Yediyurappa is an 'unwanted kid' for BJP, BL Santhosh calling shots in Karnataka Govt.: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah asserted that a ‘Remote Control Govt’ was governing the state and party’s national general secretary BL Santhosh was calling the shots even when BS Yediyurappa is the CM of the state.
“It is now an era of ‘Remote Control Govt’ in our state. @nalinkateel dances of @blsanthosh presses the button”. Siddaramaiah tweeted from his official twitter handle on Friday evening.
The former CM also noted that although BS Yediyurappa is the CM of the state, he is being treated as an ‘unwanted kid’ by his party.
It is now an era of 'Remote Control Govt' in our state. @nalinkateel dances if @blsanthosh presses the button.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) October 18, 2019
Even though @BSYBJP is the @CMofKarnataka, he is an unwanted kid to @BJP4India.@INCKarnataka@INCIndia
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
