BJP candidate list to be released in April, says CM Bommai
Belgaum: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the list of BJP candidates for the upcoming assembly elections is set to be released in the first week of April.
Speaking to reporters in the city on Tuesday, Bommai said that KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar has been calling our party MLAs for 2-3 days and luring them to give tickets. Congress is desperate without a suitable candidate. So they are calling our party members. He countered that it is clear that the Congress is bankrupt.
The saffron party has set a target of winning at least 150 of the total 224 seats.
In the meantime, the congress and the JD(S) have announced their first list of candidates.
The congress has announced candidate names for 124 seats and have fielded its star campaigner’s, former CM Siddaramaiah from Varuna Constituency in Mysore and KPCC chief DK Shivkumar from the Kanakapura constituency.
The JD(S) on the other hand, also has announced candidate names for 93 constituencies.
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They were like my brothers: Survivor recalls how local Muslims helped her to safety after J&K attack
Srinagar: One of the survivors of the horrific attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, a resident of Karnataka, shared that local Muslim men helped her and her child reach a safer location, describing them as her “brothers” for their support and compassion.
Pallavi, the survivor, stated that she and her son were with her husband, Manjunath Rao, at the time he was shot. “We had reached the spot by horse riding. My husband was looking to buy something for my son to eat. Within minutes, I found my husband in a pool of blood. He died in front of my eyes, and I was helpless,” she shared.
Expressing gratitude to the locals who came to her aid during the horrific incident, Pallavi said that they have been extremely supportive and caring. “Three local Muslims, reciting ‘Bismillah’, helped us come down from the spot where the attack took place. They were like my brothers,” she said.
She added that one of them carried her son, while the other two helped her navigate the difficult terrain.
Pallavi, a manager at the Birur branch of the Malnad Areca Marketing Cooperative Society (MAMCOS), said it had been her husband’s dream to visit Kashmir. Visibly distressed, she said, “Now, I feel we should not have come here.”
Manjunath Rao, a 47-year-old realtor, was on a trip to Jammu Kashmir with his wife and their 18-year-old son. They had left Shivamogga for the trip on April 19 and were scheduled to return on April 24.
Geetha, the mother-in-law of Manjunatha Rao, expressed deep sorrow, stating that the family had sent their children to Kashmir believing the government's assurances of safety. She said they would not have allowed the trip had they been informed that the situation there was unsafe.
Meanwhile, district in-charge Minister Madhu Bangarappa informed the bereaved family about the arrangements made by the state government to bring Manjunatha Rao's mortal remains back to Shivamogga.
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