Shettar, Sriramulu, Eshwarappa and other BJP leaders absent from meeting
LS poll preparation
Bengaluru, Jan 31: The conspicuous absence of top BJP leaders was the highlight of today's preparatory meeting for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, chaired by party state president BS Yeddyurappa.
In the meeting held at party office at Malleshwaram in the city on Thursday, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar, former deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa, former ministers B Sriramulu and V Somanna and other senior leaders have kept themselves away from it. The meeting was convened to discuss the preparation for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, selection of candidates, campaigning and other issues. But was said that some leaders were absent from this meeting due to their pre scheduled programmes.
Modi will become PM again
Narendra Modi should become the Prime Minister again for which, the party should win at least 22 seats in the state and contribute for Modi. So the incharges, and respective office-bearers should work for it, Yeddyurappa said.
Speaking after the meeting, Yeddyurappa said that the leaders have given their opinions and suggestions on touring the state to organize the party. Their aim was to win 22 seats, he said.
Felicitation
BJP incharge P Muralidhar Rao, Assistant incharge Kiran Manjeshwar and Telangana incharge Aravind Limbavali were felicitated on the occasion.
Leaders R Ashok, Govinda Karajol, Kota Srinivas Poojary, Ravikumar and others were present.
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ED searches: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah accuses Centre of targeting Cong leaders
Chamarajanagara (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the central government and its agencies of consistently targeting Congress members by using searches on their properties, and questioned why similar action is not taken against BJP leaders.
He was reacting to searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on Monday on several individuals, among them the sons of Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and the grandson of former Union Cabinet minister K Rahman Khan, in connection with a cryptocurrency-linked money laundering case.
"The central government always targets Congress leaders. Will they raid the houses of BJP leaders?" Siddaramaiah said in response to a question. More than a dozen premises in the city were searched as part of the operation carried out by the ED under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The premises searched comprised those of Mohammed Haris Nalapad and Omar Farook Nalapad, the sons of the MLA; Aqeeb Khan, the grandson of veteran Congress leader K Rahman Khan; and an alleged crypto hacker, Srikrishna Ramesh, alias Sriki, officials said.
The money laundering case stems from Karnataka Police FIRs and charge sheets filed in a 2017 case involving the hacking of national and international websites, theft of bitcoins, and the sale of these stolen virtual digital assets (VDAs) through crypto platforms by the alleged hacker Sriki and his associates.
Mohammed Haris Nalapad, Omar Farook Nalapad, and Aqeeb Khan are alleged to be beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime generated through this crypto-linked activity, officials added.
