BJP govt will complete full term, say Karnataka Ministers
Bengaluru, Sep 3: Amid repeated claims by former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that the BJP government in Karnataka was short lived, several Ministers on Tuesday asserted that the administration under Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa's leadership would complete its full term.
The ministers also expressed confidence about the BJP coming back to power after the next assembly election.
"I want to say- just as the Narendra Modi government completed its five year term in the county and got elected once again,in the same way we will complete the term under Yediyurappa's leadership.
The next government will also be BJP," Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol told reporters.
Continuing to express doubts over the longevity of the BJP government, Siddaramaiah, who is the Congress Legislature Party leader, had recently asked his party workers to prepare for assembly polls.
Housing minister V Somanna said the government would complete its term and get the blessings of the people once again in the next elections under Yediyurappa's leadership.
"Siddaramaiah is an experienced politician. I don't know what his perspective is. As far as I know, this government has three year ten months time.
We will complete the term andfight the election under Yediyurappa's leadership to get the blessings of the people once again," Somanna told reporters.
He said the people of the state did not desire any election soon
As the Yediyurappa-led BJP government completed one month in office recently, Siddaramaiah had claimed that it may last one year at the most.
Revenue Minister R Ashoka hit back at Siddaramaiah, saying he was making such comments as he was unable to digest not being in power.
"He (Siddaramaiah) is unable to digest that his government has gone. He is unable to stay without power. He is saying all this out of his grief over losing power. There is no truth in what he is saying," he said.
Ashoka said Yediyurappa would be Chief Minister for three years and 10 months and honest efforts would be made to give good administration to the people.
Following the collapse of Congress-JD(S) coalition government, Yediyurappa was sworn in as Chief Minister onJuly 26 and subsequently proved his majority on the floor of the assembly on July 29.
More than three weeks after he was sworn in as CM, Yediyurappa expanded his cabinet on August20 by inducting 17 Ministers, and a week after that allocated portfolios to them.
Both the cabinet expansion and allocation of portfolios thereafter, that saw appointment of three deputy Chief Ministers, had lead to discontent within the BJP.
Siddaramaiah has been repeatedly saying that the BJP government cannot survive for long as it has come to power with the help of 17 Congress-JD(S) disqualified MLAs.
Alleging that 17 of them favoured BJP for the sake of "power", Siddaramaaih has said, "With those who are not committed to a party's principles and programmes, with those who don't have political values if you form a government, how long can it survive?"
The absence of 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs during the trust vote had led to the collapse of the H D Kumaraswamy headed coalition government in July and helped the BJP come to power.
The then assembly Speaker Ramesh Kumar had disqualified 17 Congress-JD(S) MLAs under the anti-defection law, which they have challenged in the Supreme Court.
On getting relief from the apex court, some of them would be inducted into the cabinet as per the arrangement agreed upon, BJP sources have said.
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At least 64 people killed in strike on hospital in Sudan: World Health Organization
Cairo: At least 64 people, including at least 13 children, were killed in a strike on a hospital in the western Darfur region of Sudan on Friday, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.
News agencies have reported that the strike on Al Daein Teaching Hospital in East Darfur on Friday not only injured at least 89 people but also rendered the hospital non-functional, Tedros Ghebreyesus, the head of the WHO, said in a post on X.
Sudan has been in a state of chaos since April 2023, when a power struggle between the military and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) developed into war across the country.
The RSF has blamed the military for the strike on the hospital.
The army, however, has denied the attack, but two military officials have said that the strike targeted a nearby police station. They spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not allowed to discuss the matter openly.
The war has killed more than 40,000 people, according to UN figures, but aid groups say that is an undercount and the true number could be many times higher.
The WHO has said that over 2,000 people have been killed in attacks on medical facilities since the start of the war.
“Enough blood has been spilled. Enough suffering has been inflicted. The time has come to de-escalate the conflict in Sudan,” said Ghebreyesus.
.@WHO has verified yet another attack on health care in #Sudan. This time, Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur’s capital, Al Deain, was struck, killing at least 64 people, including 13 children, two female nurses, one male doctor, and multiple patients.
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) March 21, 2026
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