Words of Karnataka people are “Man ki Baat” for us: Rahul Gandhi
Bantwal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wherever he goes expresses ‘Mani Ki Baat’. But for us, words of Karnataka people are “Man Ki Baat”, said Congress President Rahul Gandhi.
Gandhi was addressing a public gathering and Congress workers at a campaigning programme for upcoming Assembly elections on Friday at Golden Maida in BC Road of Bantwal taluk.
“We do not break promises. We have fulfilled the promises that we had made earlier. In coming days also we will act the same way. Mr. Modi speaks about Basavanna’s principals but supports corrupts from backside. First Mr. Modi must read and understand the teachings of Basavanna,” Gandhi said.
Speaking at the occasion, CM Siddaramaiah said “corrupts are united to loot Karnataka. But Congress will once again come to power by rejecting the communal BJP.
this context, Congress leaders Veerappa Moily, KC Venugopal, BK Hariprasad, Vishnunathan, Harish Kumar, B Janardhan Poojary , Chandraprakash Shetty, UKMunu, Dhananjaya Adampangaya, Ibrahim Kodijal, Janardhana Chandimithar, Mrs. Mamata Gatti, Manjula Maave, Hemanatha Shetty, Diranaj Auriga, Baby Kunder, Madhava Mave, Sudarshan Jain, Usman Karopadi, Maiilappa Salian, Mrs. Bachchan, BK Khader, Ramakrishna Alva, Mohammed Nandanbettu, MS Muhammed, Padmashekhar Jain, Abbas Ali, Sanjeeva Poojary, Padmanabha Rai, Lukman, Mallika Shetty, Jayanthi Poojary Lavita Ramesh, Jagadish Koyla, Sadashiva Bangera, Shaheed Vedi and other were present.
Congress candidate B Ramanath Rai, Shakuntala Shetty, UT Khader, Raghu Sulya, JR Lobo and Moideen Bava were present on a special stage. Balakrishna Alva compered the program.
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NDA's win in Bihar Assembly bypolls a matter of concern: Prashant Kishor
Patna, Nov 23: Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor on Saturday dubbed as "a matter of concern" the NDA's win in assembly by-polls in Bihar despite "failure" of the BJP-led coalition to end the state's chronic backwardness during it's decades-long rule.
Talking to reporters here shortly after the results were out, Kishor also drew succour from the fact that his fledgling Jan Suraaj won "10 per cent" of the total votes polled in four seats, but rubbished the claim that it had played a role in the RJD's defeat in three of these.
"RJD is a 30-year-old party. The son of its state president finished third. Can Jan Suraaj be faulted for that? In Belaganj all Muslim votes went to the JD(U) candidate. In Imamganj, the Jan Suraaj cut into NDA votes. Else, the victory margin of (Union minister) Jitan Manjhi's Hindustani Awam Morcha would have been bigger", asserted Kishor.
Notably, Imamganj, a reserved seat, was retained by Manjhi's daughter-in-law Deepa, who defeated the RJD candidate by a thin margin of less than 6,000 votes. Jan Suraaj candidate Jitendra Paswan finished third, polling more than 37,000 votes.
When pointed out that in three of the four seats, candidates of Jan Suraaj had polled less than one-sixth of the total votes and ran the risk of losing their deposits, Kishor shot back "That should not be a matter of concern (chinta ki baat). If there is a matter of concern, it is the ability of the NDA to make a clean sweep despite having ruled Bihar for so long and "failed" to end the state's backwardness".
The IPAC founder, who had a brief stint in the JD(U), insisted that the party's supremo Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, was a "spent force" and its candidate, former MLC Manorama Devi, had won on her own steam.
"We have always said that our fight is with NDA, not with RJD despite its claim of being the largest party in Bihar.....(but) Nitish Kumar is no factor. His party polled just about 11 per cent of total votes", said Kishor.
About his own party's inability to make a mark, Kishor said "We have secured 10 per cent votes..... in seats where Jan Suraaj had no presence since these areas were yet to be covered by my padyatra. Also, please note that we got our poll symbol after filing of nomination papers was over".
He also maintained that the Jan Suraaj will go solo in the assembly polls due next year when it will contest "all 243 seats".
"We were initially written off but by garnering about 10 per cent votes, in a state known to vote along predictable caste lines, we have proved a point. In the next few months we shall be strengthening the organization to ensure that vote share of the Jan Suraaj improves", he said.
