I won’t ask votes if I fail to give jobs: HDK
Vijayapura, May 4: If he failed to give job opportunities to every eligible youth after forming JDS government in the state, he would never ask people to his party again, said JDS state president HD Kumaraswamy.
Addressing the Vikasa Parva rally at Chadachana in the district on Friday, Kumaraswamy, who appealed the people to vote his party for alleviating unemployment problem, said that Siddaramaiah-led Congress government has failed to fill two and half lakh posts in the state. The Congress leaders have been trying to tarnish the image of the JDS in order to attract the votes of minorities. But JDS does not believe in castes. He would serve the people of the state if given an opportunity, he said.
JDS is neither in favour of Congress nor BJP. It is in favour of the people. A false case was booked against party candidate Devanand. The police have to face the music after JDS coming to power, he warned.
Farmers should not commit suicide fearing of loans recovery, because he was with them. “I won’t become the chief minister of the third floor Vidhana Soudha. I would come to your huts. Give me six months time after giving me the power. I would give 24 hours power supply to entire state, he said.
There is no word of 50:50. This time, the JDS will win the cup. Siddaramaiah is also communal due to which he has contested from Badami. Did Prime Minister Narendra Modi come to Karnataka just to give an opinion on JDS instead of speaking on the problems of the state. What is the contribution of Yogi Adityanath, Amith Shah to the state? Modi cannot fool the people of the state just by referring the noted personalities of the state, he said.
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Two FIRs lodged against Mithun Chakraborty for 'provocative' speech
Kolkata, Nov 6: Two FIRs have been lodged against actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty for allegedly making provocative statements during a BJP event in Salt Lake area near Kolkata last month, police said on Wednesday.
The complaints pertain to Chakraborty's speech on October 27 at the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) in Salt Lake, during a BJP programme attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Kolkata to launch the party's West Bengal membership drive.
The first FIR was filed at the Bidhannagar South police station based on a complaint by an individual, while the second was lodged at Bowbazar police station.
"We have started an investigation into the case," a senior officer of Bidhannagar police said.
Shah was also present at the programme, which was organised to kick off the West Bengal leg of the BJP's membership drive. Shah had also felicitated Chakraborty for being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year.
Although Chakraborty was unavailable for comment, BJP state president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar described the FIRs a result of "vendetta politics.".
Majumdar alleged that the TMC government "has once again used the police to unfairly target well-known actor and senior BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty".
He accused the chief minister of employing such tactics "to serve political interests" and claimed that the state government's actions were part of an ongoing attempt to discredit political opponents.
"There is nothing provocative in his speech. These are nothing but attempts to intimidate him by using police as a political tool," he said.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh dubbed the BJP's allegations as baseless.
"The allegations of political vendetta are baseless. He shouldn't have made such provocative remarks. The law will take its own course," he said.
Chakraborty, who received India's highest film honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, earlier this year, had asserted on October 27 that the 'masnad' (throne) of West Bengal would belong to the BJP after the 2026 assembly elections, promising to do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.
While speaking at the programme, Chakraborty, a BJP leader, said, "In 2026, the 'masnad' will be ours, and we will do everything to achieve the goal."
In an apparent reference to TMC MLA Humayun Kabir's communal remarks aimed at BJP workers during the Lok Sabha elections, Chakraborty had allegedly made provocative remarks.
Chakraborty cautioned that no one should attempt to intimidate saffron party voters into abstaining from voting in the next assembly elections.
He called upon the booth-level workers of his party to resist any such attempts.
