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Karnataka polls: With son in hospital, JD(S) supremo Deve Gowda takes up campaigning

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Bengaluru: In the absence of his son H.D. Kumaraswamy who has been hospitalised with exhaustion symptoms, JD(S) leader and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda has taken up full-fledged election campaigning at the age of 89 years in Karnataka against the doctors’ advice.
Kumaraswamy has been hospitalised with exhaustion symptoms following a hectic campaigning schedule. He took up the challenge against the campaigning blitzkrieg of two national parties single-handedly. He is strategising for the party from the hospital.
To make up for his son’s absence at this crucial juncture, Deve Gowda, who is not physically fit to take up campaigning, has decided to pitch in for the party.

On Monday, he will campaign in Sira, Koratagere, Madhugiri cities in Tumakuru district which has 11 Assembly seats and is considered a stronghold of JD(S). Deve Gowda will reach Mysuru district on Tuesday and campaign for the party in Piriyapatna, Hunsur, K.R. Nagara towns.
As Deve Gowda is taking up campaigning against the advice of doctors, a team of medical experts are also following him. Deve Gowda had campaigned in Padmanabhanagar constituency in Bengaluru on Sunday. He was brought on a wheel-chair for the recently-held public rally of JD(S) and is attracting huge crowds and his appeals to see JD(S) in power for the last time are finding traction among masses in Vokkaliga heartland.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 24, 2023
‘Amul-Nandini made an emotional issue for Karnataka polls’: Sitharaman

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Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday alleged that Amul-Nandini had been made an emotional issue in Karnataka in view of Assembly elections scheduled next month.
She said that “things were tweaked, twisted and made an emotional issue because it is election time in Karnataka”.
Assembly elections in Karnataka are scheduled to be held on May 10.

The Union Minister said that to suddenly say that Amul is being brought to Karnataka to kill Nandini is ‘brazen’.
She alleged that the Anand Milk Union Limited (Amul), the Gujarat-based dairy cooperative, had entered Karnataka when the Congress was in power.
“Amul entered Karnataka when there was a Congress-led government here. I’m not sure if I should name the Chief Minister of that time. The same respected former CM is now questioning Amul’s entry. It was in his time Amul entered North Karnataka for marketing in those areas,” she said.
The Finance Minister was responding to a question regarding the Amul-Nandini controversy, during the interaction with Thinkers Forum, Karnataka here.
Amul-Nandini has become a key issue ahead of the elections, as the opposition Congress and JD-S have alleged that the ruling BJP is trying to finish off Nandini by merging it with Amul.

The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) sells milk, curd and other dairy products under the brand name Nandini.
“This, strictly speaking, is tweaked, twisted and made an emotional issue because it is election time. Instead of building a healthy competition and a positive narrative, the issue was twisted,” she said.
“In India’s scheme of things, every state has its own milk cooperative. Karnataka’s Nandini… whoever doesn’t recognise it? Even now as I’ve come, I had Nandini milk, curd, peda. Of course in Delhi, I’ll buy Amul,” Sitharaman said.
“I represent Karnataka (but) in Delhi, if Nandini isn’t available, I’m mentally not a sanyasi to say I won’t drink milk if Nandini isn’t available. I still buy Amul. That’s not being against Karnataka,” she added.
She pointed out Nandini too sells its products in other states such as Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh just like other state dairies’ products are also available in Karnataka.
“Good competition I would say. The idea is therefore to strengthen India in every aspect. That’s why India became the world’s largest milk producer,” she said.
She clarified that strengthening Nandini and dairy farmers in Karnataka would continue to happen.
She observed that farmers and women need not be brought into a political issue.
Stating that Karnataka’s milk farmers need to be supported, Sitharaman claimed that it was the BJP government headed by B.S. Yediyurappa which raised the procurement price of milk for the first time.
“Again, the current BJP government increased it to Rs 5. So, support to milk-giving farmers will continue,” she said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 23, 2023
Karnataka: BJP govt dropped 182 hate crime FIRs between July 2019- April 2023

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The BJP government in Karnataka issued seven separate orders to drop the prosecution in 385 criminal cases, including 182 cases of hate speech, cow vigilantism, and communal violence, over a four-year period from July 2019 to April 2023, the state home department stated as a response to an RTI filed by the Indian Express.
Over 1,000 people benefited from the dismissal of communal crime charges, including a BJP MP and MLA. In the overall withdrawal procedure, 2000 accused were granted relief.
The majority of the 182 cases with communal links withdrawn pertained to the Congress government’s tenure between 2013 and 2018.

Between 2013 and 2018, the Congress government in Karnataka, led by then chief minister Siddaramaiah, ordered the dismissal of 176 cases involving nearly 1,600 activists from the Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI), the majority of which were related to violations of prohibitory orders.
45 of the 182 charges dismissed by the BJP government had to do with suspected rightwing activist violence in the Uttara Kannada area in December 2017, following the murder of a Hindu youngster, Paresh Mesta.
The CBI eventually determined that it was an accident. Courts largely followed the government’s direction to withdraw cases.
A civil judge and magistrate in Sirsi, Uttara Kannada, disregarded a government decision on February 28, 2023, to dismiss prosecution against 66 persons in the communal violence after Mesta’s case, and committed the matter for trial, according to the Indian Express report.

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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
Karnataka: SDPI fields Ismail Shafi Bellare, accused in BJP leader’s murder

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Bengaluru: The move by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) to field Ismail Shafi Bellare, accused in the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Kumar Nettaru, and Riyaz Farangipet as its candidates in the communally-sensitive Dakshina Kannada district has become a topic of discussion in Karnataka ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections.
Nettaru (32) was hacked to death by bike-borne assailants on the night of July 26 last year at Bellare in Dakshina Kannada district.
SDPI is fielding 19 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections. Dubbed as a party of minorities, SDPI hopes to win four to five seats and make entry into the Karnataka legislature. According to sources, SDPI is likely to give a tough fight to former minister and senior Congress leader U.T. Khader in the Mangaluru (Ullal) Assembly constituency.

The party emphasizes on ‘agitative politics’.
Talking to IANS, SDPI’s national secretary Riyaz Farangipet said that his party is not just active during elections, but throughout the year it represents the people on one issue or the other across India.
“Despite not being in power, SDPI ensures that the schemes of the government reaches the poor,” he said.
Other political parties which have opened online help centres are charging money for their services, but SDPI is doing it for free, he said.
“We are not power hungry. We want to be part of power. That is why we are focusing only on those constituencies where we can win,” said Farangipet, who is contesting from the Mangaluru (Ullal) Assembly constituency.

Ismail Shafi Bellare, who’s presently lodged in jail in connection with Nettaru’s murder, is contesting from the Puttur Assembly seat. The decision of the SDPI to field a candidate accused of murder has made national headlines. Even Farangipet has faced sedition charges and his movements are being closely watched by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
According to sources, the SDPI has fielded a formidable candidate in the form of Farangipet to wrest the Mangaluru seat from the Congress. The constituency is considered as a Congress bastion.
Farangipet was accused of hatching a conspiracy to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Phulwari Sharif area in Bihar on July 12, 2022. A probe reportedly revealed his links with the accused persons. Even the NIA had filed an FIR against Farangipet, who allegededly took part in meetings with the accused persons.
There are also other cases lodged against him in Belthangady, Mangaluru South, Konaje, and Mangaluru North in Dakshina Kannada district. He is facing charges of creating enmity between groups, and obstructing the duty of policemen.
Farangipet had taken out a huge rally to file his nomination for the Mangaluru constituency. Sources said that the SDPI is aggressively campaigning against Congress candidate Khader in the wake of the hijab controversy and the boycott call on Muslim traders.
Khader has won from this constituency three times since 2008 by defeating BJP candidates. In 2018, Khader defeated Santhosh Kumar Rai Boliyaru of the BJP by more than 19,000 votes. The BJP had won this seat three consecutive times between 1994 and 2004.
Khader, known as a progressive leader, is facing stiff competition from the SDPI this time in the Muslim-dominated constituency. It was the only constituency that the Congress won in Dakshina Kannada district in 2018, as all the other seats were swept by the BJP.
Reacting to the sedition charges against him, Farangipet said, “Cases are always lodged against people who take up big agitations. We can see IPS officer Sanjeev Bhat being jailed. Our Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers have gone to jail. I will fight the cases lodged against me in the court.”
When asked about Nettare murder accused Shafi Bellare, he said that his arrest was pre-planned.
Bellare and his brother Iqbal Bellare have been arrested due to the pressure put by the Sangh Parivar, he claimed.
“We will question his arrest in the court,” Farangipet said.
Bellare was chosen as an SDPI candidate at the screening committee meeting before Nettare’s murder, but the announcement was pending, Farangipet claimed, adding that contesting elections from prison is not new in India.
“SDPI has created its own vote bank. If Bellare is elected, he will be the voice of the exploited and downtrodden, otherwise he will continue with his social work,” Farangipet said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 23, 2023
North Karnataka: Friends-turned-foes make it tough for BJP

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Bengaluru: The BJP is going to face a litmus test in the 2023 state assembly elections in the north Karnataka region considered its bastion. Fingers are crossed over how the people of this region would react to the saffron partys experiments.
The voters of the region played a major role in elevating the BJP to power by rallying behind former chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa who was asked to step down. The latest episodes of the exit of former CM Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi, both Lingayat leaders, who are claiming humiliation by BJP leaders and joined the Congress party have forced the ruling party to do fire fighting.
North Karnataka, comprising both Kittur and Kalyan Karnataka regions, has 13 districts with 90 assembly seats. Presently the BJP holds 52 seats, the Congress 32 and the JD (S) 6 seats.

The region comprises Belagavi, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Gadag, Dharwad, Haveri, Bidar, Raichur, Koppal, Vijayanagar and Bellary districts. There is a direct fight between the Congress and the BJP in most of the places. The JD (S) is hopeful of garnering seats in double digits.
The BJP is facing a challenge from the Kalyan Karnataka Rajya Paksha (KKRP) launched by mining baron-turned-politician Janardhan Reddy. The BJP has maintained a distance from him following allegations against him, leading to his exit from the party.
His party is likely to affect the BJP vote bank in the Hyderabad Karnataka region known as the Kalyan Karnataka region. The fight will become intense in Bellary, Raichur, Koppal, Yadgir and Vijayanagar districts.
Secondly, Srirama Sena founder Pramod Muthalik has vowed to defeat the BJP. As he has considerable influence among Hindu activists of the north Karnataka region, the development is likely to prove a setback for the BJP.
When compared to the BJP, the Congress which bagged 32 seats in the last elections, has become ambitious this time. The Panchamasali agitation and exit of influential Lingayat leaders Shettar and Savadi will break the vote bank of the BJP. Sources in the Congress say that their leader Rahul Gandhi is repeatedly claiming the party will cross 150 seats in the elections because of hints of getting a major chunk of seats from this region.

The elevation of Mallikarjun Kharge to the post of AICC president would also help to get the votes of the oppressed classes in the region, which are in significant numbers.
Both the BJP and the Congress are focused on winning the maximum number of seats from Belagavi district which has 18 assembly seats. The BJP won 13 seats and the Congress only five seats in the last elections. Locals say that this time the Congress will win at least 12 seats.
Talking to IANS, political analyst Basavaraj Sulibhavi said that the Lingayat community is upset with the treatment meted out to Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi. With this development, about 20 per cent of the Lingayat votes will shift.
He explained that if the Congress party utilizes them across north Karnataka and they go on narrating their story of humiliation in the region, it will tilt the Lingayat votes to a large extent. “The people of the region already have the feeling that their leaders are being used and trashed by the BJP,” he added.
Sulibhavi stated that till date the Lingayat community is standing firmly behind Yediyurappa. In the last elections 90 per cent of the Lingayat votes went to the BJP. This time it won’t happen and there will be a divide of at least 30 per cent votes.
“The BJP initially gathers strength from communities. Its main agenda is Hindutva. The party has used the Madiga, Bhovi, Lamani communities which come under Scheduled Caste along with Lingayats. But it is not easy in Karnataka, if they want to propagate Hindutva. The people are more connected to their communities,” he stated.
Ashok Chandaragi, activist and president of the Belagavi District Kannada Organizations Action Committee, told IANS that the BJP will have to face anti-incumbency in the rural parts of the region. With the joining of Shettar and Savadi, the Congress will win more than 40 seats out of the 56 assembly seats in the Kittur Karnataka region.
Another significant factor is that no party has returned to power in Karnataka after 1985. The Janata Dal government under the leadership of late Ramkrishna Hegde managed to win 139 seats. Yediyurappa was removed unceremoniously. If age was the factor, then why are BJP leaders bringing him to the forefront now, questions Ashok Chandaragi.
The Lingayat community which is economically and socially forward can see that their leadership is being used only for campaigning and canvassing. Shettar belongs to the Banajiga sub caste and the BJP will see its effect in at least 25 constituencies in Bijapur, Dharwad, Kalaburagi and Bagalkot districts, he said.
The BJP has to remember that if not for 56 senior leaders from the Janata parivar, it would have never come to power. The Janata parivar’s vote shifted to the BJP. The BJP is now thinking of emerging victorious on PM Modi’s image, he maintained.
As the state is inching closer to elections, the situation is becoming tougher for all political parties in Karnataka. It is to be seen whether the Congress will capture the region or PM Modi will tilt the voters towards the saffron party. Underdog JD (S) is also hoping to make its mark. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann has also stated that the AAP party is receiving greater support in the north Karnataka region.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 23, 2023
Former Karnataka CM H.D. Kumaraswamy hospitalised

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Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was admitted to a private hospital in Bengaluru on Saturday night following fever and fatigue.
In a media release, Kumaraswamy stated that there is “no need for the panic” and he will resume campaigning after taking rest. The doctors have said that he developed symptoms of fever after being “tirelessly” involved in election campaigning.
The JD(S) leader was “single-handedly” leading the party’s campaign across the state for the May 10 Assembly elections.

He has also developed a minor lung infection and is said to be affected by dust allergy. The former Chief Minister was advised hospitalisation following symptoms of fever. His supporters and party workers are being asked not to come to the premises of the hospital.
Sources close to him have said that he might be discharged by Sunday evening.
Party workers and family members are concerned about Kumaraswamy’s health as he had undergone heart surgery earlier.
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April 23, 2023
Angkita Dutta episode: Assam police leaves for Karnataka to arrest Srinivas B V

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Guwahati: A team of Assam Police on Saturday left for Karnataka to apprehend the national president of Indian Youth Congress Srinivas B V based on the harassment complaint lodged against him by the suspended Assam unit youth Congress chief Angkita Dutta, an official said.
A case has been registered against Srinivas B V in Dispur police station under Sections 509, 294, 341, 352, 354, 354A, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) along with Section 67 of the Information Technology Act.
According to sources, a four-member team of Assam Police has been sent to Karnataka to apprehend Srinivas. Assam DGP G.P. Singh has confirmed the development. However, he refused to divulge any further details.

Earlier, on the sidelines of a programme in the national capital, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted that Congress’ handling of the situation was dismal and said that the law will take its own course on this issue.
“The way Assam Congress has handled this matter is sad. They ought to have established an inquiry committee and worked things out among themselves,” he said.
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April 22, 2023
Confident of winning more than halfway mark in Karnataka polls: Shah

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Bengaluru: Home Minister Amit Shah expressed confidence on Saturday that the BJP will win 15-20 seats more than the halfway mark in Karnataka assembly polls and asserted that its support base remains intact despite defection by some party leaders, noting that historically its rebels have not won and “this will prove true this time also”.
With the Congress targeting the central government over Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha following his conviction in a defamation case, Shah told India Today in an interview that “no family is above the law in India and the law is above all”.
Gandhi vacated his government bungalow on Saturday after he was served a notice for eviction and claimed that he is paying the price for speaking the truth.

Replying to a question on Gandhi playing “victim”, he said, “We never asked Rahul Gandhi to disrespect the OBC community. He himself decided not to apologise.
“The law under which he was convicted was made by the Congress government. Then prime minister Manmohan Singh tried to withdraw that law but Rahul Gandhi himself tore down the ordinance. Now he should not play the victim. No one should think that any family is above the law.” The ordinance, if passed by Parliament, would have spared any convicted MP from immediate disqualification.
To a question about the allegation that the CBI summoning former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik is linked to his recent criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, the home minister said such a charge is not true as he was called by the probe agency earlier too.
“I can say with complete conviction that the BJP has done nothing that needs to be covered up. If someone is levelling allegations after parting ways with us, then it should be evaluated accordingly by the media and people,” he said.
On Karnataka assembly polls scheduled for May 10, he said the BJP will get 15-20 seats more than the halfway mark of 112 seats in the 224-member legislature.

They are not substantiated by any court and have been fabricated by the Congress to cover up corruption during its own regime, Shah claimed, accusing the opposition party of using Karnataka as its “ATM” when it was in power.
The Congress has no answers to its apathy towards Karnataka during its regime, he said, adding that when the Congress-led UPA was in power during 2009-14, the Centre released Rs 94,224 crores to the state.
Prime Minister Modi increased the amount to over Rs 2.26 lakh crore during 2014-19. The tax devolution and grant-in aid was Rs 22,000 crore but has been increased to Rs 75,000 crore, he added.
Attacking Congress, he said its government violated the Constitution by providing four per cent reservation for Muslims in the state.
The Constitution does not allow any kind of reservation on the basis of religious identity, he noted.
The BJP government has scrapped this reservation and increased the quota for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Vokkaligas and Lingayats, he said.
While the Congress “protected and nurtured” the PFI, a radical Islamic organisation now banned by the Modi government, he said its cadres used to commit murders in broad daylight in the state.
PM Modi banned it and provided security to the people of the state, he said.
On the recent terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, “We will give a befitting reply to any attack on India.” He added that violence against the foreign embassies of India will not be taken lightly by the Modi government.
BJP’s record in developing Bengaluru stands unmatched by any other political party.
ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಸರ್ಕಾರವು ಸಮಗ್ರ ವಿಧಾನದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ನಗರವನ್ನು ವಿಶ್ವದ ಅತಿ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಅಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿಯುತ ಮತ್ತು ಸಮೃದ್ಧ ನಗರವನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡುವ ಕಾರ್ಯ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. pic.twitter.com/AOv8ZOXtbc
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) April 22, 2023
On the “personal attacks” launched on Modi, he said, “Personal attacks on Modi ji are not new and began long back by Sonia Gandhi who had called him ‘Maut Ka Saudagar’. But whenever he faced such attacks he emerged stronger”.

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April 22, 2023
Karnataka: PM Modi to address rally on April 30, ahead of polls

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Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a massive public rally on April 30 at Channapatna in Karnataka’s Ramnagar district ahead of the Assembly elections scheduled to be held in the southern state on May 10, a BJP leader said on Saturday.
A party leader said that the BJP is aiming at winning more seats in certain parts of the state where it does not enjoy a significant stronghold.
Former Karnataka chief minister and Janata Dal-Secular leader H.D. Kumaraswamy is contesting from the Channapatna constituency. The BJP has fielded former minister C.P. Yogeshwar from this seat. Political analysts believe the constituency would witness a direct contest between the JD-S and the BJP.

Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumaraswamy is contesting from the neighbouring Ramnagar constituency. The region is considered as a bastion of the JD-S.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has planned a mega rally in Channapatna.
Preparations are currently underway at Shettihalli village.
According to sources, a huge stage and shelter is being erected to accommodate 2-3 lakh people. The BJP workers will be roped in from the neighbouring districts of Tumakuru, Mandya and Mysuru.
Yogeshwar on Saturday said there would be no road show this time in Channapatna. “The programme is scheduled to take place for about 2 hours. The party wants to win more seats in the old Mysuru region (south Karnataka),” he said.

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April 22, 2023