Rahul Gandhi to visit state on August 13
RaGa to begin campaign for LS poll from Karnataka
Bengaluru, August 05: In view of the forthcoming Lok Sabha election, AICC president Rahul Gandhi will visit the state on August 13 and launch his election campaign for Lok Sabha elections from Karnataka, said KPCC working president Eshwara B Khandre.
Speaking to reporters at Bidar on Sunday, Khandre said that Rahul Gandhi would visit Bidar and participate in a programme to be held at Nehru Stadium on that day. He would be felicitated on the occasion. There is all likelihood that Lok Sabha elections might be held in December or January. Stage is set for ousting the corrupt NDA government led by the BJP from the centre. The Congress and JDS would have pre-poll alliance for the Lok Sabha election, he said.
It was expected that more than 2 lakh people would attend the programme where Rahul Gandhi would be felicitated. Minimum 20,000 workers would participate from each assembly constituency, he said.
Party state incharge KC Venugopal, Opposition Leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, former chief minister Siddaramaiah, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao, Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar, Medical Education Minister DK Shivakumar, and all elected representatives and leaders of the party would participate in the convention, he said.
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Ramdas Athawale backs Fadnavis as Maharashtra CM; says Shinde can shift to Centre
New Delhi, Nov 26: RPI(A) leader Ramdas Athawale, a key BJP ally, on Tuesday called for a quick decision on the next chief minister of Maharashtra and suggested that incumbent Eknath Shinde should shift to the Centre as a Union minister.
Addressing a press conference here, Athawale also backed senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister of Maharashtra, contending that the saffron party won the maximum number of seats in the 288-member Assembly and should have the right to the top executive post in the state.
He said a peculiar situation has arisen in Maharashtra where BJP leaders want Fadnavis as the chief minister, while Shiv Sena leaders want Shinde to continue in the post, citing the good work he has done over the last two and a half years.
Athawale, the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, said NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has declared that he was not in the race for the chief minister.
"We need to resolve this matter, without any further delay. The election results were announced on November 23 and we should have had the oath of the new chief minister on November 26, the Constitution Day," Athawale said.
Backing Fadnavis for the post of chief minister, Athawale said Shinde can become the deputy chief minister or shift to the Centre and join the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Athawale said his RPI(A) has a presence in every part of the state, but unfortunately lost the two seats -- Dharavi and Kalina -- offered to it in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections.
He demanded that an RPI member be made an MLC and a minister in the state government.
The BJP-led Mahayuti won a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections winning 235 seats in the 288-member House. The BJP won 132 seats, followed by Shinde-led Shiv Sena (57) and Ajit Pawar-led NCP (41). Smaller parties, who are part of the alliance, won five seats.
