BJP MLA tells people ‘voting for JD(S) will be like voting for BJP’; video goes viral
Hassan: A video clip of BJP legislator Preetham Gowda stating recently that voting for the JD(S) would be like voting for the BJP has gone viral on social media.
Gowda, who had been addressing a night-time public meeting, is heard on video saying, “I am letting you know that you would be voting for the BJP if you vote for the JD(S).”
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He has also said in the clip, “Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has already discussed related matters with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. As it is, we all know that the JD(S) would not get more than 25 seats in the Assembly elections this year.”
The video has piqued the curiosity of voters as the Home Minister and senior leader of the BJP Amit Shah said in Bagalkote recently, “Voting for the JD(S) means voting for the Congress,” and also asked the voters to consciously vote for the BJP.”
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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza, but Israel's stance still uncertain
Jerusalem, May 6: Hamas announced Monday it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but there was no immediate word from Israel, leaving it uncertain whether a deal had been sealed to bring a halt to the seven-month-long war in Gaza.
It was the first glimmer of hope that a deal might avert further bloodshed. Hours earlier, Israel ordered some 100,000 Palestinians to begin evacuating the southern Gaza town of Rafah, signalling that an attack was imminent. The United States and other key allies of Israel oppose an offensive on Rafah, where around 1.4 million Palestinians, more than half of Gaza's population, are sheltering.
An official familiar with Israeli thinking said Israeli officials were examining the proposal, but the plan approved by Hamas was not the framework Israel proposed.
An American official also said the US was still waiting to learn more about the Hamas position and whether it reflected an agreement to what had already been signed off on by Israel and international negotiators or something else. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as a stance was still being formulated.
Details of the proposal have not been released. Touring the region last week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had pressed Hamas to take the deal, and Egyptian officials said it called for a cease-fire of multiple stages starting with a limited hostage release and some Israeli troop pullbacks from Gaza. The two sides would also negotiate a “permanent calm” that would lead to a full hostage release and greater Israeli withdrawal, they said.
