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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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."
