Karnataka will see Islamisation if Congress forms government: Tejasvi Surya
The national president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, Tejasvi Surya, has claimed that if the Congress comes to power in Karnataka, the state will experience "goonda raj, mafia raj, Islamisation, and terror situation". Speaking at a news conference, Surya criticized the Congress' manifesto, which promises "decisive action including a ban" on organizations such as the Bajrang Dal.
Surya defended the Bajrang Dal, calling it a "cultural and nationalist organization", unlike the PFI, which he labeled as a "terror organization". He further stated that the Bajrang Dal serves as the "first line of defence of the Hindu community" in many parts of Karnataka's coastal districts. Surya took issue with the Congress' call to ban the Bajrang Dal, claiming that it insulted Hindus and Hanuman devotees.
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The BJP leader also rejected the notion of a "false equivalence" between the PFI and the Bajrang Dal, stating that the latter is accused of moral policing, while the former is accused of waging war against the state. Surya labeled the Congress manifesto as "anti-Hindu", accusing the party of wanting to scrap the anti-conversion law and the anti-cow slaughter law if voted into power.
Surya further criticized the Congress manifesto for what he called "lies" and "hypocrisy". He accused former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of making the Lokayukta toothless and bringing in the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), while the Congress manifesto promises to empower the Lokayukta. Surya also claimed that the Congress wants to start a cultural centre for Kashmiri Pandits, even though the community was forced to flee the valley during Rajiv Gandhi's regime.
On the Mahadayi drinking water project, Surya said Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was against the allocation of water to Karnataka. He also pointed out that the Congress manifesto promises to regularize Pourakarmikas, which has already been done by the BJP.
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Delhi polls: BJP releases second list of 29 candidates, features ex-CM's son, Kapil Mishra
New Delhi, Jan 11: The BJP on Saturday released its second list featuring 29 candidates for the Delhi Assembly polls, fielding Kapil Mishra, a former AAP leader now identified with hardline Hindutva politics, from Karawal Nagar.
It has fielded Harish Khurana, son of former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana, from the Moti Nagar constituency.
With the latest announcement, the party has so far named candidates for 58 seats of the 70-member Delhi Assembly.
The elections are scheduled to be held on February 5 and the votes will be counted on February 8.
Mishra, who replaced sitting party MLA Mohan Singh Bisht, made several speeches, denounced as inflammatory by rival parties, just before communal riots broke out in northeast Delhi in February 2020.
Sitting BJP MLA from Laxmi Nagar seat Abhay Verma will seek reelection from the same seat. He won the constituency in 2020 with a narrow margin of just over 800 votes.
Both Mishra and Verma are Purvanchalis. Two other candidates, Bajrang Shukla from Kirari and Pankaj Singh from Vikaspuri, also belong to the same community.
Delhi BJP's Mandir Prakoshth (temple cell) chief Karnail Singh is the party's candidate against sitting AAP MLA and former minister Satyendar Jain at Shakoor Basti seat.
Former Kasturba Nagar MLA Neeraj Basoya, who recently defected to the BJP from Congress, was fielded from the same seat.
Former Delhi BJP general secretary (organisation) Pawan Sharma will contest Uttam Nagar seat that he won in 2013.
Deepti Indora, Matia Mahal, Urmila Kailash Gangwar, Madipur (SC), Shweta Saini, Tilak Nagar, Priyanka Gautam, Kondli (SC), and Neelam Pahalwan from Najafgarh are the party's women candidates so far.
The list features four former MLAs and eight sitting municipal councilors.
Former mayor Shyam Sharma was fielded from the Hari Nagar seat which has a significant number of Sikh voters.
Tickets on remaining 12 tickets will likely be announced soon after discussions on seats like Delhi Cantt, Greater Kailash and Shahdara.
Party sources said former Union minister Meenakshi Lekhi was considered for the Greater Kailash seat, although she was interested in contesting from Delhi Cantt.
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