People of Mandya will decide if I will contest next election on BJP ticket: Sumalatha Ambareesh
Bengaluru: Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambareesh on Monday said that the decision on whether to contest the coming Parliamentary Election in 2023 on BJP ticket lies with the people of the constituency.
Speaking to reporters here, she said, “I won the previous Lok Sabha election as an Independent candidate with the help of the people of Mandya. The final decision on contesting from BJP or any other party in the coming elections will be taken after taking people of the constituency in confidence. It is not my decision alone.”
“I have sought advice from the CM over developmental activities to be carried out in the district while inviting him for my niece’s wedding. Since I am an independent candidate, the discussion regarding joining BJP is still underway. My only concern is the development of this district,” she noted.
She also said she has discussed matters concerning the development of the district with the CM while clarifying that no politics was discussed during their meeting. She asserted that the ultimate decision regarding joining BJP is up to the people of Mandya.
When asked about Abhishek Ambareesh’s part in the upcoming elections, she said, “People are pressuring him to contest the upcoming election, but the final decision will be his alone.”
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India has agreed already to drop its tariffs to nothing: President Trump
New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.
“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.
“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.
In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.
Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.
