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  • We will end 4% Muslim quota: Amit Shah

    We will end 4% Muslim quota: Amit Shah

    Tumakuru/ Shivamogga (Karnataka): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday held massive roadshows in four Assembly segments of the State, waving at a large enthusiastic crowds along the route, as he sought people’s support, ahead of the May 10 polls in Karnataka. Shah, who stood on a specially designed vehicle accompanied by party leaders, was greeted by people gathered on the sides of the roads and on nearby buildings, during the roadshows at Gubbi and Tiptur in Tumakuru district, Ranebennur in Haveri district, and in Shivamogga.

    In Shivamogga, the Union Minister was accompanied by senior BJP leader K S Eshwarappa and party MP B Y Raghavendra. A large number of party workers walked along with Shah’s vehicle holding BJP flags and shouting slogans praising BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and chanting ‘Jai Sri Ram’, ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, amid drum sounds at all these places.

    The crowd showered flower petals at Shah, who too greeted them by waving and throwing flowers back at them. At the end of the road shadow in the four constituencies, the Home Minister urged people to vote for the BJP candidates, and to ensure that a “double engine government” under the leadership of Modi comes to power.

    He also defended the decision of the state BJP government to scrap the 4 per cent quota to Muslims under OBC list, stating that reservation based on religion is unconstitutional.

    Former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai have done a lot of work for Karnataka, he said at Gubbi, adding that the BJP government has ended four per cent Muslim reservation and has increased the quota of Vokkaligas, Lingayats, and SC/STs. “If Congress comes to power, they will take back all these reservations (hiked) and once again bring in Muslim reservations. Do you want four per cent Muslim reservation? (to come back)”, he asked.

    Highlighting measures taken by the BJP government for the benefit of Arecanut farmers, Shah further said: “If you ensure a double engine government comes to power in Karnataka, Modi ji will once again become Prime

  • Karnataka polls: PM, Shah, Priyanka to hold mega roadshows, address rallies

    Karnataka polls: PM, Shah, Priyanka to hold mega roadshows, address rallies

    Bengaluru: As Karnataka is inching closer towards the May 10 Assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are all set to hold mega roadshows and address rallies on Saturday.

    As part of his two-day visit to the state, Modi will first tour Humnabad of Bidar district, and then head to Vijayapur after which he will reach Belagavi later in the afternoon.

    He will reach Bengaluru by the evening and take part in the mega roadshow from NICE Road to Sumanahalli Junction.

    The Prime Minister will spend the night at the Raj Bhavan in Bengaluru.

  • Amit Shah says Congress will take Karnataka into ‘reverse gear’

    Amit Shah says Congress will take Karnataka into ‘reverse gear’

    Dharwad: Lashing out at the Congress in poll-bound Karnataka on Friday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the former would put the state into “reverse gear”, depriving it of the benefits of “double-engine sarkar”.

    Addressing a rally at the Navalgund Assembly constituency on Friday, Shah said, “One hand, there is the Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi and on the other, is the BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. This (Karnataka Assembly) election is an opportunity for you to decide if you want a double engine sarkar led by PM Modi, which will take Karnataka forward, or the Congress’s reverse gear sarkar, which will take Karnataka backwards

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    Congress lodged FIR against Amit Shah

    Karnataka. The Congress has lodged an FIR against Home Minister Amit Shah in Bangalore on Thursday. In the complaint, Amit Shah has been accused of making provocative statements, spreading hatred and tarnishing the image of the opposition. Amit Shah had given a statement at a rally in Karnataka that if the Congress came to power, there would be communal riots in the state. Congress has filed a complaint regarding this statement. Congress leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Dr. Parameshwara and Congress Karnataka President DK Shivakumar have filed complaints. Apart from Amit Shah, the names of other BJP leaders and people who organized the Vijayapura rally are also there.

  • Karnataka BJP questions Congress- Will we have to bring Bin Laden in place of Amit Shah?

    Karnataka BJP questions Congress- Will we have to bring Bin Laden in place of Amit Shah?

    Bengaluru (IANS) | The Karnataka BJP has rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s alleged inflammatory speech and Congress party’s claim of filing a police complaint against him in the state. National General Secretary C.T. Ravi said on Thursday that the Election Commission would look into the demand of the Congress to boycott Amit Shah’s programs in the state. Ravi quipped- Are we going to replace Amit Shah with Bin Laden?

    These people (leaders of Congress party) want Madani (Abdul Nassar Madani), Laden and Dawood Ibrahim. Ravi asked a question – doesn’t he want the patriot Amit Shah?

    Ravi alleged that, KPCC president DK Shivakumar had said that the D J Halli and K G Halli gang (accused in violence in Bengaluru) were his brothers. He stood by the accused during the violence in Padarayanapura, Bengaluru. Where this Taliban gang will emerge in the state, Congress administration means Taliban model of administration. Communal conflicts are guaranteed during Congress rule. All the people involved in communal violence have joined hands with that party.

    He said that Amit Shah’s statement of communal violence in the state after Congress came to power is correct. One thing is clear, Congress has joined hands with PFI and SDPI, he said. If Congress comes to power, Taliban forces will increase and DJ Halli-KG Halli gangs will become active.

    Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shobha Karandlaje said that communal clashes used to happen during the Congress rule, but they stopped after the BJP came to power. Amit Shah stopped communal violence and terrorist activities in the country. He is the most capable Home Minister after late Sardar Patel.

    –IANS

  • AIADMK leader EPS to meet Amit Shah in New Delhi today

    AIADMK leader EPS to meet Amit Shah in New Delhi today

    CHENNAI: AIADMK General Secretary and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) will be meeting Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Wednesday.

    EPS will be accompanied by party state organising secretary and former minister D. Jayakumar, former ministers and senior leaders, SP Velumani, KP Muniswamy, C.Ve. Shanmugam and P. Thangamani.

    The Opposition delegation will be highlighting the corruption charges against the present DMK government and also on the failing law and order situation in the state.

    According to sources, EPS is expected to discuss the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as the relationship between the AIADMK and Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP is not good. Tamil Nadu unit president of the BJP, K. Annamalai has come out against the AIADMK both overtly and covertly and AIADMK also had responded to it quite strongly.

    The AIADMK delegation will also highlight the party withdrawing its Pulikeshi Nagar Assembly constituency candidate, D. Anbarasan from the Karnataka Assembly election after senior BJP leaders from Delhi had requested EPS to do so.

    Notably, the AIADMK candidate was pitted against the BJP leader, Murali in Pulikeshi Nagar constituency. The BJP central leadership is keen that a good relationship is continued with AIADMK as without a Dravidian major, the saffron party does not stand a chance to win even a single seat in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.

    –IANS

  • Owaisi targets Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his promise to end Muslim quota

    Owaisi targets Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his promise to end Muslim quota

    Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his promise that if the BJP is voted to power in Telangana, it will scrap reservation for Muslims in the state.

    Owaisi said while Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks of reaching out to backward Muslims, Shah is promising to remove their reservation.

    “Modi allegedly says reach out to pasmanda Muslims, Amit Shah complies by promising to remove their reservation,” tweeted Owaisi

    The Hyderabad MP also reminded Shah that reservations for backward Muslim groups are based on empirical data.

    “Please read the Sudhir Commission report. If you cannot, please ask someone who can. Reservations for Muslims are continuing under a stay from SC,” Owaisi wrote.

    Addressing a public meeting at Chevella near Hyderabad on Sunday evening, Shah had promised to do away with reservations for Muslims.

    He called the quota for Muslims “anti-Constitutional” and said that reservation is the right of the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC).

    “After the BJP government is formed in Telangana, we will end Muslim reservation. This is the right of SCs, STs, OBCs,” he said.

    Owaisi said if Shah was serious about justice for SCs, STs and OBCs, then he should introduce a Constitutional amendment to remove the 50 per cent quota ceiling.

    This is not the first time that Shah has spoken about removing reservations for Muslims in Telangana.

    He made the promise on several occasions in the past and reiterated this in view of Assembly elections scheduled later this year.

    The BJP government in Karnataka last month scrapped 4 per cent quota for OBC Muslims.

    Backward Muslims in Telangana also enjoy 4 per cent reservation in education and jobs. This was introduced by the Congress government in undivided Andhra Pradesh about 15 years ago.

    The state’s incumbent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS)-led government has promised to increase the Muslim quota to 12 per cent.

    A resolution to this effect was passed in Telangana Assembly and sent to the Centre five years ago but the proposal has been rejected by the BJP-led government.

    Owaisi also took a dig at Shah for repeatedly naming him in his speech while targeting the BRS government.

    “Ye ‘Owaisi Owaisi’ ka rona kab tak chalega? Khaali khattey dialog’aan maarte rehte. Please sometimes speak about record-breaking inflation & unemployment also. Telangana has the highest per capita income in the country,” tweeted Owaisi.

    The AIMIM chief alleged that except anti-Muslim hate speech, the BJP has no vision for Telangana.

    “All they can offer is fake encounters, surgical strikes on Hyderabad, curfews, releasing criminals & bulldozers. Why do you hate people of Telangana so much?,” he asked.

    Shah had alleged in his speech that the steering of the ‘car’ (poll symbol of BRS) is in the hands of Owaisi.

    He also alleged that the BRS is not celebrating Telangana Liberation Day as it is afraid of Owaisi.

  • No link between CBI summons and Satyapal Malik’s allegations: Amit Shah

    No link between CBI summons and Satyapal Malik’s allegations: Amit Shah

    Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik has been called by the Central Bureau of Investigation “for third time” as part of the investigation in an alleged insurance scam and noted that there was no relation of the summons and his allegations against BJP-led government.

    Amit Shah said the BJP government has not done any such thing which needs to be hidden from people. He said if certain remarks are made for personal, political self-interest, those should be treated likewise.

    “According to my information, he has been called a second or third time. An investigation is underway, some new information or proof must have come to light and he has been called for the third time. There is no truth in this that he has been called for speaking against us,” Shah said at Karnataka Roundtable organised by India Today.

    Referring to Malik’s allegations against the BJP-led government, Shah said he should be asked “why these things (have) come to mind after leaving us”.

    “Why is not the soul awoken when you are in power…the credibility of such remarks should be seen by people, journalists…if all this is true, why was he quiet when he was Governor..these are not issues of public discussion. I want to say to the people of the country that the BJP-led government hasn’t done any such thing which needs to be hidden. If some remarks are made for personal, political self-interest after leaving us, those should be evaluated by the people, media…,” Amit Shah said.

    Answering another query about the decision to appoint Satyapal Malik as Jammu and Kashmir Governor, Shah said he had worked in BJP for a long time and was also a former party vice president.

    “A selection was made, sometimes this happens in politics…If someone keeps changing attitude, form from time to time, what can we do, people should understand,” he said.

    Satyapal Malik on Friday said that he has been called by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for giving clarification regarding the alleged insurance scam in Jammu and Kashmir.

  • Upendra Kushwaha, who came to meet Amit Shah, may join the NDA

    Upendra Kushwaha, who came to meet Amit Shah, may join the NDA

    New Delhi (IANS) | Upendra Kushwaha, who broke away from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JDU and formed his new political party Rashtriya Lok Janata Dal, is meeting former BJP national president and Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi. The meeting between the two leaders continues in the Ministry of Home Affairs. This meeting of Upendra Kushwaha and Amit Shah is being considered very important for the new political equation that is changing rapidly in Bihar. It is being said that Upendra Kushwaha may join the NDA again with his new party. Kushwaha had opened a front against the Nitish-Lalu alliance even while he was in Nitish Kumar’s party. Despite being in JDU, he was constantly attacking Nitish Kumar, but due to not getting much support within the party, he separated from JDU and formed his own new party. It is being said that Kushwaha can contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar along with the BJP as a constituent of the NDA. However, it is yet to be formally announced by both the parties.

    — IANS

  • Raman Singh wrote a letter to Union Minister Amit Shah

    Raman Singh wrote a letter to Union Minister Amit Shah

    Raipur. Former CM Raman Singh has written a letter to Union Minister Amit Shah urging him to replace the Mahar/Mehra/Mehar caste of Chhattisgarh, which has been deprived of reservation since 1992, in the list of Chhattisgarh State Scheduled Castes.

    Raman Singh has written in the letter – State of Chhattisgarh has submitted memorandum to replace it with Mahar/Mehra/Mehar in Chhattisgarh State Scheduled Castes list. It has been mentioned that the population of Mahara community in Bastar division of Chhattisgarh state is more than 6 lakhs, who have been deprived of reservation since 1992.

    Government of Chhattisgarh recommended inclusion of Mahara, Mahara, community in the list of Scheduled Castes of Chhattisgarh as synonyms of Mahar, Mehra, Mehar as per its proposal dated 07.12.2021, 23.12.2021, 10.01.2022 and 28.01.2022 And according to the procedure, the Registrar General of India and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes have examined the proposal and agreed. It is noteworthy that the Government of India Gazette dated 18.12. According to 2002, the previous Madhya Pradesh government has given recognition to keep Mahar, Mehra, Mehar, Mahara in the category of Scheduled Castes. Therefore, after the above recommendation, in view of Article 341 (2) of the Constitution of India, the proposal is to be processed in the form of a bill for the consideration and passing of the Parliament.