Ramesh Jarkiholi complains against DKS and Hebbalkar?
Bengaluru, September 11: Disappointed by the interference of Minister DK Shivakumar favouring MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar in the Belagavi district politics, Municipal Administration Minister Ramesh Jarkiholi is said to have complained against DK Shivakumar and Hebbalkar to KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar.
Ramesh who met both the leaders apprised them of the recent developments in the district during the PLD Bank election and other issues and expressed his dissatisfaction against DK Shivakumar and Lakshmi Hebbalkar. After getting the complete details from Ramesh, both the leaders have promised him of solving the problem and advised him not to participate in any kind of activities which embarrass the state government and the party. It is said that both the leaders have convinced Ramesh Jarkiholi about the BJP’s strategies to gain the political advantage of differences at the time of Lok Sabha election in the state.
“I have discussed with the leaders to solve the problems in the district. I don’t have any resentment over the party. There was no clash regarding the PLD Bank election. It was just an incident and we have solved it among ourselves”, Ramesh said.
Speaking to reporters here, Ramesh Jarkiholi said that media has termed the development during the PLD Bank election as a humiliation to Jarkiholi brothers. But in the election, Lakshmi Hebbalkar does not have any role. Jamadar, Parashuram and others were their candidates. Lakshmi Hebbalkar has a single seat. Everything was happened as they have planned. If they were humiliated, they would have resigned there itself, he said.
When asked about meeting the Maharashtra minister, Ramesh Jarkiholi said that they have sugar factories in Maharashtra for which he has met him and spoken to him and there was nothing wrong in it.
“Hindutva politics is stronger in Belagavi. So, we need to field a winning candidate. Satish Jarkiholi is eligible to contest the Lok Sabha election from the Congress ticket. If he is not interested, I will contest. Otherwise, we have asked ticket to Vivek Rao Patil. Total three names were given to the party high command”.
- Ramesh Jarkiholi, Municipal Administration Minister
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
