BJP giving rise to ‘intra-communal fights’ as cheap election tactic, says Congress
Criticizes BJP of ignoring BSY for ticket distribution but ‘using’ him to lash out at Shettar
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Bengaluru: The Congress has said that the BJP is attempting to get leaders belonging to the same community tussle at election-time so that it can make the most of such fights
The Karnataka Congress, which had recently criticized the BJP for keeping BS Yediyurappa, senior leader of the BJP, out of a meeting to discuss selection of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections, has reinforced the argument on its Twitter handle.
The Congress has said, “The BJP kept BSY (Yediyurappa) out of the meeting for distribution of party tickets, but is seen now getting BSY to suddenly lash out at Jagadish Shettar on behalf of the party… This is a cheap game of the BJP to stage battles between Lingayat leaders. We are now witnessing fights between Shettar and BSY, between BSY and Yatnal, between BSY and Somanna … Bravo, BJP!”
The KPCC further said, “Why have Eshwarappa and BSY remained in the BJP? Why are they agreeing to follow the instructions of the party leaders? There is only one answer to these questions – they concede to the party demands only to ensure the rise of their children! But for such a constraint, they too would have long voiced their rebellion and quit the BJP.”
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Sharad Pawar praised RSS after seeing how it burst fake narrative balloon of LS polls: Fadnavis
Nagpur, Jan 10: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar praised the RSS after realising how the outfit managed to overcome the fake narrative spread by the opposition in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The opposition had claimed BJP wanted to win 400 seats to change the Constitution and end reservations, a narrative which BJP leaders later claimed hit the party hard.
On Pawar praising the RSS recently, the CM said the MVA was successful in creating a fake narrative during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
"When assembly polls were approaching, many people from diverse fields who are inspired by the RSS played their role and burst the balloon of this fake narrative. Sharad Pawar saheb is very intelligent. He would have certainly studied this aspect. He realised that this (RSS) is not a regular political power but a nationalist power. In any competition it is good to praise others," he added.
That is why Pawar may have praised the RSS, Fadnavis said.
Speaking at an interaction with senior editor Vivek Ghalsasi at Late Vilasji Fadnis Jivhala programme here, Fadnavis also said he had asked for organisational work when Eknath Shinde was made chief minister in June 2022, but senior leaders asked him to join the government.
He also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him not to behave like an extra-constitutional authority in the government.
He said the decision to become deputy chief minister on the command of the party leadership earned him a lot of praise from the cadre.
After the massive mandate the ruling alliance received in the 2024 assembly polls, Fadnavis said people and party workers would not have been happy if the CM was not from the BJP.
Shinde himself agreed within minutes that the CM must be from the BJP, which itself got 132 seats and was close to a majority of its own in the 288-member assembly, he added.
On Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray meeting him during the winter sessions of the legislature in Nagpur, Fadnavis said he had announced he would not indulge in politics of revenge after becoming CM and all leaders responded positively to it.
On chances of the NCP (SP) and NCP coming closer or reuniting, Fadnavis said, "If you see the developments that took place from 2019 to 2024, I realised never say never and anything can happen. Uddhav Thackeray goes to some other party and Ajit Pawar comes to us. In politics anything can happen though I am not saying this should happen."
He praised BJP leader Arun Gujarati from whom he learnt patience, which he claimed was an important quality in politics along with the ability to take criticism.
In a lighter vein, he said, "I only get angry when I am hungry. If you see me angry then give me something to eat and my anger will go away."
