JDS candidate to contest from Shivamogga: Dinesh Gundu Rao
Bengaluru, October 15: KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao said that as per the decision of Congress-JDS coalition leaders, Madhu Bangarappa of JDS would fight it out against BJP candidate in Shivamogga Lok Sabha constituency by-election with the support of the Congress.
Speaking to reporters at KPCC office here on Monday, Dinesh Gundu Rao said that Congress-JDS combine candidates would contest from three Lok Sabha and two Assembly constituencies in the by-election. Both Congress and JDS leaders would campaign together and all the leaders would be present during nomination filing. The Congress and JDS candidates would win in all the constituencies. In the last election, the Congress had got 4.28 lakh votes, BJP got 5.83 lakh votes and JDS got 2.51 lakh votes in Shivamogga where the Congress-JDS members were more in all local bodies. So, the local candidate would play a major role in this election, he said.
The Congress and JDS would win majority seats out of 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections to oust the BJP which is detrimental to the country. In South India, the BJP has some strength in Karnataka. So, the Congress and JDS have their own strategy to counter the BJP, he said.
The decision was taken after taking former ministers Kagodu Thimmappa and Kimmane Rathnakar, MLA B.K. Sangameshwar into confidence to give up the seat to JDS. Minister R.V. Deshpande was nominated as incharge for Shivamogga constituency, while K.J. George for Mandya, D.K. Shivakumar for Ballary, Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwar for Jamakhandi, MP D.K. Suresh for Ramanagar constituencies, he said.
‘The anti-people government at the centre is curtailing the freedom of people. No one can express their opinions freely. It has created fear and intolerance in the country. The Prime Minister himself has involved in corruption. It is an open secret that the HAL management has been suppressing its employees over Rafale fighter jets deal’.
- Dinesh Gundu Rao, KPCC President
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BJP MLA Harish Poonja booked for making 'provocative speech' at temple event in Karnataka
Mangaluru (Karnataka), May 4 (PTI): A case has been registered against BJP MLA Harish Poonja for allegedly making a provocative speech during the Brahmakalashotsava (consecration ceremony) at the Gopalakrishna Temple in Thekkaru village in Dakshina Kannada district.
According to the police, complainant Ibrahim S B has alleged that Punja made derogatory remarks against the Muslim community and allegedly attempted to incite communal hatred through his speech.
The speech in question was reportedly delivered in the presence of a gathering during the religious event.
The complaint stated that the content of the speech could sow discord between religious communities and disturb communal harmony in the region.
Based on the complaint, the police have registered a case under sections 196 and 352(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), the new Indian criminal code that recently replaced the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
