Bagalkote, Oct 24: Taking a jibe at Congress leaders, BJP state President B.S Yeddyurappa said, "as former Minister P. Chidambaram has said that AICC President Rahul Gandhi is not the PM candidate, you all are becoming orphans without a prime ministerial candidate."

Speaking to reporters while canvassing for BJP candidate Shrikant Kulkarni at Hunnur village in Jamkhandi on Wednesday, he said, "The Congress-JDS alliance government is sowing communal seeds through money, woman and muscle power. He appealed to vote the BJP to teach a lesson to the alliance government in the by-elections."

"CM Kumaraswamy is making baseless comments that PM Modi has become a barrier in waiving off loans of nationalized banks. What are the contributions of  HDK to Bagalkote district," BSY questioned?

The Bhagyalaxmi beneficiaries have not got the bonds yet. Loans of Nekars have not been waived off. I had promised to waive off loans within a week. But I had to leave the power in three days, he expressed displeasure.

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Mangaluru: A man against whom 35 arrest warrants had been issued for failing to appear before court was arrested at Mangaluru International Airport upon his arrival from abroad.

The accused, identified as Abbas G, a resident of Peruvai in Bantwal, was wanted in connection with a case registered at Vital Police Station under Sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 504 (provoke with intention of breach of peace), 506 (criminal intimidation), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt using weapons), and 326 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code.

Abbas had repeatedly failed to appear before the court for trial and had been absconding abroad for a prolonged period.

Acting on specific information about his return, immigration authorities alerted the police, following which a team from Vital Police Station apprehended him at the airport.

The operation was carried out by Head Constable Mohan and Police Constables Venkappa.

He was subsequently produced before the jurisdictional court, which remanded him in judicial custody.