BJP, JDS have done secret poll pacts: Ivan D’Souza
Mangaluru, May.10: BJP and JDS have struck a secret poll pact in the state and have done injustice to the people. But their strategy will not yield any result. Congress will win 130 seats in the upcoming election and Siddaramaiah will once again become the Chief Minister of the state said Chief whip Ivan D’Souza.
Speaking in a press meet at party office here today, he said “I have travelled across the district in the wake of upcoming election. There is pro congress wave everywhere. Especially, Anna Bhagya scheme has proved boon to the congress party”.
There is direct fight between congress and BJP in the state. In very few constituencies JDS is also in the race. In his election speeches at various places in the state Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks of different problems. But what he has done as a Prime Minister? Ivan questioned.
Congress will bag 15 out of 19 seats in coastal districts like Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada. There 14 per cent Muslims and 3 per cent Christians in coastal districts. But neither BJP nor JDS has given a single ticket to a Christian candidate. Hence, Christians will support congress party, the chief whip opined.
D.K district congress president Harish Kumar, KPCC general secretary U.B Venkatesh and others were present in the press meet.
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Congress has no future: BJP on Chidambaram's remark on INDIA alliance
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Friday took a swipe at the Congress over its leader P Chidambaram's remark on the opposition INDIA alliance, saying even Rahul Gandhi's "close aide" know that the party has no future.
Chidambaram had on Thursday voiced concerns over the INDIA bloc, saying he was not sure if the opposition alliance was still intact.
Latching on to Chidambaram's remarks, BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari said in a post on X, "Congress Leader P Chidambaram predicts: 'Opposition will not be intact in future, BJP is a formidable organisation'."
"Even Rahul Gandhi's close aides know Congress has no future," he added.
Speaking at the launch of Salman Khurshid and Mritunjay Singh Yadav's book "Contesting Democratic Deficit", Chidambaram said, "The future (of INDIA bloc) is not so bright, as Mritunjay Singh Yadav said. He seems to feel that the alliance is still intact, but I am not sure".
"It is only Salman (Khurshid) who can answer because he was part of the negotiating team for the INDIA bloc. If the alliance is totally intact, I will be very happy. But it shows at the seams that it is frayed," the Rajya Sabha MP said.
He also hoped that the alliance can "still be put together, there's still time".
The former Union finance minister warned that the INDIA bloc was fighting against a "formidable machinery", which must be fought on all fronts.
The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) of opposition parties came together ahead of the last Lok Sabha elections to counter the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance at the Centre.
