People accepted coalition government: Kumaraswamy
Urban local bodies election results
Bengaluru, September 3: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said that going by the results of the urban local bodies elections, the people in the state have accepted the Congress-JDS coalition government.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, the Chief Minister said that they have not gone before the people with bing-bang. Both the parties have decided to leave the party workers and candidates for themselves and fight the elections locally. Like BJP leaders, the Congress and JDS have not formed teams and campaigned. They believed that the urban voters have always been supporting the BJP. But this result has clearly showed that the BJP has been losing its popularity even in urban areas, he said.
The people have supported the 100 days administration of the coalition government in the state, for which he would be grateful to the voters. The government would give a clear answer through development works for those who have involved in false propaganda against the stability of the government. BJP leaders have been asking about the existence of the government and asking as to why the Chief Minister did not visit the north Karnataka. Did Yeddyurappa, Sadananda Gowda and Jagadish Shettar visit the north Karnataka within three months after becoming the chief ministers? He would give answers with clear evidence to all the allegations made against him, he said.
“BJP people have been asking me to publish the White Paper on the financial condition, farmers loan waiver and achievements of the government. If they want, I will publish it in saffron colour. In the local bodies where no party has got majority, we will not give room for any confusions. The Congress and JDS would have coalition during the election to presidents and vice presidents”, he said.
The coalition government has just completed 100 days in office. Within a short span of time, BJP people have been saying that the coalition partners should have swept all the seats in the state. But with the blessings of the people of the state, he would try to sweep all the seats in the Lok Sabha election in the state, he said.
Belagavi politics is different
“Belagavi district politics is different. Jarkiholi brothers have been winning the seats in Belagavi like independents. Ramesh Jarkiholi is the minister and his brother Satish Jarkiholi is the MLA. BJP leaders are day dreaming that Satish Jarkiholi will join the BJP. But their dream will not come true”.
- H.D Kumaraswamy, Chief Minister of Karnataka
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Goa is not lab for BJP's experiments, says Congress on Centre's suggestion about nuclear plant
Panaji (PTI): Opposition parties have objected to the Centre's suggestion to set up a nuclear power plant in Goa, with Congress saying the coastal state is not "a laboratory for BJP's dangerous experiments".
Union Minister for Power, Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar said that the Central government has suggested that the states examine the feasibility of setting up nuclear power plants in their respective areas and send proposals.
Speaking to reporters, Khattar said he had discussed the possibility of setting up a nuclear power plant in a review meeting of the Urban Development and Power sector in Goa.
In a post on X, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Amit Patkar said, "Goa is not a laboratory for @BJP4India's dangerous experiments. I strongly condemn Shri @mlkhattar's absurd proposal of setting up a nuclear power plant in our peaceful, eco-sensitive state of Goa."
He alleged that the BJP government had already destroyed Goa's hills, forests, agriculture and rivers, and it now wants to put people's lives at risk with a nuclear hazard.
"We will resist this anti-Goa agenda with full force. Our land, livelihoods & environment are non-negotiable," Patkar wrote.
The Aam Aadmi Party's state unit president, Amit Palekar, questioned the need for a nuclear plant in Goa when Kaiga in Karwar (Karnataka) has a facility.
The Centre and state government are out to destroy Goa, he said.
"@AAPGoa will fight tooth and nail if any such misadventure is attempted. Lakhs of square meters of Goan lands have been given to private universities etc., all with the interest of BJP functionaries, and now whatever is left of Goa is sought to be destroyed with such projects. Who has interest in this?" he wrote.
