KPCC President and I will meet JDS leaders tomorrow to discuss seat sharing for LS Election : DyCM
Davangere: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, Dr G Parameshwar, said that discussions on seat sharing in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections were being held and the party high command would take the final decision on the seats which were not yet finalized.
Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, he said that the Congress is preparing for the LS poll and the party president had organised meetings with party members while the Election committee was also gearing up for the polls and had arranged several meetings in this regard.
He further added the in-charge secretary and other leaders of the party have discussed about the seats sharing between the two parties in the state.
“The party has been working towards strengthening itself at the grassroots level. Since there is a coalition government in the state, we will go into the LS elections together” he said.
“KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao, has already spoken to JDS Supremo, HD Deve Gowda and tomorrow me and Rao will discuss things with other leaders of JDS, and then we will come to a conclusion about the seats sharing”.
“The constituencies which are not decided, Party President Rahul Gandhi will take a call on those constituencies. But I hope that everything will be resolved at state level itself and our national level leaders will not have much to bother", he said.
Speaking about the fire that broke out during the Bengaluru air show on Saturday and gutted more than 300 cars parked in the parking area, Deputy CM added that it was unfortunate and an inquiry has been ordered to ascertain the exact cause of the fire. We will also discuss how we can compensate people whose vehicles were charred down in the fire”.
Answering a question regarding the BS Yediyurappa’s audio clip he added "The government will hand over the audio clip case to SIT and there is no question of backtracking from the decision".
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Four passengers arrested at BLR airport with hydroponic ganja worth over Rs 21.5 crore
Bengaluru (PTI): Four passengers who arrived from Bangkok at Kempegowda International Airport here were arrested with hydroponic ganja valued at over Rs 21.5 crore in two separate cases, officials said on Saturday.
They were intercepted at Terminal 2 of the airport on May 1, they added.
In the first case, Bengaluru Customs said in a post on ‘X’ that three passengers arriving from Bangkok were intercepted, and 52.68 kg of hydroponic ganja, valued at Rs 18.43 crore, was seized from their baggage.
In a separate case on the same day, another passenger arriving from Bangkok was intercepted, and 9 kg of hydroponic ganja, valued at Rs 3.15 crore, was seized from his baggage.
In both cases, the accused, whose identities have not been disclosed, were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, officials added.
