‘Let this election deflate the self-boasting ‘strong’ CM’, says H D Deve Gowda
H D Deve Gowda stated that he wished to see Siddaramaiah deflated in this Lok Sabha election for calling Narendra Modi a weak PM and boasting of himself as a ‘strong’ CM. He was speaking at BJP-JDS joint meeting at Bengaluru.
“Siddaramaiah should be taught a lesson for speaking lightly of a world renowned leader like Narendra Modi. Make the alliance candidate win in Mysuru and deflate Siddaramaiah”, he directed JDS core-committee member and Chamundeshwari MLA G T Devegowda.
Requesting each and every worker to fight for the same goal, Deve Gowda asked all to take care that no glitch arises in the alliance and expressed his anger at the Karnataka Government for approaching court ‘against the Prime Minister’.
Calling Siddaramaiah arrogant with power for doubting the existence of JDS, the Former Prime Minister stated that despite his 91 years of age, he was still capable of breaking such arrogance and he had no fear in his life.
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Accusing Congress of yielding heavy money power in all 28 constituencies, Deve Gowda said that Congress even funded other states like Telangana where the party was in power. “AICC gets funding from Karnataka”, he accused.
“I am happy that both our parties are meeting for coordination. I have come here after garlanding the photos of Bharat Mata, Shyam Prakash Mukherjee and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. State in-change Radha Mohan Das is informed about all the constituencies and relaying the same to BJP chiefs. Two parties must coalesce. Yediyurappa has great role to play here. We are short of time. We must forget what happened in the past and work together”, he said.
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Mexico's Congress approves higher tariffs on goods from India, China and non-FTA nations
Washington (PTI): Mexico's Congress has approved a bill that seeks to impose higher tariffs on imports from India, China, Brazil and several other countries with which the North American nation doesn't have free trade agreements.
The levies, which is set to take effect on January 1, 2026, was passed by Mexico's Senate on Wednesday after the lower house approved it.
The development comes months after US President Donald Trump imposed a steep 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods entering American markets, including 25 per cent for Delhi's purchases of Russian oil, in August.
The bill, submitted to Congress by President Claudia Sheinbaum in September, proposes modifications to 1,463 tariff categories (or products) covering more than a dozen sectors, including auto parts, light vehicles, plastic, toys, textiles, furniture, footwear, clothing, aluminium and glass, according to the Mexico News Daily.
The proposed tariffs range from 5 per cent to 50 per cent.
Among the other countries that will be affected by the proposed higher tariffs are India, China, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates, the daily said.
China will be the most affected country.
The paper said that the government believes that the proposed tariffs would generate additional revenue of USD 3.8 billion per year.
The Mexican government is aiming to reduce reliance on imports from Asian countries, especially China, it added.
The proposal to increase tariffs on China and other countries with which Mexico doesn't have free trade agreements represents “an alignment with US trade policy,” Horacio Saavedra, a Mexican diplomat, was quoted as saying by the news outlet La Silla Rota.
“The [tariff] measure responds to the shared concern of Mexico and the US about practices that have affected national industries, especially textiles, clothing and certain manufacturing sectors,” Saavedra said.
India was Mexico's 9th largest trading partner in 2023, with a trade of USD 10.58 billion. The bilateral trade in 2023 consisted of Indian imports of USD 2.54 billion and exports of USD 8.03 billion to Mexico.
In the trade basket from the Indian side, the most important items of export are automobiles and auto parts, pharmaceuticals, engineering goods and chemical products.
From the Mexican side, the most important item is crude oil. Other products of export to India are gold and related jewellery, chemical compounds and telephone machinery.
