Former CMs Siddaramaiah, Kumaraswamy demands release of pro-Kannada activists
Bengaluru: Expressing their dissent over the arrest of Kannadiga activists former Karnataka Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy have demanded immediate release of the activists of pro-Kannada organisations.
Siddaramaiah while condemning the move by state government to arrest pro-Kannada activists added that the state government was trying to communalize the entire incident.
Kumaraswamy also took to twitter and urged the CM to withdraw cases booked against the activist while also adding that he should focus on getting relief funds for the state from centre using his power.
The incident pertains to arrest of six pro-Kannada activists who had arrived at a building belonging to Jain community on inventory road, question use of Hindi language on banners. They had then climbed up the building to displace banners, followed by their arrest by Commercial Street Police.
The activists reportedly belong to ‘Karnataka Rakshana Sene’.
Ever since the arrest of the activists the state government has faced backlash from pro-Kannada organisation which is now being politicized.
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BJP names one more candidate for April 9 Puducherry polls
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Sunday named one more candidate for the April 9 Assembly polls in Puducherry, fielding M Arulmurugan from Karaikal South.
On Saturday, the BJP had released a list of nine candidates for the polls, fielding Home Minister A Namassivayam for re-election from Mannadipet and outgoing Speaker Embalam R Selvam from Manavely.
The ruling AINRC and the BJP-AIADMK combine on Friday reached an agreement for the Assembly polls in the Union territory, where the AINRC will contest 16 seats, and the BJP the remaining 14.
The arrangements were finalised after Puducherry Chief Minister and AINRC leader N Rangasamy held talks with BJP leader and Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya at a private hotel here on Friday.
In the 2021 Assembly elections, the AINRC contested 16 seats and won 10, the BJP contested nine seats and won six, while the AIADMK contested five and drew a blank.
The single-phase polling for the 30 seats in Puducherry will be held on April 9, and the results will be declared on May 4.
