Reject Shobha Karandlaje like they did in Udupi-Chikkamagaluru seat: Siddaramaiah urges voters
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah addressed a women's convention and booth leaders meeting at Dasarahalli on Sunday, where he criticized BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje and urged voters in Bengaluru North Lok Sabha constituency to reject her candidacy.
Siddaramaiah claimed that Karandlaje was shunned by BJP workers and leaders in the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency, leading to her being given a ticket in Bangalore North. He called on responsible voters to replicate this rejection and send her "back" from Bengaluru North as well.
Praising the Congress candidate for the constituency, Prof Rajeev Gowda, Siddaramaiah described him as knowledgeable, concerned, and pro-people. He expressed confidence in Gowda's victory and urged voters to support him, emphasizing that Gowda's education and experience, including his tenure as vice-president of NITI Aayog, would enable him to address injustices effectively.
Siddaramaiah criticized Prime Minister Modi for what he perceived as empty promises, rising unemployment, inflation, and unfulfilled expectations of "ache din." He highlighted the Karnataka state government's efforts to improve the lives of its citizens through five guarantees, assuring continued support as long as the Congress remains in power.
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Further, Siddaramaiah accused the central government of unfairly distributing tax shares to the state and criticized its lack of response to natural disasters, such as floods and droughts, affecting Karnataka. He urged Kannadigas to demonstrate their self-esteem by defeating the BJP, which he claimed had consistently betrayed the state.
The meeting was attended by Bengaluru North Lok Sabha candidate Prof Rajeev Gowda and over 400 women booth leaders.
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Mamata demands PM's resignation over silence on Pak's 'threat' to strike Kolkata in future conflict
Bethuadahari (WB) (PTI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asked why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not raise Pakistan's threat to attack Kolkata, during his poll rallies in West Bengal a day earlier.
"You (PM) target Bengal during election rallies; but when Pakistan talks of attacking Bengal, you do not utter a word. You should resign," she said at a poll rally here in Nadia district.
"Why did the prime minister not raise the issue during his rally in Bengal? When Pakistan's defence minister says they will attack Kolkata, why didn't the prime minister say that 'we will take strong action'?" she posed a day after Modi addressed a poll rally in West Bengal's Cooch Behar.
"Just like we do not accept any threat to the country, we will also not take the threat to Kolkata lying down," she said.
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Saturday warned India that it would respond with a strike in Kolkata to any “future misadventures". “If India tries to stage any false flag operation this time, then God-willingly, we will take it to Kolkata," Asif had said while talking to reporters at his hometown of Sialkot.
