“Will face poll along with Congress”
Former PM Deve Gowda predicts early election to Lok Sabha
Bengaluru/ New Delhi, June 28: Former Prime Minister and JDS supremo HD Deve Gowda predicted early election to the Lok Sabha and it may fall in either November or December.
Speaking to reporters at New Delhi on Thursday, Deve Gowda said that going by the functioning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah, it is sure that the country would go for early LS poll and both the PM and Shah have already directed all states to prepare for the early election. There is no doubt if the monsoon Parliament Session is the last session of the government. Shortly, he would meet the leaders of non-NDA parties, he said.
Alliance with Congress
The JDS would make alliance with the Congress for the next Lok Sabha election. In Uttar Pradesh, the BSP would give some seats to the Congress, for which discussions were going on. But in Karnataka, seat sharing issue was not yet discussed. Even it was discussed about him contesting from Mandya. There were some problems in Karnataka and soon discussions would be held, Gowda said.
Attended Defence Ministry meeting
“It is reported that I came to Delhi to meet Congress leaders. But I came here to participate in a Defence Ministry meeting. I have not attended three meetings of the Ministry. But now, the meeting was cancelled for some reasons”, he said.
For the smooth running of the coalition government, Coordination Committee was formed in Karnataka. The Coordination Committee, AICC president Rahul Gandhi and Karnataka Incharge KC Venugopal would take a final decision on everything including Budget presentation, he clarified.
Declined to react
Deve Gowda said that he would not react to the statement of former chief minister Siddaramaiah. The coalition government would run as per the agreement between the Congress and the JDS. AICC president Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy would discuss and find solution, he said.
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Vivek Ramaswamy indicates massive government job cuts in US
Washington, Nov 16: Entrepreneur-turned politician Vivek Ramaswamy, who along with Tesla owner Elon Musk has been nominated in-charge of the Department of Government Efficiency, has indicated a massive cut in federal government jobs in the United States.
"Elon Musk and I are in a position to start the mass deportations of millions of unelected federal bureaucrats out of the DC bureaucracy. That, too, is how we're going to save this country," Ramaswamy, an Indian American, said at an event in Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Thursday.
"I don't know if you've got to know Elon yet, but he doesn't bring a chisel. He brings a chainsaw. We are going to be taking it to that bureaucracy. It's going to be a lot of fun,” he said.
“We've been taught to believe over the last four years that we have become a nation in decline, that we're at the end of the ancient Roman Empire. All we have is to fight over the scraps of some shrinking pie. I don't think we have to stay as that nation in decline. I think with what happened last week, we're back to being a nation in our ascent. A nation whose best days are actually still ahead of us,” Ramaswamy said.
"It is going to be morning in America, the start of a new dawn, the start of a country where our kids are going to grow up and we're going to tell them and mean it, that you get ahead in the United States again with your own hard work and commitment and dedication, that you're free to speak your mind at every step of the way, that the best person gets the job regardless of their colour," he said.
Meanwhile, Musk and Ramaswamy announced that they will livestream every week to update the American public on the progress of the works by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
"Our goal is to shave the size of government and to be as transparent as possible with the public. Weekly 'Dogecasts' will start soon," Ramaswamy said.
“DOGE's job is to create a government of a size and scope that our Founders would be proud of. Elon Musk and I look forward to fulfilling the mandate given to us by President Trump,” he said.
Ramaswamy, however, argued that too much bureaucracy means less innovation and higher costs. "That’s a real problem with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and countless other 3-letter agencies," he said, adding, "They are utterly agnostic to how their daily decisions stifle new inventions and impose costs that deter growth."
"We are assembling the brightest minds in the country. This is the equivalent of a modern Manhattan Project. I think the major problem holding our country back is a federal bureaucracy. Target that cost, save the money, restore self-governance," Ramaswamy said.
