"This is my last election, please don't give up on me” : BJP Candidate S Balaraju
Kollegala: BJP candidate from Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency, S Balaraju, made an emotional appeal to his supporters, stating that this would be his final election and urging them not to abandon him but to bless him.
Addressing a gathering of party workers in the town, he expressed gratitude for the opportunity to contest, stating, "There is a lot of struggle and hard work in politics, and there is no price for honest people. I had intended to retire from politics, as newcomers often get the chance. However, this time, due to the grace of Male Madeshwara and the blessings of Biligiranganath, I got the party's ticket. If I win this Lok Sabha election, it will be like winning eight times, representing eight assembly constituencies."
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Balaraju also addressed a previous incident where he had publicly acknowledged falling at the feet of Yediyurappa, stating, "I had fallen at Yeddyurappa's feet. His feet are sacred to me, and he is like a father figure, guiding me politically. My father maintained that there was nothing wrong in showing respect in this manner."
The meeting was attended by BJP State Vice President N Mahesh, BJP District President Niranjan Kumar, and other party workers.
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A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shakes Indonesia's Java Island, felt in Jakarta
Jakarta, Apr 27: A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake shook the southern part of Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or significant property damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck 102 kilometers (63 miles) south of Banjar city at a depth of 68.3 kilometers (42.4 miles). There was no tsunami warning.
High-rises in the capital Jakarta swayed for around a minute and two-story homes shook strongly in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung and in Jakarta's satellite cities of Depok, Tangerang, Bogor and Bekasi. The quake was also felt in other cities in West Java, Yogyakarta and East Java province, according to Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysical Agency.
The agency warned of possible aftershocks.
Earthquakes are frequent across the sprawling archipelago nation, but they are rarely felt in Jakarta.
Indonesia, a seismically active archipelago of 270 million people, is prone to seismic upheaval because of its location on major geological faults known as the Pacific “Ring of Fire.”
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake in 2022 killed at least 602 people in West Java's Cianjur city. It was the deadliest in Indonesia since a 2018 quake and tsunami in Sulawesi killed more than 4,300 people.
In 2004, an extremely powerful Indian Ocean quake set off a tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people in a dozen countries, most of them in Indonesia's Aceh province.
