Dinesh Gundu Rao slams Modi for his silence over Gauri Lankesh murder
Shivamogga, August 28: KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao asked as to why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was maintaining silence over Gauri Lankesh murder case.
Speaking to reporters here on Tuesday, Dinesh Gundu Rao said that Modi has soft corner over Gauri Lankesh murder case and his silence has been creating many questions.
NDA fails
BJP led NDA government has failed on all fronts. People in the country were disappointed. Corruption was increased. Incidents of exploitation and sexual harassment on women were on the rise in the country. The NDA government has failed to bring black money stashed in foreign countries. It has also failed in creating job opportunities. Common people were suffering due to skyrocketing of prices of essential commodities, he said.
The Congress has been toiling to bring the society together. But the BJP has been dividing the society in the name of caste and religion, he alleged.
This election would directly connect with the people. The Congress would win more seats in the local bodies election. People have been recalling the development works of Siddaramaiah. The state was in the first place in capital investment in the country. The Congress government had done good to everyone. There was Congress wave in the state and in some places, it has to fight with the JDS. People have rejected the BJP, he said.
In his speech, Siddaramaiah had said that he would become the chief minister if he got people’s blessings. But his statement was read too much, he said.
The local bodies elections were not the referendum to the Lok Sabha election. BJP has been playing with the emotions of the people and seeking votes. In the last four years, it has failed at the centre. It has failed to fulfill its promises made in its manifesto, he alleged.
Party leaders Manjunath Bhandary, TN Srinivas, KB Prasanna Kumar, HM Chandrashekarappa, N Ramesh, Ismail Khan, HS Sundaresh, Kashi Vishwanath, YH Nagaraj and others were present.
‘No confusion’
There was nothing wrong in the statement of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda that one from JDS should be there in the Coordination Committee. It is left to the JDS that who will become the member. Major decisions related to the government were being taken only after discussing in the Coordination Committee meeting. Loan waiver issue was also discussed. There might be some minor problems, but they would be solved through discussions, Dinesh Gundu Rao said.
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Israeli strikes kill 25 people in Gaza as Supreme Court hears Shin Bet cases
Jerusalem, Apr 8 (AP): Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Tuesday killed at least 25 people, including eight children and five women, according to Palestinian medics.
Meanwhile, Israel's Supreme Court is hearing a group of eight cases challenging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's move to dismiss the head of the internal security agency.
Israel ended a ceasefire with Hamas in March and has cut off all food, fuel and humanitarian aid to Gaza -- a tactic that rights groups say is a war crime -- while issuing displacement orders that have forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee Israeli bombardments and ground operations.
Israel's war in Gaza, in its 18th month, has killed over 50,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. Israel has vowed to escalate the war until Hamas returns dozens of remaining hostages, disarms and leaves the territory.
The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, and taking 251 others hostage. The group still holds 59 captives -- 24 believed to be alive.
