CM Bommai meets Deve Gowda, enquires about former PM's health
Bengaluru, Sep 21: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai along with some of his cabinet colleagues on Wednesday called on former prime minister H D Deve Gowda at the latter's residence here to enquire about his health.
According to sources, the 89-year-old JD(S) supremo is said to be ailing from severe knee pain and age-related issues.
"We had come to inquire about his (Gowda) health. There has been a lot of improvement in his health, and he spoke to us lively and affectionately. He shared certain experiences, he blessed us and advised us regarding the work that needs to be done for the state," Bommai said.
Speaking to reporters after the meeting, he said, "We wish for his good health, long life and may he continue to guide the state and us...a lot of old things came up for discussion as we had worked together (during Janata Parivar days). He recollected several old things."
The Chief Minister was accompanied by Revenue Minister R Ashoka, Law Minister J C Madhuswamy, Housing Minister V Somanna, Urban Development Minister Byrathi Basavaraj, Horticulture Minister Munirathna, Excise Minister K Gopalaiah.
Recently, Leader of Opposition and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, also state BJP strongman and former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had called on Gowda separately, to inquire about his health.
ಇಂದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಜಿ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ, ಹಿರಿಯರಾದ ಶ್ರೀ ಹೆಚ್. ಡಿ. ದೇವೇಗೌಡರ ಅವರ ನಿವಾಸಕ್ಕೆ ಭೇಟಿ ನೀಡಿ ಅವರ ಯೋಗಕ್ಷೇಮ ವಿಚಾರಿಸಿದೆನು.
— Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) September 21, 2022
ಅವರು ಶೀಘ್ರವಾಗಿ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಗುಣಮುಖರಾಗಿ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಸೇವೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಂದುವರೆಯಲಿ ಎಂದು ಹಾರೈಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.@H_D_Devegowda pic.twitter.com/WPa6M2RBM7
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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."
