BJP kidnaps Anand Singh: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, May 18: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah alleged that though the BJP has kidnapped Congress MLA Anand Singh and kept him under illegal detention, he would vote in favor JDS-Congress combine.
Speaking to reporters at the KPCC office here on Friday, Siddarmaiah said that the BJP leaders Janardhan Reddy and Sriramulu have spoken to some MLAs of Congress and JDS in order to attract them to the BJP and the Congress has all the records of their discussions. They would disclose them at the right time, he said.
The Governor has invited the BJP to form the government which is unconstitutional and violation of Supreme Court orders. He has given 15 days’ time for the floor test, which is for the first time in the history of the country. The credit for this decision should go to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amith Shah, he remarked.
As soon as the election results were announced on May 15, Congress senior leaders Mallikarjuna Kharge, Gulam Nabi Azad, Dr G Parameshwar and others have met the Governor, apprised him of the situation and appealed him to give the chance to the JDS-Congress combine to form the government has they have 117 strength. But the Governor has invited the BJP which does not have majority and it is the murder of the democracy, Siddaramaiah said.
Gulam Nabi Azad said that as decided in Goa, Meghalay and Manipur states, they have requested the Governor to invite the JDS-Congress combine to form the government. But the Governor has acted against the Constitution and invited the BJP, which is a black mark in the democracy, he added.
It’s a blow to BJP
Both Narendra Modi and Amith Shah are the fossils of Hitler in the country. They do not have respect towards the country and the Constitution. This is a clear violation of Constitutional provisions. The Supreme Court has already given a blow to those who tried to defy the Constitution. The BJP has detained Anand Singh and he would vote for JDS-Congress combine tomorrow, Siddaramaiah said.
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HP Cong Minority Morcha delegation meets with party leader Venugopal over mosque row
Shimla (PTI): A delegation of the Himachal Congress Minority Morcha apprised the party's central leaders on Thursday of the atmosphere of fear created in the state by targeting a particular community and staging demonstrations near mosques.
The delegation led by Iqbal Mohammad, president of the state Congress Minority Morcha, also comprised imams of various mosques. It met with Congress general secretary K C Venugopal and its Minority Morcha national president Imran Pratapgarhi in New Delhi.
In a statement here, the state Congress Minority Morcha said the situation has become tense due to demonstrations by Hindu outfits in front of mosques and efforts were being made to vitiate the atmosphere and instill fear among Muslims.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is trying to take people of all religions along but some elements are trying to spoil the atmosphere and malign the government, it added.
According to the statement, Venugopal spoke to the chief minister over the phone over the issue.
Ten people were injured during a protest demanding the demolition of a portion of a mosque in Shimla's Sanjauli area last week. In Mandi, police used water cannons on protestors demanding the demolition of an unauthorised portion of a mosque in the town.
On Tuesday, residents of Kasumpti in Shimla submitted a memorandum to demolish a mosque in the area and similar demands are also coming in from Sunni and other areas in the state.
A dispute between a barber from the minority community and a local businessman in the Malyana area in the suburbs of Shimla on August 30 turned into a communal issue with Hindu groups demanding the demolition of unauthorised mosques and residents calling for the identification and verification of outsiders coming in the state.
