LS Poll: Ananth Kumar won’t contest from Bengaluru South?
Bengaluru, October 03: As Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar is undergoing treatment for a disease at a hospital at New York in the USA, he is not likely to contest the Lok Sabha election from Bengaluru South, sources said.
It is said that the BJP has been trying to find a suitable candidate in place of Ananth Kumar. But the BJP has not given any official statement about this so far.
“His health condition may not permit Ananth Kumar to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. But the party has not yet decided about the candidate in place of him”, a report said quoting a BJP leader.
BJP has been winning the Bengaluru South Constituency since 1996. As Ananth Kumar is undergoing a treatment in the USA, it is difficult for him to participate in the campaigning or contesting the election this time. In view of this, the BJP is trying to find a new face or fielding a member from the family of Ananth Kumar for the constituency, it is said.
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Standing firmly with armed forces; time for unity, solidarity: Congress
New Delhi(PTI): This is a time for unity and solidarity and the Congress is standing firmly with the armed forces, the party said on Wednesday as Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said India's commitment to eliminating all sources of terrorism in Pakistan and PoK has necessarily to be uncompromising and always be anchored in the supreme national interest.
"This is a time for unity and solidarity. Right from the night of April 22nd, the Congress has been categorically stating that the government will have our fullest support in the nation's response to the Pahalgam terror attack," he said.
"The Congress is standing firmly with our armed forces," Ramesh said on X, using the hashtag "Operation Sindoor".
In retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian armed forces carried out missile strikes early Wednesday on nine terror targets in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir, including the Jaish-e-Mohammad stronghold of Bahawalpur and Lashkar-e-Taiba's base Muridke.
The military strikes were carried out under Operation Sindoor two weeks after the massacre of 26 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam.
"A little while ago, the Indian armed forces launched 'Operation Sindoor' hitting terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed," the defence ministry said in a statement at 1.44 am.
It said the actions by the Indian armed forces have been "focused, measured and non-escalatory" in nature and that no Pakistani military facilities have been targeted.
"प्रहाराय सन्निहिताः, जयाय प्रशिक्षिताः"
— ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) May 6, 2025
Ready to Strike, Trained to Win.#IndianArmy pic.twitter.com/M9CA9dv1Xx
