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  • Even after the defeat in the assembly elections, the BJP is divided in Karnataka

    Even after the defeat in the assembly elections, the BJP is divided in Karnataka

    Bengaluru (IANS) | The Karnataka BJP unit is still a divided house even after suffering a crushing defeat in the assembly elections and losing mass base across South India ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

    The party leadership is struggling to promote unity and the spirit of fighting together in the cadre. The saffron party which once showed all signs of emerging as a force to be reckoned with and making inroads in South India, is falling badly behind.

    It has been almost a month since the Karnataka election results were declared, but the BJP is yet to appoint the leader of the opposition in the assembly and council. The statements of former Chief Minister and BJP MP from Bangalore North DV Sadananda Gowda and National General Secretary CT Ravi have proved to be another setback for the party.

    CT Ravi said that there is politics of accommodation within the BJP and the party lost in the assembly elections due to this reason. He said that we have lost power due to our mistakes. The leaders have compromised and because of these few people the party has lost power. I will not name the leaders, but the politics of accommodation is there and it resulted in the defeat of the party.

    Party sources said CT Ravi’s remarks were aimed at former CM BS Yediyurappa and his son BY Vijayendra. Former CM DV Sadananda Gowda’s statements further disappointed the party workers and showed that all is not well within the party. He claimed that 13 MPs have approached him for defamation and the party high command is silent on the matter.

    Sadananda Gowda said that an attempt is being made to defame 13 out of 25 MPs by calling them useless. A well-planned attempt has been made to demoralize senior MPs. He demanded that national leaders should intervene and clear the confusion at this stage.

    There is still one year left for the Lok Sabha elections. In such a situation, MPs are being targeted and they are being maligned. He alleged that I do not know who is behind this. Rumors are being spread that 13 MPs have not done any development work in their constituencies. Some MPs have fallen ill and will not be given tickets. Sadananda Gowda advises introspection on defeat.

    The BJP had recently held a meeting of its MLAs and the candidates who lost the elections. These candidates questioned the party’s decision to allot tickets to them at a very late stage and give a wrong signal to the people of the state. However, the party has postponed the scheduled core committee meeting. Karnataka in-charge Arun Singh has taken the opinion of various leaders and is looking at the party high command.

    On the other hand, Congress is taking major steps towards consolidating its support in the state. The party has filled the entire cabinet quota and has started preparations for the crucial Bengaluru civic polls and the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The Congress is targeting and questioning the ideology of the BJP and the RSS. The high command is ensuring coordination between CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar. The pair of these two is looking dangerous for BJP.

    BJP sources said the party was showing no seriousness in trying to understand why the 54 sitting MLAs, including several ministers, lost the elections. The experiment of issuing tickets to 72 new faces has turned upside down. The deposits of more than 40 candidates have been forfeited in the elections. Leaders are bravely trying to put up a front by talking about vote percentage.

    –IANS

  • Congress’s special focus on Bundelkhand region in Madhya Pradesh

    Congress’s special focus on Bundelkhand region in Madhya Pradesh

    Bhopal (IANS) | In the assembly elections to be held in Madhya Pradesh this year, the Congress has a special eye on one of its weakest areas, the Bundelkhand region. This is the reason why the activism of all the leaders of the party is increasing in this area. Bundelkhand is that region of the state, which has 29 seats out of 230 seats in the assembly. At present, BJP is in possession of 19 of these seats. Congress has MLAs in eight places and SP-BSP have one seat each. Overall, BJP is in a stronger position than Congress.

    Congress used to have Satyavrat Chaturvedi as a strong leader in the Bundelkhand region, but after the 2018 assembly elections, he has completely distanced himself from politics. At present, Congress does not have any big face in this area. On the other hand, BJP state president Vishnu Dutt Sharma is the MP from this area while Prahlad Patel is a minister in the Modi government. Uma Bharti also comes from this region. Apart from this, five key ministers in the Shivraj government come from this locality.

    Congress wants to gain an edge in the upcoming elections in this area, hence the activism of its leaders has increased. Former Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has visited those areas on which the Congress has been losing several times. He has also interacted with the workers. Former Union Minister Arun Yadav is also continuously active in this field. Yadav is a big face of the backward class and the number of his supporters is also considerable in this area. He has visited this area twice in the last one month and during this he held meetings and held talks with all the leaders.

    The part of Madhya Pradesh consists of seven districts of the Bundelkhand region: Sagar, Damoh, Tikamgarh, Panna, Niwari, Chhatarpur and Datia. Even when the Congress came close to power in the 2018 assembly elections, it did not get much success in this area. This is the reason why Congress is keeping a special eye on this region to get maximum seats in the next elections.

    –IANS

  • PM Modi to launch massive outreach campaign ahead of Assembly polls, visits Brahma temple in Pushkar

    PM Modi to launch massive outreach campaign ahead of Assembly polls, visits Brahma temple in Pushkar

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered prayers at the Brahma temple in Pushkar on Wednesday. Later, he is set to address a rally in poll-bound Rajasthan’s Ajmer district.

    The rally comes as a celebration of the completion of 9 years by the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre. After reaching Rajasthan PM Modi offered prayers at the Prajapati Brahma Temple, visited the ghats and later he will address a public meeting in Ajmer’s Kayad, according to party leaders.
    Rajasthan to go to Assembly polls this year

    Rajasthan is slated to go to Assembly polls this year, BJP’s focus will be on 45 assembly seats in 8 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state. This is the sixth program of PM Modi in Rajasthan in the last eight months.

    According to Leader of Opposition Rajendra Rathore, lakhs of people and workers will gather in this meeting from 45 assembly seats in eight Lok Sabha constituencies including Ajmer and Jaipur.

    This BJP event comes soon after the Congress held discussions with Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot in the national capital on Monday night ahead of the assembly polls later this year.

    “Maha Jansampark”

    PM Modi will launch “Maha Jansampark” by addressing a public meeting in Ajmer, Rajasthan. Under this Maha Jan Sampark, scheduled to be held from May 31 (today) to June 30, extensive public programmes will be done across the country after the completion of 9 yrs at the Centre.

    Over 51 huge rallies, public meetings at more than 500 places, and over 600 press conferences in over 500 Lok Sabha and 4000 Vidhan Sabha constituencies will be conducted along with over 5 lakh distinguished families will be contacted.

    Sharing details of the programme, which is the largest outreach in BJP’s history, party national general secretary Tarun Chugh, coordinator for the programme, said, “A total of 288 top BJP leaders and 16 lakh party workers will interact with voters at ten lakh booths and 144 clusters covering all Lok Sabha seats to deliver the message of achievements in nine years of the party’s rule at the Centre.”

    “As part of the campaign, party leaders will meet 1,000 eminent families per Lok Sabha segment, and conduct 51 mega rallies across India, along with seminars with teachers, social media influencers and other distinguished citizens,” Tarun Chugh said while addressing a press briefing.

    Enlightened Conference will be organized in all Lok Sabha with intellectuals. This program will also be organized on June 25, the anniversary of Emergency Day, in which a documentary will be shown on how Congress destroyed democracy.

    Door-to-door public meetings

    Door-to-door public meetings will be undertaken from June 20 to June 30, in which all the leaders, office bearers and workers including Union ministers and national office bearers will participate.

    As part of the campaign, a two-wheeler tour, spanning eight days, in the assemblies across the country will also be conducted.

    During the 8-day district-level two-wheeler Yuva Yatra in more than 4,000 Vidhan Sabhas, programs like Nukkad Sabhas, sports competitions, and felicitation of young achievers will be organized at the main places of the city, villages and mohallas.

    PM Kisan Nidhi Beneficiaries will be contacted and meetings will be held with the presidents of various farmer producer organizations. Village Chaupal will be organized at mandis with SPO village head sarpanch under Gram Chaupal Gram Sabha will be organized with unorganized labourers.

    A Tribal Gaurav Yatra Morcha is also on the cards, which will contact the beneficiaries of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes across the country. Tribal Gaurav Yatra will be taken out at the district level, and programs will be organized under the program of the day including Lord Birsa Munda, which will be organized with the representatives of Scheduled Tribes.

    Beneficiaries of the backward class will be contacted at the booth level. In this program, direct contact will be made on all the 10 lakh booths of the country, and 10 crore people of India will be connected with this program.

    (With inputs from ANI)

  • Shivraj’s son Kartikeya’s attitude became harsh, raised questions on Congress’s DNA

    Shivraj’s son Kartikeya’s attitude became harsh, raised questions on Congress’s DNA

    Bhopal (IANS) | Before the assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, now personal attacks are happening on the leaders. His son Kartikeya Chauhan himself has come forward to answer the personal attacks on Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Kartikeya’s attitude is getting tougher. Now he has attacked Kamal Nath in gestures. Recently, a video of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife Sadhna Singh went viral in which Sadhna was making roti and Shivraj was sitting behind. The Congress attacked regarding this video and now the attacks are getting more intense.

    The tweet of the Congress said, “O Yuvraj, we all have respect for our parents, but why don’t you see the pain of those sisters and daughters, whose houses have been created a ruckus due to the inflation given by your father. When When you were studying in America, your father’s government was firing bullets at the children of farmers in Mandsaur.

    Tagging this tweet of the Congress, Chief Minister’s son Kartikeya wrote, “The word Yuvraj is not new to you. There are many Yuvrajs, princes in your party. You must have to say Yuvraj Yuvraj many times, so habitually here too.” Wrote it. Well leave it, because of BJP your party started trying to learn to respect women, that will not happen to you. It is not in your DNA.”

    Kartikeya further wrote, “Have you heard that when elder brother Nakulnath was in America, Sikh genocide was taking place in the country? Instead of wasting my time, try to contest elections. It does not seem so, but I still hope that you are interested in politics.” Will find issues for, not family.”

    Even before this, Congress and Kartikeya have attacked each other on Twitter. In a tweet by the state unit of the Congress, sharing a video of Chief Minister’s wife Sadhna Singh preparing food and Shivraj Singh Chouhan sitting behind her, wrote, “Respected Mami ji. Now your trouble of burning the stove will end soon.” It is going to happen because as soon as Kamal Nath becomes the Chief Minister, you too will get a gas cylinder for Rs 500.”

    On this attack of Congress, Shivraj’s son Kartikeya Singh Chauhan wrote on his tweet, “My mother stood behind my father as his strength for 32 years, became his strength in happiness and sorrow, but the Congress believes in the purity of relationships, love , does not understand, she sees politics in everything.”

    He further wrote, “After all, why not, Congress leaders have little understanding of the word character. Service to the public is the first duty for father. He rarely gets time for the family, and sometimes he We share, but how low is the thinking of the Congress that it is targeting even him for political gains. May Bajrang Bali save these beautiful moments of my parents from the evil eye.”

    –IANS

  • Priyanka thanks people of Karnataka for Congress’s ‘historic’ victory

    Priyanka thanks people of Karnataka for Congress’s ‘historic’ victory

    New Delhi (IANS) | Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday thanked the hardworking Karnataka Congress workers, leaders and people of the state after her party’s victory in the assembly elections. The polling took place on 10 May. In a tweet, Priyanka Gandhi said, “Thank you from the bottom of my heart to the people of Karnataka for giving a historic mandate to the Congress party. It is a victory for your cause.”

    “It is a victory of Karnataka prioritizing progress. It is a victory of politics that unites the country,” he said.

    Assuring the people of Karnataka to stick to the promises made in the Congress manifesto, he said, “The party will work with full dedication to implement the guarantees given to the people of Karnataka. Long live Karnataka, long live Congress.”

    Meanwhile, his brother and former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet, “The power of the poor has defeated the power of BJP’s capitalist friends.”

    The Congress won 136 seats out of 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka. The party has secured absolute majority to form the government in the state.

    BJP has won 64 seats.

    –IANS

  • BJP hopes to get electoral booster shot from reservation card

    BJP hopes to get electoral booster shot from reservation card

    Bengaluru (IANS) | The Karnataka BJP camp is hoping to strengthen its chances by playing the reservation card ahead of the assembly elections in the state. Analysts say the BJP’s attempt to generate goodwill by increasing the quota for the two major groups, Lingayat and Vokkaliga communities, has been successful.

    The Panchamasali sub-sect which had chosen the path of agitation and threatened to eat into the Lingayat vote bank for the BJP seems to have calmed down with the announcement. Panchamasali priest Vachanananda Swamiji said that the movement for reservation by the community has been successful in the first phase. However, the mutt is ready to agitate again to get reservation for the last person of the Panchamasali sub-sect.

    The proposal to include Panchamasalis in the OBC list of the Central Government is with the Chief Secretary. The Center has sought opinion from the state government. The movement will continue on that front as well, he said. Basavajaya Mrityunjaya Swamiji, who led the movement for reservation for Panchamasalis, said he would discuss increasing the quota for Lingayats to 7 per cent and give his response later.

    The ruling BJP has suffered several setbacks ahead of the elections. Retaining the Panchamasali votes in the Lingayat community was a major concern. The bishops have clearly stated that they will support those political parties which will help them to get reservation. Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and the current CM Bommai failed to deliver on their promises and the community was perceived to be angry with the BJP. On the other hand, BJP faced further challenge as many leaders left the party to join Congress.

    The reservation quota for Vokkaligas and Lingayats has been increased from 4 percent to 6 percent and 5 percent to 7 percent, respectively. Vokkaligas will get 6% reservation under 2C and Lingayats will get 7% reservation under 2D category. The 4 per cent quota reserved for Muslims under the OBC quota has been allotted to 2D and 2C categories.

    The Vokkaliga community, which was given 4 per cent reservation under 3A category, has been given 2 per cent more reservation under 2C category. Lingayats were earlier given 5 per cent reservation under 3B category, now they will get 7 per cent reservation under the new 2D quota.

    The ruling BJP had recommended increasing the reservation quota for Scheduled Castes from 18 per cent to 24 per cent in Schedule 9 of the Constitution. The BJP has taken a major decision to give reservation to 101 sub-castes under the Scheduled Caste category according to their population. The BJP has fulfilled a three-decade-old demand.

    Congress’s Karnataka in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala said that the BJP is adopting a strategy of deceiving the reserved communities in the state ahead of the elections.

    The BJP is eyeing most of the 36 seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and 15 for Scheduled Tribes in the state. With the election of Mallikarjun Kharge as Congress President from the state, the Dalits and the downtrodden are getting attracted to the Congress. However, the BJP is treading carefully on this issue.