What GT Deve Gowda says on Cong-JDS alliance for Lok Sabha election?
Mysuru, May 29: Chamundeshwari constituency MLA G T Deve Gowda said that the party leadership would decide whether the JDS would require alliance with the Congress or not for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election after completing one year of JDS-Congress coalition government in the state.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, he said that it was a special election. The voters have given five seats to JDS in Mysuru city and district, he added thanking the voters.
In order to keep the communal forces away from the power and for the development of the state, the JDS has inevitably joined hands with the Congress. Both JDS and Congress are secular parties. After the coalition government completing one year, the party leaders would decided whether to go with the Congress or not for LS poll, he said.
He has the confidence that Kumaraswamy would complete five years as the Chief Minister. But some people have been saying that he is a short-term CM. UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, AICC president Rahul Gandhi, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy have taken a decision. So, if some others spoke about the Chief Minister’s tenure, there is no need to read much about it, he said.
Only media has been showing that the Congress leaders have conditions on expanding the cabinet. But the Congress leaders have extended unconditional support to the JDS. But JDS leaders have decided to take Congress leaders into the cabinet. Cabinet expansion was delayed because it should not spoil the purpose of the coalition government. It was also delayed because of Rahul Gandhi’s foreign tour, he said.
CM Kumaraswamy has already met Congress senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and discussed on whom to be taken for the cabinet. It would be finalized in a couple of days. It is said that JDS is being given 12 portfolios. But the party has 37 MLAs and all of them are aspirants of the minister posts. But they would abide by the party decision, he said.
Farmers loan waiver
It is sure that CM Kumaraswamy would waive off the farmers loan. Before election, Kumaraswamy has announced that he would write off the farmers loan if JDS came to power. But the JDS did not get the majority due to which it is delayed. Because it is a coalition government, Kumaraswamy could not take unilateral decision on this issue. The CM has already discussed the issue with the officials concerned and got information and even made strategies. Though Kumaraswamy has promised of taking a decision within a week, the BJP leaders have called for Karnataka bandh and failed, he said.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
— Bareilly Police (@bareillypolice) November 24, 2024
