No adjustment politics in Lok Sabha elections: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Friday dismissed any rumours of "adjustment politics" in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, and said that Congress party workers fought the election hard.
Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress president, was reacting to reports that party functionaries allegedly told a fact-finding team a day ago that "adjustment politics" and "administrative lapses" in the government were among the reasons for the ruling Congress in the state winning only nine out of the total 28 seats in Karnataka in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections.
The opposition BJP and its ally JD(S) won 19 seats.
A fact-finding committee headed by senior leader Madhusudan Mistry was formed to analyse the party’s performance in the polls.
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Speaking to reporters here, he said, “All the party workers strived hard unitedly for the party’s success. The party itself instructed some of the ministers to field their family members in order to mobilise votes. There was no adjustment politics whatsoever.” He was replying to a reporter’s query on whether there was adjustment politics in the Lok Sabha elections.
"The fact-finding committee met winners, losers, party workers and party leaders to analyse the results. The committee has collected feedback and will take a decision on the future course of action," Mistry said.
Asked about BJP’s protest against alleged Muda irregularities, he said, “BJP is politicising the issue as the assembly session is coming up. They are exposing their own doing. We will respond to it appropriately in the session."
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Three killed, seven feared trapped after house collapses in UP's Meerut
Meerut, Sep 14: Three people were killed, two injured and seven feared trapped after a three-storey house collapsed in this Uttar Pradesh district on Saturday, officials said.
"Twelve people got buried under the debris after the sudden collapse of the house. Till now, five people have been taken out from the debris. Of them, three died and two injured have been admitted to Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College," the relief commissioner's office said.
The incident occurred around 5:15 pm and emergency services were immediately alerted, it said.
District Magistrate Deepak Meena confirmed the collapse of the three-storey house in Zakir Colony.
Officials initially said around six people were trapped under the debris.
Senior officials rushed to the spot to oversee the rescue operations.
National Disaster Response Force, fire brigade and police teams are working to rescue those trapped under the debris.
