Will contest against Congress if ticket is given to Rajendra Kumar: Former Minster Janardhan Poojary
Mangaluru: Senior Congress leader and former AICC General Secretary Janardhan Poojary on Thursday added that in case SDCC bank president Rajendra Kumar gets ticket from Congress party for the upcoming LS elections then he will contest against him.
Poojary labeled charges on corruption on Rajendra Kumar and added that he is not a primary member of the party. Poojary was speaking at a press conference in a private hotel in Mangaluru here.
Poojary further alleged that Kumar had paid money to senior leaders of the party in state for lobbying to get the LS ticket. He urged that the party at any cost should not give ticket to Kumar.
Elaborating on his plans in this regard, Poojary said “I will be going to Delhi in next couple of day. I will meet Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and other senior leaders including AK Antony and will make sure Kumar doesn’t get the ticket. If they go ahead and gives him the ticket then I will not keep quiet, I will contest against him”.
“I don’t have a problem in former minister Ramanath Rai, Vinaya Kumar Saroke, MLC B. K Hariprasad get the ticket. But Kumar should not get ticket. I also know that I’van D’Souza is lobbying for ticket and believes himself to be a ticket aspirant. He will not get the ticket. Even if he does I will also contest against him” former union minister added.
Former MLA Vijay Kumar Shetty and Karunakar Shetty were also present in the press conference here.
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CNN host evacuates on live television in Abu Dhabi amid Israel-Iran fire exchange
A live broadcast by CNN from Abu Dhabi was briefly interrupted after emergency alarm systems were activated inside the network’s office here, as tensions escalated sharply in the Middle East after US and Israel struck Iran.
Senior anchor and CNN Abu Dhabi Managing Editor Becky Anderson was on air when the alarms sounded.
Anderson informed viewers that she and her team had been instructed to seek immediate shelter in line with local emergency protocols.
“I’m Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi with the alarms going off here suggesting we should seek immediate shelter. So we’ll do that. Our breaking news coverage continues after this short break. Stay with us,” she said before the broadcast cut.
CNN host in Abu Dhabi EVACUATES ON LIVE TELEVISION as Israel and Iran exchange fire across Middle East
— RT (@RT_com) February 28, 2026
'We'll be back after this short break' pic.twitter.com/YY5GDILBVQ
The network operates a major, state-of-the-art broadcasting and production centre in Abu Dhabi, alongside its hubs in Atlanta, London and Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, similar emergency alerts disrupted a live broadcast on Al Jazeera in Doha. National emergency warnings were heard on air, advising residents to take shelter.
During the broadcast, a presenter said the alert system had been activated following reports of an Iranian missile targeting U.S. interests in Qatar.
“This is the alarm, by the way, that we all get on our phones here in Doha when there is an urgency. And so the national emergency alert system has gone off here in Qatar. The defense ministry in Qatar announcing just a short while ago that an Iranian missile has been intercepted here in Qatar, warning citizens basically to take shelter. Apologies, there's a bit of chaos in the newsroom, as you can imagine, because this is also happening here in Qatar, our emergency systems going off here,” the presenter said.
National emergency alerts blared during a live Al Jazeera broadcast just moments before explosions were heard in Qatar’s capital, Doha. The alert came as Iranian missiles targeting US interests the country were successfully intercepted. pic.twitter.com/eT6RD8fAZT
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 28, 2026
The development came after Iran on Saturday attacked the UAE's Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Qatar's Doha, and Saudi Arabia's Riyadh hours after Israel and the US conducted joint strikes on Iran.
