KPCC chief DK Shivakumar to visit Kumta on Wednesday, to address workers ahead of general elections

Vartha Bharati | 26-03-2024 | 21:42:00 IST

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar | PC: PTI

Karwar (Kumta): Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar will visit Kumta in Uttar Kannada district on Wednesday. He will address a party workers meeting at 11:30 AM in the Hyavaka Bhavan in the city ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

Meanwhile, Congress party’s Uttara Kannada Parliamentary Constituency candidate Dr. Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar, taking to her official ‘X’ account, extended welcome to Shivakumar.

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Further she said, “On behalf of all the party workers of the Uttara Kannada district, I heartily welcome DK Shivakumar KPCC President and Deputy Chief Minister, the strategic organiser of the Congress party, who is coming to Kumta for the meeting to encourage the Congress workers for the preparation of the Lok Sabha elections. Your presence will boost our spirits. Our enthusiasm will lead the party towards victory.”

ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣಾ ತಯಾರಿಗೆ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರ ಹುಮ್ಮಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಇಮ್ಮಡಿಗೊಳಿಸಲು ಕುಮಟಾ ಸಭೆಗೆ ಆಗಮಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವ ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಸಂಘಟನಾ ಚತುರ, ಕೆಪಿಸಿಸಿ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು ಮತ್ತು ಉಪಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳೂ ಆದ ಶ್ರೀ @DKShivakumar ಅವರನ್ನು ಉತ್ತರ ಕನ್ನಡ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಕಾರ್ಯಕರ್ತರ ಪರವಾಗಿ ಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

ನಿಮ್ಮ… pic.twitter.com/ndbOS3AmxH

— Dr. Anjali Hemant Nimbalkar (@DrAnjaliTai) March 26, 2024

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EC-TMC meet ends on bitter note; CEC asks TMC delegation to 'get lost', MP accused of 'shouting'

08-04-2026 ¦ 08-04-2026 IST

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New Delhi (PTI): The meeting between a Trinamool Congress delegation and the full bench of the Election Commission on Wednesday culminated on an acrimonious note, with the TMC saying the panel's chief asked them to "get lost" at the end of the seven-minute meeting, while the EC accused them of "shouting".

After the meeting, TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien told mediapersons that they handed over letters from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, and also apprised him of specific instances of poll officials having links with the BJP.

"Then he said, 'Get lost'. We have done eight to nine meetings with the Election Commission. Apart from the CEC, none of the other election commissioners spoke," O'Brien said.

"While we were walking out, one of my colleagues congratulated Gyanesh Kumar for being the only CEC to have notices moved in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha for his removal," O'Brien MP said.

Meanwhile, sources in the Election Commission said the poll panel chief gave a "straight talk" to TMC leaders.

They accused O'Brien of shouting at the election commissioners and alleged that he asked the CEC not to speak.

The EC sources further said the elections in West Bengal would be "fear-free, violence-free, intimidation-free, and inducement-free."