Modi did not visit Krishna Mutt due to life threat: Shobha Karandlaje
Bengaluru, May 2: BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje said that SPG commandos did not allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Udupi Krishna Mutt due to life threat.
Speaking to reporters at the BJP office here on Wednesday, she said that they have requested the Prime Minister to visit Udupi Krishna Mutt. But after inspecting the security arrangements on the Krishna Mutt premises, the SPG has not allowed the Prime Minister’s visit to the Mutt. So, Modi was not happy for that, she added.
A few days ago, Union Home Minister Rajanath Singh was also not allowed to visit the Krishna Mutt. But Singh did not listen to the words of security group and visited the mutt. But the Prime Minister could not violate the caution of the SPG, she added.
On AICC president Rahul Gandhi, Shobha said that the Congress president has no faith on God. He did not go to any temples even after appointing as the AICC president. But during the election campaigning, he has been visiting the temples and other religious places in the state, she added.
No question of alliance with JDS:
The Congress leaders have been alleging that the BJP has come to an alliance with the JDS. But it is just a cock and bull story. There is no question of alliance with the JDS. The BJP would face the election in all the 224 constituencies seriously, she added.
Congress fearing defeat:
Desperate over the fear of defeat in the election, the Congress has stooped to the low level and engineering violence by pelting stones at BJP campaigning vehicles. This is a clear indication that the Congress is fearing defeat in the election. In Bengaluru, Kolara, Davanagere and Dharwada, the Congress workers have pelted stones at BJP vehicles and damaged them. Instead of asking votes on the development works, the Congress which ruled the state for five years, has been using unparliamentary words in its advertisements against Yeddyurappa and RSS, she averred.
It is the culture of the BJP to respect elders. In view of this, Prime Minister Modi has spoken about former prime minister HD Deve Gowda. In order to make Congress people understand that criticism of Deve Gowda by Rahul Gandhi is not good, Modi has spoken about Deve Gowda. There is nothing much to read into those statements, she clarified.
Manifesto on May 4:
She said that the manifesto of the BJP would be announced on May 4. Architect of Karnataka’s development BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa would release the manifesto, she added.
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ECI website faces outage amid vote counting in Jharkhand, Maharashtra
New Delhi: Election Commission of India’s official results website ‘results.eci.gov.in’ has reportedly experienced a technical outage on Saturday morning, at a time when India closely watches the high-stakes Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly poll battle.
Visitors visiting the site were met with non-functional links and a generic “counting in progress” message, leaving them without updated election data. The ECI has not issued an official explanation for the disruption.
Vote counting, which began at 8 a.m. with postal ballots, is underway for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra and 81 in Jharkhand. Early trends suggest a lead for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, currently ahead in 141 seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in 96. In Jharkhand, the BJP-led NDA is ahead in 43 seats, while the ruling JMM-led alliance is trailing with leads in 33 constituencies.
Additionally, counting is underway for 48 assembly bypolls across 13 states and two parliamentary seats, Nanded in Maharashtra and Wayanad in Kerala.
