‘Poll will be a battle between communalism & secularism’: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah believes that the Assembly election in the State on May 12 is a battle between communalism and secularism, and will set the agenda for 2019.
In an interview, he said the Congress returning to power in Karnataka is imperative for the national political scene to change.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is scheduled to make a series of visits to Karnataka in the last leg of the campaign, will not be able to sway the voters, he said.
“You cannot wave a magic wand and change things in an election,” he said, predicting a Congress victory and ruling out the possibility of a hung Assembly.
Accusing both Mr. Modi and BJP national president Amit Shah of making corruption allegations without substance, he said a slew of welfare programmes by his government would see his party through.
The Chief Minister — who is expected to contest from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru district and is toying with the idea of also contesting from Badami in Bagalkot district — said the 2018 Assembly poll would be his last battle.
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Bengaluru traffic police book 769 motorists for drunk driving in single week
Bengaluru: In a major crackdown on drunk driving, the Bengaluru Traffic Police examined 60,903 drivers and lodged 769 cases in a week.
According to the Traffic Police, a letter will be written to the Karnataka Transport Department to cancel the driving licenses of the accused drivers booked under drunk driving.
Similarly, cases have been registered against 241 drivers who were speeding in the city and a fine of Rs 2.41 lakh has been collected, the release read.
