Security beefed up at BJP office in Bengaluru ahead of candidate list release
Bengaluru: In anticipation of the release of its candidate list for the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has reportedly increased security at its office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru. According to sources, the party has taken this step to prevent any untoward incidents and ensure the safety of its leaders and workers.
The BJP is expected to announce its list of candidates for the elections soon, which is likely to trigger intense political activity in the state.
The BJP has been in power in Karnataka since 2019, and the upcoming elections are seen as a crucial test for the party's popularity and performance. With several key issues at stake, including the management of the Covid-19 pandemic and the state's economic development, the BJP is leaving no stone unturned in its preparations.
The party's office in Malleshwaram is a key hub of activity for the BJP in the state, and the increased security measures are expected to remain in place until after the elections are concluded. The Karnataka assembly elections are scheduled to take place next month, and the BJP is hoping to retain power in the state for another term.
Meanwhile, Congress took a dig at the Saffron party for not releasing its first list of candidates yet.
“The BJP has proven its incompetence through its failure to release even one list till now,” the Congress has said.
“Why is Home Minister Amit Shah, and not BJP President JP Nadda, selecting candidates? Nadda is the national president of the BJP only on paper; he has no freedom to take any major decision in the party. This is proof of the autocracy in the BJP,” Congress added.
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Stalin accuses Centre of trying to use women's quota as 'weapon,' slams EPS over delimitation
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has strongly criticised the Centre over the women's reservation and accused it of trying to use it as a "weapon" to tackle the opposition before taking up the delimitation exercise based on population.
"The Union government is not concerned about implementing reservations for women. If their concerns were genuine, they could have done it right away. Rather than doing that, the BJP-led Centre is thinking of using it as a weapon to tackle opposition and take up the delimitation exercise based on population," he told PTI in an interview.
"Hence, the women's reservation must be implemented immediately without showing delimitation as a reason," the DMK president added.
Expressing apprehensions on the proposed delimitation exercise, the CM said it was the DMK that raised the first voice asserting the rights of the state after realising that Tamil Nadu would be affected by the proposed exercise. He also attacked his rival and AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami over the delimitation issue.
Recalling efforts made by the DMK to raise the issue of population-based delimitation, he said an all-party meeting and a meeting of CMs under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee seeking fair delimitation were convened. It sought to freeze delimitation for 25 years and stick to it based on the 1971 Census population.
"We urged the union government that states which successfully implemented population control programmes must not be punished," he added.
The party came up with "Tamil Nadu poradum, Tamil Nadu vellum" (Tamil Nadu will struggle, Tamil Nadu will win) and this is DMK's stand, he said.
"However, Palaniswami, who is seeking votes for the entry of the BJP through the backdoor, has till date been mute over delimitation, and this is a betrayal of the people of Tamil Nadu."
