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  • BJP MLA’s statement on Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar’s ‘fight’ sparks debate

    BJP MLA’s statement on Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar’s ‘fight’ sparks debate

    Bengaluru (IANS) : BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal has once again started a debate on the infighting in the ruling Congress party. He had said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar would “hit each other with slippers”.

    Yatnal on Sunday said that the Congress government will not last for five years and CM Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM Shivakumar will soon hit each other with slippers.

    He also said that Shivakumar went to the residence of former CM Basavaraj Bommai in Bengaluru to blackmail the Congress leadership to get the CM’s post in Karnataka.

    BJP MP from Mysuru and Kodagu Prathap Simha challenged Congress leaders to ask Siddaramaiah to declare that he is the CM for five years. Pratap Simha claimed that CM Siddaramaiah is “preparing his ass-holes to make a statement” that he will be the full-time CM. He sarcastically said, “Siddaramaiah himself does not have the courage to tell this.”

    He said, “Siddaramaiah, on his part, is getting everything told through the mouth of Social Welfare Minister Dr. HC Mahadevappa and Heavy and Medium Industries Minister MB Patil. Made CM. But, in return, Siddaramaiah’s heart is not big.

    Pratap Simha said, “Congress MP and brother of Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar DK Suresh has already made his displeasure clear and Suresh will grab his collar as soon as Siddaramaiah claims that he will be the Chief Minister for a full term.” Will take it. Siddaramaiah does not have the courage to say that he is the chief minister for a full term. Deputy CM Shivakumar’s role was huge in winning the election.”

    Social Welfare Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa had said that Siddaramaiah would be the full-time CM. PWD minister Satish Jarkiholi had also said that there would be no power sharing in the state and Siddaramaiah would be the CM for the entire term.

    Former BJP minister R. Ashok had said that Shivkumar’s dream of becoming CM would remain just a dream. “Siddaramaiah has successfully challenged former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and Shivakumar will stand no chance,” he said.

    Speaking to IANS, Congress national spokesperson Lavanya Ballal said, “Senior BJP MLA Yatnal is known as a motor mouth. He often indulges in such things which reduce the dignity of his position. As a person who aspires to be the leader of the opposition of Karnataka, he should speak in a dignified manner.

    “First they should focus on things that benefit people. Making stories about Siddaramaiah or DK Shivakumar is not good for the state. It is irrelevant. BJP should first put its house in order. They don’t have a leader of the opposition even after a month and a half after the election results. They should focus on putting their house in order first.”

    He said, “The Congress government in Karnataka is providing good administration and good governance. If anything needs to be done for the betterment of the people of Karnataka, Mr Yatnal should speak up as it is his duty. They should stop indulging in fantasies and talking about it.”

  • Karnataka CM meets Shah on rice issue, says he got assurance of help

    Karnataka CM meets Shah on rice issue, says he got assurance of help

    Bengaluru (IANS) | Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured him to take up the issue of supply of rice from the Food Corporation of India (FCI) with the Union minister concerned. Speaking to reporters at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, Siddaramaiah said that he had requested Amit Shah not to do politics regarding the supply of rice to the poor in Karnataka.

    Siddaramaiah said, the matter of giving letter of supply of rice by FCI and canceling it the very next day was brought to his notice. Amit Shah has assured that he will talk to the minister concerned.

    Siddaramaiah also said that the state has been provided with two battalions of the Indian Reserve Police (IRP) and has been requested to provide two more.

    The Chief Minister also discussed with Amit Shah how the policy of the Central Government is affecting the poor people and told Amit Shah that the policy of the Center is against the Food Security Act and will directly affect the poor.

    Siddaramaiah had earlier alleged that the Center was playing politics with regard to the free rice distribution scheme.

    Siddaramaiah had said, it was agreed to provide 2,08,425 metric tonnes of rice to Karnataka. But, he wrote a letter on June 13 saying that wheat and rice cannot be made available to the states under the Open Market Sales Scheme (OMSS). The government has taken a political decision of not giving rice only to defame the Congress government.

    The Congress government of Karnataka is planning to provide 10 kg free rice to all BPL cardholder families under the Anna Bhagya scheme. It has announced the launch of the scheme on 1st July. However, due to non-availability of rice, the government is saying that the launch of the scheme will be delayed.

    –IANS

  • Siddaramaiah demands AIIMS in Raichur

    Siddaramaiah demands AIIMS in Raichur

    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has written to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya urging him to set up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Raichur city.

    “Despite being one of the aspirational districts of the country, Raichur has lower health and education level and per capita income when compared to other regions.

    “The area is also at a geographical disadvantage since it experiences extreme weather conditions. Such disadvantages have put Raichur in dire need for robust medical institutions. Establishment of AIIMS will ensure world-class facilities in the region,” the Chief Minister wrote.

    “There is a growing demand from the people to get this proposal fulfilled. ‘Kalyan Karnataka’ is one of our top priority,” Siddaramaiah wrote.

  • Law to protect lawyers from attacks: CM Siddaramaiah

    Law to protect lawyers from attacks: CM Siddaramaiah

    Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday assured a delegation of advocates that the government will consider enacting a law to protect lawyers from physical attacks.

    Siddaramaiah met a delegation of advocates led by Karnataka State Bar Council Chairman H L Vishal Raghu.

    A similar legislation has already been implemented in Rajasthan and the Karnataka government will study it before enactment here, Siddaramaiah said.

    Earlier this year, the then BJP government introduced the Karnataka Prohibition of Violence Against Advocates Bill in the Assembly. Then chief minister Basavaraj Bommai had promised the Advocates’ Association that the Bill would be tabled.

    Any person committing an act of violence against an advocate would face imprisonment ranging from six months to three years and a fine up to Rs 1 lakh, the Bill tabled by the BJP proposed.

  • Odisha train tragedy: Siddaramaiah directs B’luru civic body to arrange food for stranded passengers

    Odisha train tragedy: Siddaramaiah directs B’luru civic body to arrange food for stranded passengers

    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) Chief Commissioner, Tushar Giri Nath, to arrange food for stranded passengers at the Baiyappanahalli railway station in Bengaluru.

    Services of several trains were cancelled due to the Balasore train accident and labourers travelling to northeastern states, West Bengal etc. were stranded at the Baiyappanahalli railway station.

    Understanding the plight of these people, the Chief Minister has directed the BBMP Chief Commissioner to provide food for them, the statement from the Chief Minister’s office said.

    Meanwhile, the team of the volleyball players and coaches from Karnataka who were stranded at the Howrah railway station have thanked the Karnataka government for making transport arrangements.

    Labour Minister Santosh Lad, who is heading the team from Karnataka, had contacted them and made arrangements for the volleyball players to reach Bengaluru by flight from Kolkata. They have reached Bengaluru on Sunday.

    A 32-member team of boys, girls and coaches had gone to Kolkata to take part in the volleyball tournament for below 16 years of age. They have thanked Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Minister Santosh Lad for responding quickly.

  • Karnataka cabinet expanded; 24 MLAs sworn in as ministers

    Karnataka cabinet expanded; 24 MLAs sworn in as ministers

    Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet was expanded on Saturday with new ministers taking the oath of office.

    Among those who were sworn in by Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot were N. Rajanna, Dinesh Gundu Rao, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, HK Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Chaluvarayaswamy, K Venkateshtake, Dr HC Mahadevappa, and Eshwar Khandre.

    The Congress party on Friday released a list of 24 legislators who were to be sworn in as ministers in the Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led government on Saturday. With this, the Cabinet will reach its full strength of 34.

    The new ministers took oath in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar.

    Meanwhile, the supporters of Karnataka Congress leader Rudrappa Lamani’s staged a protest outside the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office demanding a ministerial post for the leader.

    Siddaramaiah took oath as the Chief Minister on May 2, along with DK Shivakumar who took oath as his deputy along with eight other ministers.

  • 24 ministers of Siddaramaiah-led govt take oath in Karnataka

    24 ministers of Siddaramaiah-led govt take oath in Karnataka

    BENGALURU: A week after assuming power, the Congress government led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah carried out the cabinet expansion by inducting 24 legislators who sworn in as ministers on Saturday.

    The Karnataka government can have 34 ministers. Ten of them, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar, were sworn in on May 20.

    According to the Chief Minister’s office, the swearing-in took place at 11.45 AM inside the Raj Bhavan. Security has been stepped up in and around the Raj Bhavan in view of the crowd that would gather to witness the ceremony.

    MLAs H K Patil, Krishna Byregowda, N Cheluvarayaswamy, K Venkatesh, H C Mahadevappa, Congress working president Eshwar Khandre and former state Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao are among those who will take oath on Saturday noon.

    Others in the list are: Kyathasandra N Rajanna, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur, Shivanand Patil, Ramappa Balappa Timmapur, S S Mallikarjun, Shivaraj Sangappa Tangadagi, Sharanaprakash Rudrappa Patil, Mankal Vaidya, Laxmi Hebbalkar, Rahim Khan, D Sudhakar, Santosh Lad, N S Boseraju, Suresha B S, Madhu Bangarappa, M C Sudhakar and B Nagendra.

    Laxmi Hebbalkar, Madhu Bangarappa, D Sudhakar, Cheluvaraya Swami, Mankul Vaidya and M C Sudhakar are close to Shivakumar, according to Congress sources. The Congress’ list figures names of six Lingayats and four Vokkaligas.

    Three MLAs are from Scheduled Castes, two from Scheduled Tribes and five from Other Backward Communities — Kuruba, Raju, Maratha, Ediga and Mogaveera. In Dinesh Gundu Rao, Brahmins have also got representation in the cabinet.

    Seven ministers each are from Old Mysuru and Kalyana Karnataka regions, six from Kittur Karnataka region and two from central Karnataka. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has struck a balance by giving caste and region-wise representation along with giving due respect to senior as well as junior MLAs, an official statement said on Friday night. It also said the cabinet will have eight Lingayats. Within them, different sub-sects of the community have been given representation. There will be five Vokkaligas, including Shivakumar, the statement said.

    The cabinet will have nine Scheduled Caste ministers, it said. The portfolios have not been allotted yet. State Minister K H Muniyappa said the portfolios will be announced by evening.

    Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had been in Delhi for the past three days and had held several rounds of discussions with the party leadership.

    The names of the 24 MLAs were decided after hours of hectic deliberations between Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar and the top central leaders, including AICC general secretaries K C Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala.

    Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and former party chief Rahul Gandhi gave the final nod to the list.

    Earlier, the two Karnataka leaders also met Sonia Gandhi, for the first time after government formation in the state. Differences between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had emerged over names of probable ministers but these were sorted out during the discussions, the sources said. Meanwhile, all the leaders left for Bengaluru from Delhi for the oath-taking ceremony of the new ministers.

    Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu and his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren also left with Shivakumar and Surjewala for Saturday’s event.

  • Dalai Lama congratulates Siddaramaiah on becoming Chief Minister

    Dalai Lama congratulates Siddaramaiah on becoming Chief Minister

    Dharamshala (IANS) | The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet, on Saturday congratulated Siddaramaiah on becoming the Chief Minister of Karnataka once again. The Dalai Lama wrote that last April was the 64th anniversary of our life in exile. In order to find a suitable place to resettle the many Tibetans who had fled to India at that time, Prime Minister Pandit Nehru appealed to the Chief Ministers of various states to provide land.

    The most generous response was from the then Chief Minister of your state (Karnataka) S. It came from Nijalingappa. I had actually met him earlier in 1956, when I had come to India. We both have a very clear memory of the meeting.

    Subsequently, in the 1960s, more than 30,000 Tibetans were resettled in Karnataka, the largest group of exiled Tibetans. I am grateful to the state of Karnataka. I attended a special function in Bengaluru in August 2018 to thank the state and its people for their friendship and generous support.

    Having said that, I would like His Holiness to once again express our deep gratitude to the Government and people of Karnataka for the warm and friendly support they have extended to Tibetans during this critical time.

    I take this opportunity to wish you success in meeting the challenges ahead in fulfilling the hopes and aspirations of the people of Karnataka.

    –IANS

  • PM congratulates Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar after swearing-in ceremony

    PM congratulates Siddaramaiah, Shivakumar after swearing-in ceremony

    BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar, who were sworn in as Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, respectively. Along with Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, eight MLAs were sworn in as Ministers.

    ”Congratulations to Shri @siddaramaiah Ji on taking oath as Karnataka CM and Shri @DKShivakumar Ji on taking oath as Deputy CM. My best wishes for a fruitful tenure,” the Prime Minister tweeted. Besides, former CM Basavaraj Bommai congratulated his successor Siddaramaiah upon taking oath as the new Chief Minister.

    ”Heartiest congratulations to Siddaramaiah for assuming the office as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka and his cabinet members,” the BJP leader tweeted.

    Siddaramaiah succeeded Bommai as the Chief Minister exactly a week after Congress won the Assembly elections by bagging 135 seats in the 224-member House.

  • Siddaramaiah will take oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 20.

    Siddaramaiah will take oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 20.

    Siddaramaiah will take oath as the new Chief Minister of Karnataka on May 20.

    After churning for four consecutive days regarding the Chief Minister in Karnataka, the Congress High Command has taken a decision. Siddaramaiah will be the next Chief Minister of Karnataka and DK Shivakumar will take oath as the Deputy Chief Minister. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has reached a consensus for the formation of the Karnataka government. The swearing-in ceremony will take place on May 20 at 12.30 pm in Bengaluru.
    Congress Legislature Party (CLP) meeting has been called in Bengaluru today (May 18) at 7 pm. Central observers of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) have been asked to reach Bengaluru for the CLP meeting. Earlier on Wednesday, Congress’ Karnataka in-charge Randeep Surjewala had said that the next chief minister will be decided today or tomorrow and a new cabinet will be formed within 72 hours.

    On Wednesday, a long series of meetings of the contenders for the Chief Minister’s post with the Congress high command continued in Delhi. Several rounds of discussion took place between Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi. DK Shivkumar was also made to sit in the meeting to make a consensus. Earlier in the day, there were reports of a common agreement between Congress state president DK Shivakumar and senior leader Siddaramaiah regarding the chief minister’s post. It was claimed that preparations for the swearing-in are going on in full swing in Bengaluru. But by evening, the party denied this and was told that it will take 2-3 more time to decide the name of the CM. Now late night news has come that a consensus has been reached on the next Chief Minister.

    In fact, after a long exercise during the day, there was a discussion on the formula of two and a half years in the party. DK Shivkumar had expressed condition on this also. If sources are to be believed, DK Shivakumar had said that even if it is a common agreement, the first two and a half year term should be given to me while the second to Siddaramaiah. DK Shivakumar said that I should be given the first term or else I don’t want anything. I will remain silent even in that situation. Along with this, DK Shivkumar had flatly refused for the post of Deputy CM as well.