Siddaramaiah visits Srinivas Prasad's house in Mysuru for talks
Mysuru: In a significant political development, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the house of his political rival, Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha Constituency MP V. Srinivas Prasad, and held talks.
Siddaramaiah paid a surprise visit to MP Srinivas Prasad's house at Jayalakshmipuram on Saturday morning to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
On the 17th of last month, MP V. Srinivas Prasad announced his retirement from politics. Following this, his brother Ramaswamy, his son Bharat Ramaswamy, and supporters from Chamarajanagar and Mysuru district joined the Congress. Siddaramaiah's visit to MP Srinivas Prasad's house has created a sensation in the political circle.
V. Srinivas Prasad, an influential Dalit leader of Old Mysuru, was the revenue minister in Siddaramaiah's cabinet in 2013 but was later dropped. He then resigned from the cabinet and contested from the BJP, but was defeated in the Nanjangudu by-election. In the 2018 elections, he defeated his son-in-law Harsh Vardhan from the BJP.
Despite announcing his retirement from electoral politics, V. Srinivas Prasad contested from the Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency in 2019 and won against the late R. Dhruvanarayan.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, speaking to the media after meeting with MP V. Srinivas Prasad, stated, "I am a long-time friend of V. Srinivas Prasad. He joined the BJP in the changed political scenario, while I stayed in the Congress party. Now that he has retired from politics, I did not get to meet him after his political retirement. So, I visited him today and inquired about his health."
Siddaramaiah clarified that politics was not discussed during the meeting. He mentioned that Prasad had already stated that he would not support any party, so there was no discussion on political matters. Siddaramaiah said he only asked for his sympathy for the Congress party during the meeting.
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Integrity of electoral process severely compromised, Cong to soon launch movement: CWC
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress Working Committee met here on Friday and adopted a resolution alleging the integrity of the entire electoral process was being severely compromised against which the party would soon launch a movement.
In the resolution of the top body of the Congress, the party said free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that was being called into "serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission".
The CWC, which met amid the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, said the session has been a washout so far because of the Narendra Modi government's "stubborn refusal" to have an immediate discussion on three pressing national issues -- "the recent revelations regarding corruption by a business group, and the violence in Manipur and Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal".
Asked why the Congress Working Committee (CWC) resolution does not name the business group, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said, "The answer is the Adani group".
"The CWC believes the integrity of the entire electoral process is being severely compromised. Free and fair elections is a Constitutional mandate that is being called into serious question by the partisan functioning of the Election Commission.
"Increasing sections of society are becoming frustrated and deeply apprehensive. The Congress will take these up these public concerns as a national movement," the resolution stated.
Addressing a joint press conference along with Ramesh and Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera, party general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal said the party discussed the political situation in the country for four-and-half hours and adopted the resolution.
He said the CWC has decided to constitute internal committees to look into electoral performance and organisational matters.
About the Assembly polls results in Maharashtra, Venugopal said the electoral outcome in the state was "beyond normal understanding and it appears to be a clear case of targeted manipulation".
