Do not want Jungleraj-like governance in Karnataka: Jignesh Mevani
Bengaluru, May 10: Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani said that the state of Karnataka does not want Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Adityanath's ideal governance here.
Addressing a press conference organised by the Karnataka Forum to save the Constitution, Mevani said that law and order in Uttar Pradesh had wholly been disturbed, following which a jungle-raj is created. Karnataka does not want such governance here, he said.
Mr. Mevani said "while, more than 2,000 encounters took place after Yogi Adithyanath became the chief minister of UP, many innocents have been killed in that. Dalits, Muslims, and people belonging to backward classes are being targeted. But, Karnataka is Basavanna's land. Here equality exists. Do not display your development model here.
Questions Modi: It has been four years since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in the country, but he has not fulfilled any promise he made to people. Mevani, who had Challenged Mr. Modi to tell his developmental works for 15 minutes in his speeches, has stated that his (Modi's) government is very active in doing Love Jihad, Ghar Wapsi, and Communal politics.
"In the past four years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a false promise of developing all the fields. But; Gujarat, which was ruled by him for past 20 years, has left far behind in the Development Index. By telling BJP and Narendra Modi has done developments, they are misleading people," the Gujarat MLA alleged.
"when I am inviting him for an open discussion on Gujarat's development, he is not at all responding. Instead, he is chanting development's mantra in election speeches. He has utterly failed in creating jobs. People should not vote for BJP by going with their words, Mr. Mevani appealed.
Speaking at the press meet, doctor Kafeel Khan of BRD hospital Gorakhpur in Gujarat, said "Government had to pay nearly Rs. 60 lakh to an oxygen supplying company. The company had stopped the oxygen supply due to non-payment. This had resulted in the death of 60 infants.
"But, the health ministry never came forward to conduct an inquiry of officials of the health department. Rather, they sent me to jail. But the high court has granted me bail. They had threatened me that they would not allow me to come out for two years," Mr. Khan alleged.
Former minister BT Lalitha Nayak, Nadeem Khan, Karnataka Janashakthi's Gowri and others were present.
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Cong takes swipe at PM over India not being part of US-led 'Pax Silica' grouping
New Delh (PTI) The Congress on Saturday said it is perhaps not very surprising that India is not part of a US-led strategic initiative to build a secure silicon supply chain, given the "sharp downturn" in the Trump-Modi ties, and asserted that it would have been to "our advantage if we had been part of this group".
Congress general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the news of India not being part of the group comes after the PM had enthusiastically posted on social media about a telephone call with his "once-upon-a-time good friend and a recipient of many hugs in Ahmedabad, Houston, and Washington DC".
In a lengthy post on X, Ramesh said, "According to some news reports, the US has excluded India from a nine-nation initiative it has launched to reduce Chinese control on high-tech supply chains. The agreement is called Pax Silica, clearly as a counter to Pax Sinica. The nations included (for the moment at least) are the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia."
"Given the sharp downturn in the Trump-Modi ties since May 10th, 2025, it is perhaps not very surprising that India has not been included. Undoubtedly, it would have been to our advantage if we had been part of this group."
"This news comes a day after the PM had enthusiastically posted on his telephone call with his once-upon-a-time good friend and a recipient of many hugs in Ahmedabad, Houston, and Washington DC," the Congress leader asserted.
The new US-led strategic initiative, rooted in deep cooperation with trusted allies, has been launched to build a secure and innovation-driven silicon supply chain.
According to the US State Department, the initiative called 'Pax Silica' aims to reduce coercive dependencies, protect the materials and capabilities foundational to artificial intelligence (AI), and ensure aligned nations can develop and deploy transformative technologies at scale.
The initiative includes Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Australia. With the exception of India, all other QUAD countries -- Japan, Australia and the US -- are part of the new initiative.
New Delhi will host the India-AI Impact Summit 2026 on February 19-20, focusing on the principles of 'People, Planet, and Progress'. The summit, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the France AI Action Summit, will be the first-ever global AI summit hosted in the Global South.
Prime Minister Modi and US President Trump on Thursday discussed ways to sustain momentum in the bilateral economic partnership in a phone conversation amid signs of the two sides inching closer to firming up a much-awaited trade deal.
The phone call between the two leaders came on a day Indian and American negotiators concluded two-day talks on the proposed bilateral trade agreement that is expected to provide relief to India from the Trump administration's whopping 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods.
In a social media post, Modi had described the conversation as "warm and engaging".
"We reviewed the progress in our bilateral relations and discussed regional and international developments. India and the US will continue to work together for global peace, stability and prosperity," Modi had said without making any reference to trade ties.
