Udupi: Cong candidate Jayaprakash Hedge denies criticizing language knowledge of poll rival Kota
Udupi: Congress candidate from the Udupi-Chikmagaluru constituency K Jayaprakash Hegde has clarified that, contrary to the allegation made against him in certain media reports recently, he had not made derogatory statements on his BJP rival Kota Srinivas Poojary's knowledge of language.
"While addressing an event in Brahmavar recently, I had stated that knowledge of English and Hindi helps an MP communicate easily with government officials. In the Lok Sabha, as there are translators, an MP can speak in Kannada too. My statement, however, was tweaked by some media houses in their reports, making it sound derogatory," Hegde said.
Pointing out that he had named no one while speaking about language facilities and knowledge, Hegde urged the people to put a halt to the problem of altering a speaker's statements in a manner that it creates chaos in society.
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He added that, having been a Parliamentarian earlier too, he had only made the statement with knowledge of his experience and not with an intention to hurt anyone's sentiments. "I have always respected my opponents and have never spoken ill or made defamatory statements about anyone as I do not believe they will yield result. On the contrary, I have believed that working for the people as their representative to be the greatest force in our favour during elections," he insisted.
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Five to six opposition MLAs might cross over to Mahayuti in few months: NCP chief whip Anil Patil
Mumbai, Nov 24: There is unrest in the Maha Vikas Aghadi camp and its five to six MLAs might join the ruling Mahayuti in the next few months, claimed NCP chief whip Anil Patil, who has retained his Amalner assembly seat, on Sunday.
The MVA of Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) suffered a crushing blow in the Maharashtra assembly polls, winning only 46 of the state's 288 seats. By contrast, the BJP-led ruling coalition, which also has NCP and Shiv Sena as partners, bagged an impressive 230 seats.
“There is tremendous unrest among some NCP (SP), Congress and Sena (UBT) MLAs who have been re-elected. Those having good relations with us have expressed concerns over MVA’s massive defeat,” Patil told Marathi news channel ABP Majha.
If one wants development works in his constituency, it is good to be in power, said the legislator from Ajit Pawar’s party.
“The MVA MLAs feel their future is uncertain. It shouldn’t be a surprise if five to six MLAs cross over to the Mahayuti in the next four months,” he said.
In the results of the Maharashtra polls declared on Saturday, BJP won in 132 constituencies, while its partners Shiv Sena and NCP walked away with 57 and 41 seats, respectively.
From the MVA camp, Shiv Sena (UBT) bagged 20 seats followed by Congress’ 16 and 10 by NCP (SP).
