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‘Not decided yet’: Ex-Karnataka CM Jagadish Shettar on joining Congress

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Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar, who resigned as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA on Sunday, said he was yet to decide whether he would join the Congress.
Shettar tendered his resignation as an MLA to Karnataka Assembly Speaker, Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, at Sirsi on Sunday.
On being asked whether he will be joining Congress, the former Karnataka chief minister said, “I have not decided yet.”

Earlier, on Sunday, Shettar said some Karnataka BJP leaders were mishandling the party in the State.
“I am going to tender my resignation as an MLA and will also resign from the primary membership of the party. Later, I will decide my next course of action, whether I have to fight independently or with a party. The ill-treatment and humiliation by the senior leaders of the party have hurt me a lot. My decision (to resign from BJP) is final. Some state leaders are mishandling the BJP system in Karnataka,” Shettar told ANI.
Shettar, a six-time MLA from the constituency, was reportedly advised by the party to stand down and not seek a fresh term as MLA from the Hubli-Dharwad Central segment, following which his followers expressed their anguish against the party’s high command.
On Saturday after announcing his resignation Jagadish Shettar also mentioned that there is a conspiracy against him, which is why he was denied a ticket.
“There is a conspiracy against me, will tell everything after resigning,” Shettar told ANI.

After being left out from the BJP’s candidate lists, Shettar had issued an ultimatum to the party, saying he will consider his future political course if denied a ticket from his preferred segment.
Reacting to former Jagadish Shettar’s resignation as an MLA, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that the resignation of Shettar is unfortunate.
“It is unfortunate that he (Jagadish Shettar) is going to resign today. He was a senior leader, former CM, speaker, party president and minister also. However, when a party has decided that some seniors have to give some way to the younger generation,” CM Bommai said.
There will be a small impact on the party and BJP is capable of overcoming it, he added.
Meanwhile, former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Sunday said if Shettar comes back to BJP, the party would welcome him.
Yediyurappa said, “We made him (Jagadish Shettar) the chief minister of Karnataka and the BJP state president. The statements given by him have made us unhappy. People knew about Jagadish Shettar only because of BJP. I want to ask Jagadish Shettar why is he joining Congress. If he comes back to BJP, we will welcome him.”
He said People from Karnataka will not forgive Shettar.
“Dharmendra Pradhan had offered Jagadish Shatter, a ministerial position in the cabinet. We had offered a ticket to Jagadish Shatter’s family. But he did not respond,” he said.
The 224-seat Karnataka Assembly will go to polls on May 10, and the votes will be counted on May 13.
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April 16, 2023
Telangana: A day after joining Congress, D Srinivas resigns

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A day after rejoining Congress on Sunday, Veteran leader and Former TRS Rajyasabha MP D Srinivas submitted his resignation from the party.
Srinivas, who had rejoined the party on Sunday, played a key role to bring back congress into power in 2004 and 2009. His son D Arvind is the sitting BJP MP from Nizamabad.
He was to participate in the ‘Satyagraha’ protest against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha. “Rahul Gandhi is my leader. How can you say that he doesn’t have the eligibility (of being an MP)? Given the sacrifices made by that family & their experience, you can’t question his eligibility. I am joining the party today. I shall be a part of their ongoing protest,” he had said, speaking to ANI.
In a video, where Srinivas signs his resignation his wife pleads with Congress to leave him alone owing to his health issues.
“This is the resignation letter of D Srinivas. I appeal to Congress and media persons not to trouble us anymore.”
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March 27, 2023
MC Stan talks about his plans for Haj, joining Jamaat this year

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Mumbai: India’s current top popular musician and Bigg Boss 16 winner MC Stan aka Altaf Shaikh has been ruling headline ever since he emerged as the winner of Salman Khan‘s show. He is currently on ‘India Tour’ which will end on 7th of May. The rapper has achieved a lot of fame since winning the Bigg Boss trophy which he termed as his ‘Ammi ka sapna’. And now, it seems now the Basti Ka Hasti fame is planning to fulfill another wish of his parents.
In one his latest interviews with TRS clips, MC Stan announced that he will be performing Haj this year along with his parents if everything goes well. He also spoke about his love for Namaz and revealed that he is planning to go on ‘Jamaat’ too after wrapping up India Tour.
When asked whether he is offering ‘namaz’, the rapper replied, “Haan paancho time. Bigg Boss k ghar mein bhi padta tha.” Speaking about his Haj dream, he said, “Mera sapna, meri ammi ka sapna ek he hai. Mere mom dad log ko aur merko, hum sab ko sirf Haj pe jaana hai saat mein. Baaki kuch sapna vipna nahi hai mera. (My dream is the same as my mother’s dream. We all want to go on Haj together. I don’t have any other dreams or desires.”
“Inshallah, agar number lag gaya toh isi baar jaayenge,” he further added.
The video is being widely circulated on internet now and netizens are flooding the comments sections with prayers and love messages.
Watch the video below.

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March 8, 2023
Basant Rath Details His BJP Joining, Blames Kashmir Political Class

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SRINAGAR: Senior IPS officer, Basant Rath, has hit left, right and centre to justify his joining the far-right BJP. In a write-up, he has attacked the separatists, Kashmir politics and the Congress and termed the Kashmir politicians as “conflict entrepreneurs” “theatre artists of Gupkar” who play “politics of identity capitalism” and politics of “Kashmir exceptionalism”.
Basant Kumar Rath
“I decided to quit the IPS and join BJP because I intend to challenge the political monopoly of the conflict entrepreneurs of Gupkar, Maisuma and Rajouri Kadal and help open up democratic space for our youth,” Rath wrong in a write up in the Outlook. “Because I wish to focus my energy and integrity to do in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh what Abdul Sattar Edhi did to health and education sectors in Pakistan.”
Rath who never went on central deputation and always remained within Jammu and Kashmir sees the erstwhile state as his karambhoomi. An IGP rank officer, he had face-offs with politicians as well as his bosses. More than once, the police registered cases against him.
His write up starts with this paragraph: “Because while hundreds of people lost their lives in Srinagar in a certain year, the then chief minister who did nothing to prevent those deaths, threw tantrums in Gupkar because he couldn’t get his daily quota of Rainbow-brand milk imported from Dubai.”
Another interesting paragraph is: “Because female students can’t help using tardy, overcrowded buses and matadors run by ill-behaved, abusive drivers; and they can’t help facing harassment, humiliation and monetary loot during their daily commute. And the vehicles are owned by businessmen who pay hefty bribes to cabbages masquerading as politicians.”
The write up talks about “dozens of politicians” who siphoned thousands of crores of rupees of taxpayers’ money to finance their business ventures in Bengaluru and Burz Khalifa. Besifdes, it said the politicians have encroached upon meadows in Gulmarg and Ganderbal; and grabbed public land in Bagat Parraypora, Bathindi and Nagrota to build palatial houses for their clan.
Apparently responding to the question Why I Decided To Quit The IPS And Join BJP, the senior IPS write. “Because these theatre artists of Gupkar play politics of identity capitalism to fool the innocent public, steal their votes and loot their hard-earned money. While in power, they preside over the health department that has blood on its hands, the blood of hundreds of toddlers who die in the children hospital in Srinagar in winters. While out of power, these politicians share requests for oxygen cylinders and blood donation on Twitter.” He adds: “Because some tall leaders play condolence politics in Jammu and Kashmir before polling and thank Pakistan after the elections. In public speeches in Sopore and Shopian, they’ll exhort the masses to stay away from polling booths, and to kill and to get killed in the name of Kashmiri exceptionalism; and away from public glare, they’ll use Pakistani money to build palatial houses in Hyderpora and Maisuma.”
Another reason of the poet-cops is: “Because cabbages are bad for the health of the political space in J and K. Because a clean divorce is healthier than a dirty marriage in one’s life.”

It is not known if his resignation has been accepted and if at all he has formally joined the ruling BJP.

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February 15, 2023
Opposition parties are joining hands to defeat BJP: NV Subhash

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Hyderabad: No political party has the capacity or the courage to fight Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as people’s support is increasing rapidly in Telangana, said BJP spokesperson NV Subhash.
No party has capacity to contest elections on its own against the BJP. The ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) party led by chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) is trying to enter into a pre-poll alliance with left parties and Congress.
The BJP leader further alleged that the BRS has a secret tie-up with AIMIM and continuing its appeasement policy towards Muslims.
Subhash pointed out that CPI leaders joined Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) leader Revanth Reddy in his padayatra at Bhadradri Kothagudem district.
“The latest instance was joining of local CPI leaders in the padyatra of TPCC president and MP Revanth Reddy in Bhadadri Kothagudem district. Revanth Reddy is using Haath se Haath Jodi” yatra to grab attention of Communist party of India (CPI) to win assembly elections,” he said.
“Political parties are joining hands to defeat the BJP government at the Centre led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who has been developing the country,” Subhash added.
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February 14, 2023
With Gamang joining the party, can BRS dent Odisha’s Fortress Patnaik?

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Bhubaneswar: With several Odisha leaders, including former chief minister Giridhar Gamang, ex-MP Jayram Pangi and farmers’ leader Akshay Kumar, joining KCR’s Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), which is eyeing to expand its party base, political atmosphere has charged up in the state.
However, whether the entry of BRS into Odisha will change its political landscape remains to be seen as the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an unbeatable political force in the state since past 23 years.
Defeating the Congress, the BJD formed the government in the state in alliance with the BJP in 2000. However, in 2009, the BJD ditched the BJP and formed a government on its own. In the past decade, the regional party has defeated two big national parties the Congress and the BJP.
While the Congress is becoming weak in one after another election, the BJP has also failed to perform as a strong opponent to the regional party in past panchayat, urban and Assembly elections.
In past also, many political parties like the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Trinamool Congress (TMC), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Left parties tried to enter Odisha politics, but in vain.
Only the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) managed to win four Assembly seats in 2009 when it entered into an alliance with the BJD.
Besides, many of the political leaders, who have recently joined the BRS, were not very much involved in active politics. And, the non-political leaders have not tried their luck in Odisha politics till now.
New inductees in BRS from Odisha claimed that many leaders from different parties in the state are contacting to join them, whereas the ruling BJD and BJP have said that KCR’s party will not have any impact.

Commenting on this, senior BJD leader and Puri MP Pinaki Misra said, “The BRS has taken the leaders from BJP. As per my opinion, the vote bank of Giridhar Gamang will be diverted to BRS from BJP. It will not have any impact on the BJD’s vote bank.”
“Nobody can match the USP of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. The BSP may be able to gain a very few thousands of votes in its peripheral areas and that too in two or three districts,” said the BJD leader.
Similarly, BJP general secretary Prithviraj Harichandan said, “In the past also, Odisha had witnessed several such parties. But all disappeared at a later stage. So, here the fight is between BJP and BJD.”
“The BJP is fighting on development agenda while the BJD is fighting with its face Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik,” the BJP leader said.
According to local political analyst Rabi Das, the BRS may be able to put some impact on southern Odisha, especially Telugu-speaking border constituencies.
“Many schemes of KCR in Telangana are better than those in Odisha. Odisha’s Kalia scheme has come from their state. Telangana is providing more money as old age pension then Odisha,” Das said.
“The leaders who were searching for a party which is financially sound, for them, BRS is the best option. So, such leaders will definitely jump into the BRS,” he added.
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January 29, 2023
Five Youth Prevented From Joining Militancy: Police

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SRINAGAR: Police on Tuesday claimed to have rescued five youth Including Juveniles from joining militancy in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
Quoting a police handout news agency GNS reported that unearthing a major activity of militants to misguide the youth and entice them to join militan ranks,Baramulla police along with army 29 RR has succeeded in rescuing 5 youths including 2 juveniles (identity protected) from joining militant ranks.
According to police spokesman, as per information received from reliable sources, it was learnt that some youngsters are being inticed by militant handlers from pakistan to join militant organizations. On receiving this input SFs first traced these youth and they were subjected to sustained questioning with the help of their parents. On their disclosure it was learnt that these youth were in touch with militant handlers in pakistan through social media to get recruited in militant outfits. Militant handlers were trying to radicalize the minds of these boys. These boys all in their teenage have now been handed over to parents after proper counselling.
JK Police and Indian Army are firm on their resolve to defeat all nefarious designs of enemy to misguide and radicalize the youth of Kashmir, he said.
Parents are requested to keep vigil on activities of their children and cooperate with Police, reads the statement.

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January 24, 2023