Here's the complete first list of 189 BJP candidates for Karnataka announced on Tuesday
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), currently in power in Karnataka, released its first list of candidates for the upcoming assembly elections on Monday. The ruling party in the state announced candidates for 189 assembly constituencies.
The party has nominated Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to contest from the Shiggaon constituency. Both constituencies are in the state's northwestern region.
While the saffron party has fielded as many as 52 fresh candidates in the coming elections, it also dropped several sitting MLAs and leaders of the party in the list.
Here’s the complete list of 189 candidates announced by the BJP on Tuesday evening.
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Waqf bill attacks Muslims, sets precedent to target other communities in future: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged the "Waqf Bill attacks Muslims" and "sets a precedent to target other communities in future".
In a post on microblogging site X, Gandhi shared an article which claimed that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has now shifted focus to Catholic Church land after the passage of Waqf Bill.
"I had said that the Waqf Bill attacks Muslims now but sets a precedent to target other communities in the future," he wrote on X.
"It didn't take long for the RSS to turn its attention to Christians," the Congress leader wrote referring to the article.
"The Constitution is the only shield that protects our people from such attacks -- and it is our collective duty to defend it," Gandhi wrote.
Congress leader KC Venugopal too shared another article pointing to Catholic Church surpassing Waqf Board in landholdings and said, "As predicted, first one minority targeted, now onto the next."
