“Not aware about Eknath Shinde’s statement,” says K’taka BJP chief BY Vijayendra
Bengaluru: Distancing from Eknath Shinde’s “toppling Karnataka Congress government post general elections,” remark, state BJP President BY Vijayendra claimed, “ We are happy as opposition party, and are fulfilling all the responsibilities as the opposition party should do. We are not attempting to topple the Congress government for any reason. I don't have any information regarding Shinde’s statement.”
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s during a campaign event in Satara reportedly stated that as Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was toppled in Maharashtra, likewise “Operation Kamala” will be done in Karnataka post Lok Sabha elections.
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Meanwhile Vijayendra further clarified that, "there is no question of us doing any kind of operation. However, Lok Sabha election results can have any impact in the state. Its effect can be anything. We are not responsible for that.”
“I am not aware of what Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said about the fall of the Congress government in Karnataka. After the Lok Sabha election results, I will not say what kind of upheaval will happen in the Congress party,” he added.
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RS Chairman accepts merger of 7 AAP MPs with BJP
New Delhi (PTI): Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday officially accepted the merger of seven Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs with the BJP, reducing the strength of Arvind Kejriwal's party in the Upper House to three.
After this transition, the BJP's strength in the Upper House has increased to 113.
Raghav Chadha, Ashok Mittal, Harbhajan Singh, Sandeep Pathak, Vikramjit Sahney, Swati Maliwal, and Rajinder Gupta are the seven MPs who have merged.
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The Rajya Sabha website now shows that the seven MPs are part of the BJP list of members.
The seven MPs had on Friday petitioned the Rajya Sabha Chairman to be treated as BJP MPs after the merger and the same has been accepted, sources said.
The AAP had on Sunday moved a petition before the RS Chairman seeking the termination of the membership of the seven MPs, who had switched sides.
Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh said he has submitted a petition to Chairman Radhakrishnan seeking the disqualification of the seven party MPs in the Upper House, who recently quit the AAP and announced their merger with the BJP.
On Friday last, the AAP suffered a jolt when the seven Rajya Sabha MPs quit and announced merger with the BJP, alleging that the Kejriwal-led party had strayed from its principles, values and core morals.
