Has bjp accepted defeat even before war in Mandya, Jamkhandi, Ramanagara constituencies?
By-election
Bengaluru, October 22: Is Opposition BJP accepted its defeat before the actual battle started in Mandya, Jamakhandi and Ramanagara constituencies?
In the beginning, the by-election has created a tough fight between ruling Congress-JDS coalition and the opposition BJP. But the present situation and the strategy of the BJP has created such a suspicion. The by-election to be held on November 3 was analysed as the referendum to the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country. But the BJP, which should be competing with the Congress and JDS for winning all the five constituencies, is seems to be just fighting to retain its own constituencies like Shivamogga and Ballary. The BJP has announced the candidates for the by-elections well before the Congress-JDS coalition. But now, it is fighting in the remaining constituencies for the name sake.
BJP state president and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa who fielded his son BY Raghavendra from Shivamogga constituency has given priority to retain that constituency and MLA B. Sriramulu is fighting it out to elect his sister J. Shanta from Ballary against coalition candidates. But the BJP, which was earlier giving statements that it would win Mandya, Jamakhandi and Ramanagar constituencies, is seems to be not interested in intensifying its campaign.
At the last moment, the BJP has fielded candidates poached from other parties in Mandya and Ramanagara constituencies. Now, the sources in the party said that the candidates have restricted themselves to issue just press statements. Even in Jamakhandi constituency, the BJP has fielded Srikanth Kulkarni who was defeated in the last election. Interestingly, BJP election incharge Jagadish Shettar has gone to foreign trip during the time of campaigning and he would return on October 29, just three days before the voting.
So, except Shivamogga and Ballary constituencies, the BJP leaders might have lost hope of giving a tough competition to the coalition partners in other constituencies. This has led to the suspicion that the BJP has backtracked from its fight against the Congress and JDS candidates in the battle.
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NATO, others turn down US call for help in Hormuz: Trump
Washington (PTI): President Donald Trump on Tuesday said NATO and most of US' other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran entered the third week.
In a social media post, Trump asserted that Iran’s military has been “decimated” and he no longer felt the need for assistance from NATO countries or anyone else.
Last week, Trump had sought help from European nations and others who depend on oil supplies transiting from the Hormuz Strait to safeguard the critical waterway.
“The United States has been informed by most of our NATO “Allies” that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon,” the US President said in a post on Truth Social.
Iran's attacks on Gulf nations and its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil is transported, have sparked increasing concerns of a global energy crisis and are unnerving the world economy.
“I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one-way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” Trump said.
He said Australia, Japan and South Korea too have turned down his call for help.
“Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military – Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World, again,” Trump said.
He said that given the scale of recent military successes, the US no longer "need" or desires assistance from NATO countries, adding that it never relied on such support in the first place.
Speaking as President of the United States, the "most powerful" country in the world, "we do not need" help from anyone, Trump said.
The West Asia conflict began on February 28 when the US-Israeli combine conducted airstrikes on Iran.
The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, has effectively been shut following the US and Israel attack on Iran and Tehran's sweeping retaliation.
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said that from Tehran's "perspective", the strait is "open". "It is only closed to Iran's enemies, to those who carried out unjust aggression against our country and to their allies.”
Earlier in the day, a second Indian-flagged LPG tanker, Nanda Devi, reached the country after safely sailing from the war-hit Strait of Hormuz. On Monday, the first ship, Shivalik, reached Mundra port in Gujarat.
As of now, 22 Indian vessels remain on the west side and two on the east side of the strait.
Indian authorities are in constant touch with all the relevant stakeholders in the region to secure the safe passage of the remaining ships, officials said.
