JDS to have alliance with like-minded party: HDK
Bengaluru, May 7: If there is a hung assembly after the election, the JDS would support those which respond positively to the party, said JDS state president and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Releasing the party manifesto at a programme at JP Bhavan in Bengaluru on Monday, Kumaraswamy said that the JDS is in favour of total six crore people of the state. He would not knock the door of any national party for chief minister post. The party is ready to sit in the opposition place. If any political party accepted the JDS manifesto, then he would think of extending his support to that party, he said.
Some activists and writers have been putting pressure on supporting the Congress instead of BJP. But both Congress and BJP are opportunists. In order to shield the corrupt, they have weakened the Lokayukta. For power, he would not knock the door of any national political party, he clarified.
Media surveys on election outcome were just assumptions. They have given the statistics as per their interest. But the people of the state have interest towards JDS. As the party would get majority on its own, there would be no question of depending upon anybody. If the voters decided for hung assembly as per the surveys, he would not demand support from any party. But the party would extend its support to those who accept stand of the JDS, he said.
It was BJP government which fixed percentage for bill clearance, and awarding contracts and Congress has continued that practice. When the BJP has got the kick-backs through cheques, the Congress has got in cash. It would have been better if Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke after knowing all these, he ridiculed.
The Yeddyurappa government had made burden of Rs 83 lakh crore loan, while Siddaramaiah government has made Rs 1.50 lakh crore burden on people of the state. Both the governments have looted the tax money, he blasted.
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Cong's countrywide protest on Wednesday against VB-G RAM-G bill replacing MGNREGA
New Delhi (PTI): The Congress will hold protests across the country on Wednesday against the Centre's rural employment bill VB-G RAM G that seeks to replace MGNREGA, claiming it was a "BJP-RSS conspiracy" to dismantle a rights-based welfare scheme and attack Mahatma Gandhi's legacy, workers' rights and federal responsibility.
The opposition party's general secretary, organisation, K C Venugopal, in a letter to all state Congress presidents, urged them to organise protests at all district headquarters.
These protests must be held with portraits of Mahatma Gandhi, symbolising resistance to the erasure of his name and values, and highlight how the proposed law will impact the crores of beneficiaries of MGNREGA, he said in the letter.
"The combined attack on Gandhiji's legacy, workers' rights and federal responsibility exposes a larger BJP-RSS conspiracy to dismantle rights-based welfare and replace it with charity controlled from the Centre," Venugopal said.
The opposition has strongly objected to the introduction of the Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill, 2025, when it was introduced in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday.
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The Congress and other opposition MPs also staged a protest in Parliament House complex over the Centre's move.
In the letter to the Congress state unit chief, Venugopal said that on December 28, the party's Foundation Day, programmes should be organised at all blocks and villages, with Mahatma Gandhi's portraits, reaffirming the party's commitment to the dignity of labour, social justice and the right to work.
"This is both a political and moral struggle. The Congress must lead from the front to defend MGNREGA, Gandhiji's legacy and the constitutional promise of justice for the poorest," Venugopal said in a post on X.
In his letter, he said the BJP government has taken an alarming and deliberate step by introducing a bill to repeal the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
"This is not a routine legislative exercise. It is a calculated political move to weaken a historical, rights-based people's law and to erase Mahatma Gandhi's name and values from India's most recognisable welfare legislation.
"This combined attack on Gandhiji's legacy, rights and federal responsibility exposes a larger BJP-RSS conspiracy to dismantle rights-based welfare and replace it with charity controlled from the Centre," he noted.
