He charged that the community members could not even breathe freely here and were treated just as "voting machines".
Jagdish Shettar slams BL Santosh, says Santosh sidelined him from BJP
Vartha Bharati | 18-04-2023 | 15:03:00 IST
Hubli: Former Chief Minister and Congress candidate from Hubballi-Dharwad Central, Jagadish Shettar, blamed B L Santhosh, the National Secretary (Organisation) of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) for his denial of a ticket.
Addressing an emergency press conference in the city on Tuesday, Shettar noted that BL Santosh sidelined him from the party and added that the latter has left the party damaged ever since he was elevated to the post of party's general secretary (organisation).
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"I have been in pain for several days. It's not just because of the ticket. The time has come to name those who were behind the conspiracy to sideline me. Santhosh's conspiracy has damaged the party. Along with Santhosh, there are more people who are also involved in my losing of the ticket," he alleged.
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Kerala Ezhava leader makes controversial remarks, terms Malappuram 'separate nation'
05-04-2025 ¦
05-04-2025 IST
MALAPPURAM (KERALA), Apr 5 (PTI): Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan has made controversial remarks against Muslim-dominated Malappuram district in the state, describing it as a "separate nation" or an exclusive "state of certain people".
SNDP is an organisation that represents the numerically strong Ezhava community in Kerala.
While addressing a convention of community members at Chungathara here on Friday, Natesan said that people belonging to the backward community are living under constant fear in Malappuram.
"I think, you (community members) cannot live here speaking your independent opinion. Malappuram is a separate nation...or a separate state of certain people." He further said that was the reason for the continuing backwardness of Ezhava people in Malappuram.
He sought to know whether the community members in Malappuram have received any benefits from the country's independence decades ago.
Barring the MGNREGA, in which field does the backward community members have significant representations, he asked during the address.
He also claimed that the Ezhava community members are suffering due to vote bank politics.
