Congress slam BJP for allegedly keeping Yediyurappa out of meeting to decide ticket distribution
Bengaluru: The Congress party has launched a fresh attack on the BJP, accusing them of keeping former Chief Minister of Karnataka, B.S. Yediyurappa (BSY), out of a meeting for ticket distribution. Congress claimed that BJP brought Pralhad Joshi to the meeting instead of Yeddyurappa.
The Congress party took to Twitter and said, "It is a grave insult to a senior leader of the Lingayat community that BJP held a meeting with other state leaders, excluding him (BSY). Could BSY, who worked at developing BJP in Karnataka, not be included in the meeting at all? Is he not free to decide on who should get a ticket? Is BSY a disposable tissue paper used by the BJP?”
They further tweeted, "The BJP needs Yeddyurappa only to show his face to garner votes! While only for ticket distribution meetings, BSY was out and Prahlad Joshi, B.L. Santosh, C.T Ravi, Nalin Kateel were in! BSY doesn’t even have its ‘Margadarshak Mandal’ now, doesn't the BJP need guidance? The BJP is bringing a tragic end to BSY’s political career.”
Yeddyurappa is a senior BJP leader from the Lingayat community and has been instrumental in developing the party in Karnataka. The Congress party's attack on the BJP comes ahead of the Assembly elections in Karnataka, scheduled to be held in 2023.
The BJP is yet to announce its candidates for the elections. The party's decision to exclude Yeddyurappa from the meeting for ticket distribution has raised questions about his role in the party.
BSY ಅವರನ್ನೇ ಹೊರಗಿಟ್ಟು ಇತರೇ ರಾಜ್ಯ ನಾಯಕರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದು ಲಿಂಗಾಯತ ಸಮುದಾಯದ ಹಿರಿಯ ನಾಯಕನಿಗೆ ಮಾಡಿದ ಘೋರ ಅವಮಾನ.
— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) April 11, 2023
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿದ BSY ಅವರಿಗೆ ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುರ್ಚಿ ಇರಲಿಲ್ಲವೇ @BJP4Karnataka?
ಟಿಕೆಟ್ ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸುವ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರವಿಲ್ಲವೇ?
BSY ಅವರು ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಬಳಸಿ ಬಿಸಾಡುವ ಟಿಶ್ಯೂ ಪೇಪರ್ ಆಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ. pic.twitter.com/nvmefOvByr
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Stalin accuses Centre of trying to use women's quota as 'weapon,' slams EPS over delimitation
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has strongly criticised the Centre over the women's reservation and accused it of trying to use it as a "weapon" to tackle the opposition before taking up the delimitation exercise based on population.
"The Union government is not concerned about implementing reservations for women. If their concerns were genuine, they could have done it right away. Rather than doing that, the BJP-led Centre is thinking of using it as a weapon to tackle opposition and take up the delimitation exercise based on population," he told PTI in an interview.
"Hence, the women's reservation must be implemented immediately without showing delimitation as a reason," the DMK president added.
Expressing apprehensions on the proposed delimitation exercise, the CM said it was the DMK that raised the first voice asserting the rights of the state after realising that Tamil Nadu would be affected by the proposed exercise. He also attacked his rival and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami over the delimitation issue.
Recalling efforts made by the DMK to raise the issue of population-based delimitation, he said an all-party meeting and a meeting of CMs under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee seeking fair delimitation were convened. It sought to freeze delimitation for 25 years and stick to it based on the 1971 Census population.
"We urged the union government that states which successfully implemented population control programmes must not be punished," he added.
The party came up with "Tamil Nadu poradum, Tamil Nadu vellum" (Tamil Nadu will struggle, Tamil Nadu will win) and this is DMK's stand, he said.
"However, Palaniswami, who is seeking votes for the entry of the BJP through the backdoor, has till date been mute over delimitation, and this is a betrayal of the people of Tamil Nadu."
