day after Revanth Reddy became emotional while taking a vow at Bhagyalakshmi temple to refute Eatala’s allegation, BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar remarked on Sunday that Revanth Reddy had tears in his eyes due to fear of losing his post.
Sanjay clarified that Eatala did not say Rs 25 crore was given to Revanth Reddy. “He only said Rs 25 crore was given to Congress to lose the by-election to BRS,” he said.

Revanth Reddy took a vow at Bhagyalakshmi temple to disprove Eatala’s allegation. The BJP MLA, however, did not turn up at the temple to take the vow as demanded by the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president.
BRS had won the Munugode by-election late last year. The by-election was necessitated by the resignation of sitting MLA Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy. He quit Congress and contested by the bypoll as BJP candidate.
Sanjay welcomed Revanth Reddy’s visit to Bhagyalakshmi temple, which the BJP is using to push its political narrative. He claimed that his wish that all should come to the temple was getting fulfilled.
Sanjay alleged that the BRS is providing money to Congress for Assembly elections in Karnataka. He also predicted that in Telangana, BRS and Congress will together contest the elections.
The BJP leader said people of Telangana should know that a vote for Congress is a vote for BRS. He urged people not to waste votes on these parties who have deprived the state but give a chance to BJP’s double engine government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Meanwhile, the Congress party has hit back at BJP and alleged that it was BJP which had colluded with BRS. Congress leader Mahesh Kumar Goud said that there is no difference between Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
The Congress leader claimed that the Congress alone was fighting against corruption of BRS. He said the allegations against Congress were part of a conspiracy by the BJP and BRS.
TPCC official spokesperson Addanki Dayakar said that Eatala Rajendar had become “frustrated” at having “failed” to influence any leader to join the BJP. The BJP MLA heads the ‘admission committee’ of the party.
“If Rajendar has evidence, he must accept the TPCC chief’s challenge and swear at Bhagyalakshmi temple,” Dayakar said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 23, 2023
Karnataka: B L Santhosh draws the ire of state bigwigs for BJP’s experiments

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Bengaluru: Political circles here are abuzz with BJP national general secretary (organization) B.L. Santhosh’s role in the saffron party’s new experiment in Karnataka ahead of the assembly polls.
The BJP’s decision to rest senior party leaders Jagadish Shettar, Laxman Savadi and K.S. Eshwarappa has been taken by Santhosh. He also ensured the sidelining of former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa and the denial of a ticket to his son B.Y. Vijayendra from Varuna constituency in the 2018 assembly elections, according to sources.
Though there was a tussle between Yediyurappa and Santhosh throughout his tenure, surprisingly Yediyurappa has now defended Santhosh and condemned statements against him.

It is claimed that Santhosh is nursing ambitions of becoming the CM of Karnataka as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier become the CM of Gujarat. Modi was also holding the position of national general secretary (organization). Presently Santhosh also has the same post.
The BJP faction against Santhosh says that he wants to take over the post of CM from the backdoor and on the pretext of strengthening the party is preparing the ground for himself. Those in his favour say that Santhosh is grooming a new generation of leaders for the future and he is not interested in power.
Former BJP CM Jagadish Shettar who joined the Congress had lashed out at Santhosh, holding him responsible for his exit from the saffron party. The BJP is losing seats one after the other. The party is not sure whether it wants to come to power, Shettar said.
In the past, Santhosh has been made the in-charge of elections in other states, but the BJP could not win anywhere. In spite of this, he had been given the charge of Karnataka. This is only being done to make the party lose in the state, he claimed.
One individual has become important and he has kept everything under his control. Santhosh will ruthlessly trample on those who are not in his favour. “His protege Mahesh Tenginakayi has got the ticket for my constituency in the BJP. To get him this ticket, I was humiliated and thrown out by Santhosh,” Shettar stated.

There is a conspiracy to finish off the BJP in the state. Even Yediyurappa is helpless. There is suffocation in all district offices. State BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel is a close associate of Santhosh. Kateel will act as per his directions, Shettar charged.
Senior BJP leader Prabhakar Kore stated that the developments in the state were not brought to the notice of PM Modi. The middle persons are carrying them out. “If they think they can finish off the Lingayat community leadership, it is impossible,” he said. There are rumours that Kore is also seriously contemplating quitting the party.
Reacting to these charges, B.L. Santhosh, who keeps a distance from the media, replied on his social media account with a quote from the Upanishads, “Charaivethi, Charaivethi yahi to mantra hai apna” (Keep Moving, Keep Moving, this is my mantra).
Sources said that Santhosh and Union Minister for Mines, Coal and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi, who hails from the state, are together hatching a plan to gain supremacy in state politics. They have now managed to sideline Yediyurappa, Eshwarappa, Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi.
Former deputy CM R. Ashoka has been given the formidable task of defeating Karnataka Congress president D.K. Shivakumar in his constituency. Another senior Lingayat leader V. Somanna has been entrusted the uphill task of trouncing Opposition leader Siddaramaiah in his Varuna constituency.
If these frontline leaders who are competitors for the CM’s post are sidelined or thrown out from the party, there will be no one to raise a voice against Santhosh and Joshi in Karnataka, sources explained.
By and large Karnataka is a peaceful state and the north Karnataka region is known for unity among Hindus and Muslims. Unlike other places, it is common in the villages of north Karnataka to see Hindus and Muslims living as good neighbours. The Hindutva card won’t work here like in Uttar Pradesh, as the state does not have a similar atmosphere.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 23, 2023
Is Caste census oppn’s ‘Brahmastra’ against BJP’s Hindutva in 2024?

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New Delhi: The opposition parties are yet to firm up an alliance for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, but their unanimous demands for a caste census and the removal of the reservation cap could be a binding factor and hand them what a section of leaders feels the “Brahmastra” to counter the BJP and its Hindutva plank.
The issues of caste census and reservation not only put all opposition parties on the same page but leaders feel it could also help them win back many backward classes who have veered towards the BJP in the recent past.
Tejaswi Yadav in Bihar
At a DMK-convened conference, RJD leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav summed it up for opposition parties when he had said that the best way to beat the BJP’s politics of “polarisation” was through social justice-based politics.

Rahul Gandhi in Kolar
This formula has been adopted by the Congress with much enthusiasm with Rahul Gandhi making an aggressive pitch for a caste-based census and the removal of 50 per cent cap on reservation in his recent speech in Karnataka’s Kolar, in a bid to turn the tables on the BJP that had been gunning for him over his 2019 “Modi surname” remarks alleging that he insulted OBCs.
The BJP has hit back at Gandhi for his remarks, alleging that he is being “disingenuous” with his claim on the issue of social justice when the erstwhile Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka did nothing to address long-pending demands of Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
The Opposition has spoken with unanimity on general issues such as inflation and rising employment but lacked cohesiveness on specific issues like the Adani matter.
However, with the issues of caste-based census and removal of reservation cap, opposition parties have found an arrow with which they can hit multiple targets at one go — it forges instant unity in the opposition ranks, puts the BJP on the back foot as it is yet to spell out its stance on them categorically, and prepares a counter for the Hindutva push expected closer to the polls.
With Congress aggressively taking up the issue, it is likely to endear the party to regional outfits which have till now been circumspect of the grand old party fearing that it may play the “big brother” by superseding their agenda with issues of its own.

Asked about the Congress’ strong pitch, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh told PTI, “The demand for a caste-based census was articulated forcefully by many civil society groups to Rahul Gandhi during Bharat Jodo Yatra. The Congress is following through on that demand.”
A socio-economic caste census was conducted by the end of 2012 covering some 25 crore households but the data could not be published for various reasons, he pointed out.
AAP joins the voice
An example of how the issue of caste-based census could be the glue for the Opposition unity is how even the Aam Aadmi Party which does not see eye-to-eye with the Congress on most issues has joined the caste-based census chorus.
The JD(U) and the RJD, which are part of the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ alliance in Bihar, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have also been vociferously demanding caste-based census for a long time.
The caste census and the removal of the cap on reservation are also likely to put the BJP in a quandary and test its own outreach to the backward classes.
Bihar BJP supports caste census, central BJP yet to respond
The BJP unit in Bihar had supported a resolution at an all-party meeting convened by Nitish Kumar and later a unanimous resolution was passed in the Bihar Assembly on caste census. However, the BJP’s central leadership is yet to respond to the demand for a socio-economic and caste census.
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said the “doublespeak” of the BJP is clear from its “ambivalent position” on the Opposition demand for publishing the figures of the caste-based census of 2011.
“It (BJP) seeks the votes of the forward classes while it engages in doublespeak on backward classes,” he alleged.
Sibal added that just being on the same page on this issue was not enough and that the Opposition unity requires much more than this.
RJD MP Manoj Jha, another prominent voice in the Opposition ranks, also underlined the importance of the caste-based census issue.
“We have been demanding caste-based census, it started in 2010-11 when Lalu ji, Sharad ji and Mulayam ji raised this question and the then UPA government agreed to it. Subsequently, 2014 heralded (Narendra) Modi ji’s victory and myself and other MPs raised the question as to what happened to the data and we were told that the data got corrupted. Don’t know whether the corruption was of the data or somewhere else,” Jha told PTI.
“The Kolar speech of Rahul ji provided a further impetus to the demand made by several state governments and leaders from diverse political parties. It is important to see that it is not a political issue, it involves deepening of democracy, who would not want deepening of democracy, it involves psychological, social and political empowerment of communities, it involves ensuring of representation in accordance with their population,” the RJD leader said.
Having said that, it is important to collectively raise this issue and tell the prime minister and his party that politics cannot be rhetorical, one has to come down to the ground and look at what are the critical issues, he said.
“The critical issue is that in the governance structure and bureaucracy, the representation of SCs, STs and OBCs is negligible. Can a democracy live with such anomalies that is our question and that is how we will take it up forward,” he asserted.
Political commentator Sanjay Jha, who was once a spokesperson for the Congress party, alleged that India has been devastated by a double whammy — unemployment crisis and extreme inequality — under the current government.
“The biggest sufferers are those from underprivileged communities and the backward classes. No amount or number of social welfare programmes being propagated by the BJP can neutralize the deprivation and the economic destitution of millions of Indians. Therefore the Opposition is completely justified in focusing on social justice as its key political message,” he told PTI.
“That’s why a nervous BJP is prevaricating on the caste census, as at core, it remains an upper caste party. Further, it is a party of the rich, by the rich, for the rich,” he claimed.
A leader on condition of anonymity said that with the BJP likely to use its Hindutva plank to consolidate its vote bank, the demands for a caste-based census and the removal of the reservation cap could be the Opposition’s “Brahmastra” ahead of the 2024 elections.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 18, 2023
Karnataka polls: Family members of leaders in BJP’s 3rd list, resentment still brews

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Bengaluru: The BJP on Monday released a third list of candidates for the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls, accommodating the family members of three senior leaders amid the resentment and rebellion in the state unit.
However, senior leader S.A. Ramdas, miffed with the denial of ticket from Krishnaraja constituency in Mysuru city, stated that he will announce his decision on future course of action on Tuesday.
The BJP has announced candidates for 10 constituencies, thus finalising 222 candidates of the total 224. The party is yet to announce candidates for Shivamogga constituency represented by former minister K.S. Eshwarappa and Manvi constituency.

The party has announced state General Secretary Mahesh Tenginakayi as its candidate for Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency represented by former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who had joined the Congress after being denied a ticket by the BJP.
The party has allotted ticket to senior leader Karadi Sanganna’s daughter-in-law Manjula Amaresh for Koppal constituency, former minister Arvind Limbavali’s wife Manjula Arvind Limbavali from Mahadevapura reserve constituency in Bengaluru, and Katta Jagadish, son of senior leader Katta Subramanya Naidu, from Hebbal constituency in Bengaluru.
The party has chosen Srivatsa, its Mysuru district President from Krishnaraja constituency in Mysuru instead of senior leader Ramdas, who did hectic lobbying and is now irate.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 18, 2023
Cong will win Karnataka; BJP’s south gateway will be closed: Moily

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New Delhi: Asserting that “winds of change” are blowing in Karnataka, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Sunday claimed that his party will win at least 130 seats in the upcoming assembly polls and the gateway to South India for the BJP will be “totally closed”.
He also asserted that Karnataka has always played a crucial role in the formation of the government at the Centre and a victory in the upcoming assembly polls there will pave the way for the formation of a Congress-led government in 2024.
In an interview with PTI, former Karnataka chief minister Moily predicted that the Congress would not get any less than 130 seats in the 224-member assembly while the BJP would not cross the 60-mark in the May 10 assembly polls.

He also accused the Janata Dal (Secular) of colluding with the BJP and said that the people will reject the H D Deve Gowda-led outfit’s “politics of opportunism”.
“The winds of change are blowing in favour of the Congress. The BJP is totally in tatters. There is no unity and solidarity in the rank and file of the BJP and many of them are quitting after being denied tickets and seeking shelter under the Congress or some other party,” Moily said.
Alleging a total failure of governance under the Basavaraj Bommai government of Karnataka, the former Union minister claimed “corruption is rampant” in the state with the BJP dispensation “classified as a 40 per cent commission” one.
The BJP talked about a double engine government but could not get a single project cleared, he claimed.
“Not even a single big industry has come up (under BJP rule), no jobs have been created and many of the vacancies are still pending including that of teachers. Corruption is the talk of every street in Karnataka,” Moily alleged.

He said that even after the judgment in a tribunal giving Karnataka more share of water from the Krishna river, the BJP government has not issued a notification as a result of which the state has been denied its legitimate share of water.
Asked about the BJP banking on the ‘Modi factor’ and how the Congress would overcome a campaign blitz by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Moily said, “I don’t think in Karnataka that will happen. They tried it in Tamil Nadu but could not succeed. They came with the same factor and Amit Shah and Modi ran a high voltage campaign in Kerala but could not succeed. It also did not click in Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal.”
“With the Karnataka elections, the gateway to South India for the BJP will be totally closed,” he asserted.
Asked about the reported infighting in the Congress and both former CM Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar vying for chief ministership, Moily said the BJP has been talking about this but there is no substance in such talk.
“They (Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar) are going together for campaigning, there is no evidence of any fight between them,” he said.
Moily said both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar are claimants to the post of CM but it is for the newly-elected MLAs to decide before the AICC observers as to who would get the top job in the state.
While ruling himself out as being an aspirant of the CM post, Moily asserted that he was working to ensure that a Congress government is formed.
Moily, who is a member of the party’s central election committee, also rejected suggestions that there were major disagreements over ticket distribution.
“By and large there was no problem apart from one or two cases,” he said.
His remarks come amid reports that Siddaramaiah and Shivkumar drew a hard bargain for their respective supporters to get tickets and also there was much back and forth over whether Siddaramaiah should contest from two seats – Varuna and Kolar.
However, it was eventually decided that Siddaramaiah would contest from one seat and settled for Varuna.
Moily also stressed that the polls would be fought on local issues.
Accusing the Centre of seeking a merger between Amul and Karnataka Milk Federation brand Nandini, the Congress leader also said it became a controversy because Union Home Minister Amit Shah “indicated a merger”.
“People suspect that if the BJP comes back to power, they will allow Amit Shah’s wish to come true. Nandini in Karnataka is the best, there is no need for a merger,” he said.
Hitting out at JD(S) leader and former CM HD Kumaraswamy, Moily said even when the JD(S) was the junior partner, the Congress made him the chief minister but he failed to manage the government which was given to him on a “platter”.
The people will reject their politics of opportunism, he claimed.
“The behaviour particularly of Deve Gowda is to favour the BJP to safeguard the interests of his family. No raids have been conducted on the properties of his family that itself shows they are favouring the BJP,” Moily alleged.
Asked what message would the Karnataka polls send out for 2024, Moily said, “If you look at the history, Karnataka has always played a crucial role in the formation of the government at the Centre.
“The victory in Karnataka will pave the way for the formation of a Congress-led government at the Centre in 2024,” he claimed.
In the outgoing 224-member assembly, the BJP currently has 119 seats, followed by the Congress with 75 and the JD (S) with 28 seats. Two seats are vacant.
The Congress is seeking to wrest power from the BJP in Karnataka, the only southern state where the saffron party is in power.
While polling for the Karnataka assembly polls would take place on May 10, the counting of votes would take place on May 13.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 16, 2023
Telangana: BRS burns Modi’s effigy protesting BJP’s march, 11 detained

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Hyderabad: Tensions prevailed at the Kakatiya University as Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) protested at the varsity gate ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s ‘Nirudyoga March’ on Saturday.
Effigy of prime minister Narendra Modi was allegedly burned by the BRS party members. In a video shared on Twitter, some people, identified as associated with the BRS were seen trying to shred the posters of BJP while the security personnel were seen pulling them away.
To bring the situation under control, Kakatiya University police took 11 persons into preventive custody and sent them to Dharmasagar Police Station.

Upon suspicion that Hanamkonda police commissionerate would be encircled by the BJP party workers, the police have reportedly tightened the security.
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Telangana unit chief Bandi Sanjay will hold a protest march against “unemployment” in the state on Saturday, the party said.
BJP Spokesperson NV Subhash told ANI, that the march is scheduled to start from Kakatiya University to Ambedkar Statue and will be joined by people from different walks of life.
Subash alleged that Telangana State Public Service Commission papers had been leaked by the people who are close to state minister KT Rama Rao and the chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, claiming that 30 lakh job aspirants are waiting to get a job in the state.
“Their dreams have been shattered. We have approached the court and demanded immediate action to be taken against Rao. A sitting high court judge should be appointed to investigate the scam. Students who have appeared for the exam should be compensated,” the BJP leader said.

“There will be many intellectuals who are going to join the Nirudyoga March from Warangal. Job aspirants will also be joining,” he said, adding they have got police permission for the same.
The next leg of his march will be from Mehboobnagar on April 21 followed by Khammam, for which the dates are still being finalised, the BJP said.
“I will be doing 10 rallies across the state and then conclude with a mega rally in Hyderabad,” Bandi Sanjay told ANI earlier.
“There are three demands. IT Minister KT Rama Rao should resign following the paper leak. We demand an inquiry into this by a sitting High Court judge and compensation of Rs 1 lakh for all the students affected by the leak,” Sanjay further elaborated.
(With inputs from ANI)
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 15, 2023
BJP’s Hindutva seeks to engineer riots between Hindus & Muslims: Sena (UBT) publication

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Mumbai: In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party over the issue of Hindutva, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) on Wednesday said the BJP’s version of the ideology seeks to “engineer” riots between Hindus and Muslims, and then reap political benefits out of them.
The Uddhav Thackeray-led outfit maintained its former ally has found love for the Muslim community ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
In an editorial in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the Shiv Sena (UBT) said the national saffron party reaches out to the minority community by wearing the “veil of secularism” when elections are around the corner.

The Marathi daily alleged the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) works as ‘B’ and ‘C’ teams of the BJP.
“The 2024 (Lok Sabha) polls are around the corner which is why the BJP has found love for the Muslim community. Will his love last for a year till the elections or will it stop after that? Their Hindutva is to engineer riots between Hindus and Muslims, and then reap political benefits out of them,” said the editorial.
Hindu-Muslim polarisation is their traditional modus operandi and reaping political benefits out of it is the BJP’s “real face”, the Opposition party alleged.
The Shiv Sena (UBT) publication dubbed the BJP as “hypocrite”.
The Opposition party’s attack on the BJP comes days after Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, a key ally of the national party, visited Ayodhya along with his party MLAs and leaders.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, a senior BJP leader, had accompanied Shinde during the Sunday visit to the temple town in Uttar Pradesh.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 12, 2023
Is Karnataka Congress conspiring to field dummy candidate against BJP’s Sudhakar?

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Karnataka is set to go to assembly polls in 2023, and as the election approaches, there are allegations that the state congress leaders are conspiring to field a “dummy” candidate against the BJP’s K Sudhakar in the Chikkaballapur constituency. These allegations were made by Congress leader Vinay N (Shyam), who claimed that the party’s proposed candidate, Pradeep Eshwer, is a mere formality and that his selection is part of a larger conspiracy to facilitate Dr. Sudhakar’s victory.
Vinay N (Shyam) alleged that Pradeep Eshwer is a supporter of Dr. Sudhakar, as he has been seen with the BJP candidate at many parties. According to him, Eshwer’s selection as the Congress candidate is part of a larger plot by some Congress leaders in Karnataka to ensure Sudhakar’s victory. Vinay further claims that Veerappa Moily and other Karnataka Congress leaders are behind this conspiracy.
Vinay N has also written a letter to the All India Congress Committee (AICC) President, explaining his role in local elections and expressing confidence in his victory if given the ticket to contest from Chikkaballapur. He has also alleged that he is the best Congress candidate from the constituency, as he has worked at the grassroots level since Sudhakar left the party in 2018.

If true, the decision to field a dummy candidate is not only unethical but also goes against the interest of the party that is struggling to increase its vote share since 2014.
Who is Sudhakar?
K. Sudhakar is a well-known political figure in Karnataka who is serving as the Minister of Medical Education and Health since February 2020. He was elected as MLA from Chikkaballapur on a Congress ticket in 2018 and was re-elected from the same constituency in 2019 on a BJP ticket.
Sudhakar was one of the MLAs who played a crucial role in toppling the H. D. Kumaraswamy-led coalition government of the Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) in 2019. With his political experience and influence, Sudhakar continues to be a prominent figure in Karnataka’s political landscape.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 10, 2023
4% Muslim quota: Karnataka Congress chief vows to cancel BJP’s call

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Karnataka: Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Friday said that if the grand old party came to power in the assembly elections, it would cancel the scrapping of 4 percent Muslim quota by the ruling government.
In March, the Karnataka government decided to scrap the four per cent quota for minorities and add it to the existing quota of two dominant communities of the poll-bound state.
The 4 per cent reservation given to Muslims under 2B classification of the OBC category will now be divided into two equal parts and added to the existing quota of Vokkaligas and Lingayats for whom two new reservation categories of 2C and 2D were created during the Belagavi Assembly Session last year.

While talking to ANI, Shivakumar said, “Without any complications, we raised our two lists. BJP could not raise its list yet…More lists will come…As soon as our government comes, we will cancel the reservation issue and will protect the minority interest.”
On Thursday, Congress released the second list of 41 candidates for the upcoming Karnataka Assembly Election 2023 and also marked a seat for the regional outfit Sarvodaya Karnataka Party. The announcement was made following the meeting of the Congress Central Election Committee.
On Tuesday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Parliamentary Board would finalise and release the list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state on April 8.
The Chief Minister added that the selection of the candidates has been done based on winnability.
The Congress had on March 25 announced its first list of 124 candidates, which included names of former CM Siddaramaiah and State Party chief DK Shivakumar.

The Assembly election in Karnataka is scheduled to be held on May 10 and the counting of votes will take place on May 13.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 7, 2023
Now, both Congress, RSS show solidarity with BJP’s former Raj chief Poonia on his removal

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Jaipur: In a startling coincidence, both Congress as well as RSS veterans are expressed solidarity with BJP’s former Rajasthan President Satish Poonia on his removal from the post, terming it a poor decision taken by his party in the election year which will boomerang on it.
Congress leaders accused the BJP of being “two-faced”, saying that on one hand, they are accusing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of adopting an “anti-OBC stand”, and on the other hand, have removed OBC leader Poonia as state party President. They also claimed that Poonia was doing fair work and was a hard working leader as they questioned that why was he removed.
The BJP has appointed Poonia as the Deputy Leader of Opposition in Assembly, after replacing him with C.P. Joshi, but Congress say this is not enough for Poonia.

A video has surfaced in which Congress MLA Mahendra Chaudhary from Nawan assembly seat in Nagaur district is seen saying that Poonia worked so hard and suffered injuries on his hands and legs, yet the BJP removed him from the post of state President. Questioning the change, he claimed that the BJP has not only done wrong to Poonia, but meted injustice to the farmers living in 70 per cent of the villages.
Making him the Deputy Leader of the Opposition won’t help, he said, adding that this act of BJP was wrong.
Chaudhary said that when he became Chief Deputy Whip, there was a different arrangement. He said that the BJP has not given any message by making Poonia the Deputy Leader of Opposition, which “is just no post”. He said that there was no allegation against Poonia, yet he was removed, while Poonia did all the work of the party in a better way.
The video is going viral on social media.
Even state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra hit back at BJP leaders for attacking Gandhi for his alleged anti-OBC statements, while terming removal of Poonia as the “anti-OBC stand” of the saffron party.

Dotasra asked with what face does the BJP who removed OBC state President talk about OBCs. “The BJP is teaching us the lesson on OBCs, but has itself removed the OBC state President. There is always respect for OBCs in the Congress. Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel and I myself belong to OBC category. BJP only works to divert the attention of the public from the real issues by bringing jumlas,” he quipped.
State minister Subhash Garg even claimed that the BJP will split after removing Poonia from his post.
Meanwhile, the RSS is also dissatisfied with party’s decision and veteran leaders reportedly have expressed their resentment against his removal.
On Friday, there were back to back meetings of RSS veterans including B.L. Santosh, Arun Kumar, among others who expressed their dissatisfaction over the way Poonia was removed.
They said that he should have been given some position before his removal and it could have been conveyed earlier that extension will not be given to him.
Meanwhile, after these meetings, it was decided to announce him as Deputy Leader of Opposition to calm down agitating Jats who form a significant voting bloc in Rajasthan.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 4, 2023