JD(S) leader HD Revanna blames BJP state VP Limbavali for creating confusion over 'merger' issue
Hassan, Dec 21: Dismissing reports of JD(S) merger with BJP, former minister and JD(S) MLA H D Revanna on Monday blamed BJP state vice president Aravind Limbavali for creating the confusion.
"The whole confusion was created by Limbavali, for which he should apologise," Revanna, the son of JD(S) supremo and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda told reporters here.
Leaders of both parties have already dismissed the reports as being speculative and a figment of the imagination.
Limbavalli had, in response to a query from reporters on Sunday about the merger said he had heard about it.
"I will try to know about it. I have got to know through the media," he said.
He had also said political polarisation would happen more in the days to come and there is a clear wave in favour of PM Narendra Modi and BJP in the country and that it would also take place in Karnataka.
Revanna said issuing such statements ahead of the panchayat polls was not befitting Limbavalli's stature as state vice president of the BJP
He said he had spoken to Deve Gowda and his brother and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy about the reports,
Revanna said he would retire from politics if any such merger happens
He emphasised that his party would contest the panchayat election on its own
Meanwhile, the BJP issued a statement on Monday, dismissing reports of the merger of the two parties.
"Such reports are entirely imaginary and ill intended," BJP state spokesperson Ganesh Karnik said in a statement.
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Two-wheeler rider killed after ramming tanker near Arkula Bridge in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: A two-wheeler rider was killed on Sunday morning after his vehicle collided with a tanker from behind near Arkula Bridge, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Muhammad Ashfaq (22), a resident of Farangipete.
According to reports, the tanker was heading towards BC Road when the two-wheeler rammed into it from behind near a furniture shop close to Arkula Bridge. Ashfaq sustained severe injuries.
He was immediately shifted to a private hospital in Padil where he recived initial treatment. However, he succumbed to his injuries while being taken to another private hospital in the city for further treatment, police added.
Traffic police have registered a case in connection with the incident.
