Cong-JDS alliance in Lok Sabha poll, says Deve Gowda, Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, October 20: Former prime minister and JDS supremo and Coordination Committee chairman and former chief minister Siddaramaiah jointly announced that the alliance of the Congress and JDS would continue even in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in order to keep the communal BJP away from the power and bring together all secular parties together.
Speaking in a joint press conference at a private hotel here on Saturday, the leaders said that the alliance would start from the by-elections to the three Lok Sabha and two Assembly constituencies and it would pave way for the victory in the next elections and exuded confidence that the coalition candidates would win in the by-elections.
The coalition leaders would jointly campaign in favour of the candidates and they would appeal the people to forgive their earlier mistakes. In many occasions, both Congress and JDS leaders have made allegations against each other. But now, they have come together in the interest of the country, they announced.
Locally, JDS and Congress leaders have to go together inevitably. For the benefit of the country, they have to unit and work together to defeat the communal BJP. Secular votes should not be divided. For the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress-JDS coalition was the foundation and the coalition would win all the 28 constituencies in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, they said.
After Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister, the economy of the country was at the low level. The BJP has completely failed to fulfill its promises made during the elections. Dalits, backward people, minorities and farmers were under distress. The Prime Minister has no time to listen to the problems of the farming community, they blasted.
BJP was equal enemy to both Congress and JDS. Workers of these two parties have never supported the BJP. Both the parties would fight together to defeat the BJP without any doubt, they announced.
Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar, KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, Minister D.K. Shivakumar were present at the press conference.
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Fake currency notes with face value of Rs 2.99 lakh seized in Kolkata, one held
Kolkata (PTI): A 68-year-old man was arrested from Kolkata on Thursday morning after fake Indian currency notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs 2.99 lakh were seized from his possession, police said.
Acting on a tip-off, the Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police apprehended the person from the Dharmatala bus stand area in the central part of the city, he said.
“Six bundles of FICN of Rs 500 denomination were seized from his possession. The person seems to be a member of a racket involved in fake currency note supply. A case has been filed against him and he will be produced in a local court later today,” he said.
The accused is a resident of Malda district, the officer said, adding that a probe into the matter is underway.
