Votes cast for Congress in LS polls will be a vote for anarchy, economic bankruptcy: Yediyurappa
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Thursday said votes cast for Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls will be a vote for anarchy, economic bankruptcy, corruption, instability and it will push the country's internal security into jeopardy.
The former chief minister also claimed that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's leadership has completely failed, and a situation has arised where no one from his party is ready to take his name, during the campaign.
This election is for the country's security and integrity, he further said, expressing confidence that the BJP-JD(S) alliance will win all 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka.
Elections in 28 constituencies in the state will be held in two phases on April 26 and May 7.
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"Congress seems to have forgotten that the Lok Sabha elections are going on. As Rahul Gandhi's leadership has completely failed, a peculiar situation has arised where no one (from his party) is ready to take his name. Congress party don't have a reliable leadership and don't have the support of the (state) government's achievements," Yediyurappa said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, Congress leaders are in the illusion of getting public support, merely by misleading the people about the Central government's grants and creating a dispute over it.
The BJP is facing this election on the basis of the ten years of achievement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he added.
Votes cast for Congress in the Lok Sabha polls, will be a "vote for anarchy", the former CM said and added that voting for Congress also means voting for economic bankruptcy.
"Voting for Congress also means -- a vote for corruption, a vote for the country's instability, and also a vote that will push the country's internal security towards jeopardy," he said, as he hoped that the people will vote for BJP and NDA candidates looking at PM Modi and his leadership, for a secure and stable India, economic growth, and the all round development of the country.
People will outrightly reject the INDIA bloc which has raised the voices of dividing the country on the lines of language, caste and religion, he added.
Stating that because of Congress' false promises, development has slowed down in the state, the BJP parliamentary board member said people of the country have already given their approval for PM Modi's target of "abki baar 400 paar" (over 400 seats for NDA).
"People are supporting Modi's leadership and I'm confident that they will ensure BJP and NDA wins all the 28 seats in Karnataka," he added.
Demanding answers from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah-led government about employment generation in the state in the last ten months, Yediyurappa said, talks about setting up of industries are only limited to 'X' accounts of Ministers M B Patil and Priyank Kharge.
"In the last ten months without even giving a single job, the Congress government has set a record, this is the Congress government's achievement," he claimed.
Highlighting various achievements of the Modi government, Yediyurappa, citing the increase in the number of Bhavishya Nidhi (PF) accounts and the number of MSMEs during Modi rule, asserted that a large number of jobs have been created.
Further pointing out that Congress had indulged in a misinformation campaign that HAL will be shut, the former CM said, HAL today has got a work order of Rs 84,000 crore and talks are on towards obtaining a work order for Rs 50,000 crore, and in 2023-24 alone it has generated a record income of Rs 29,000 crore.
"Will Rahul Gandhi, who had indulged in a misinformation campaign that HAL will be shut, apologise now? Will D K Shivakumar (Deputy CM) ensure that he apologises," he asked.
Comparing infrastructure creations like national highways, railway projects among others under the Modi's NDA rule with that of the previous UPA regime, he hit out at the Congress party alleging that they were on at a slow pace then.
Listing out various achievements of the Modi government, Yediyurappa pointed out that under the PM Kisan Samman scheme, the Centre is giving Rs 6,000 per farmer every year, and that when he was the chief minister he started giving Rs 4,000 in addition to it, from the state government, "but, Congress on coming to power in Karnataka has stopped it. This shows that this government is bankrupt."
The Siddaramaiah government has not been able to even set up a primary health centre so far, leave aside setting up a medical college, "this is their achievement," he added.
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Dileep case: Advocate representing survivor alleges Judge favoured actor
Thiruvanthapuram: A month after Malayalam film Actor Dileep was acquitted in the the case pertaining to abduction and rape of a famous Malayalam actress, Advocate T B Mini, the survivor's counsel in the case has accussed the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court Judge Honey M Varghese of favouring Actor Dileep in her petition to the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, reported On Manorama.
In her petition(accessed by Onmanorama), Mini has sought contempt of court proceedings against Honey Varghese alleging that the trial court judge made derisive remarks about her, including claims that she would doze off during court proceedings and was lax in handling the actress assault case.
Mini, who described the comments as false, contemptuous and defamatory, alleged in her petition that Honey Varghese had unduly favoured Dileep, the actor and producer who was the eighth accused in the case.
In the verdict delivered in December last year, Judge Honey Varghese acquitted Dileep and three other accused while sentencing six convicts to imprisonment.
The ruling drew major uproar, while Mini had refrained from making any public remarks against the judge at the time, stating only that the verdict was disappointing, now she has levelled serious allegations against the judge as the High Court is set to begin hearing the bail pleas filed by the six convicts on February 4.
Furthermore, Mini has stated in her petition that since the very first stage of the trial, the Judge Honey Varghese passed derogatory remarks against the survivor and behaved discourteously towards the prosecution, which eventually led to the resignation of two Special Public Prosecutors. According to Mini, the undue favour shown by Honey Varghese to Dileep resulted in a serious miscarriage of justice and brought disrepute to the judicial system.
She stated in the petition that it was a regular practice of Honey Varghese to pass derogatory comments about the survivor as well as the prosecution witnesses.
Mini also alleged that on several occasions, the Special Public Prosecutor was compelled to remind the judge that such conduct was in violation of the Supreme Court’s directions.
Mini also questioned the manner in which Honey Varghese conducted the inquiry into the illegal access of the memory card containing visuals of the sexual assault.
The memory card, a vital piece of evidence kept in the custody of the Sessions Court, was unlawfully accessed and tampered with, leading to a change in its hash value.
According to the report, an examination by the State Forensic Science Laboratory found that the card had been accessed on January 9, 2018, December 13, 2018, and July 19, 2021, while it was under the safe custody of different courts.
Mini stated in the petition that the memory card was illegally accessed for nearly half an hour in July 2021 while it was in the custody of the court presided over by Honey Varghese.
After the survivor approached the High Court citing a breach of privacy, the HC directed Honey Varghese to conduct an inquiry. Mini alleged that the judge carried out only a perfunctory inquiry, in violation of the High Court’s directions.
Mini has sought legal action against Honey Varghese, stating that when a lawyer is defamed in open court through false allegations, the judge is liable to face proceedings before the High Court. She noted in the petition that although she had a very limited role in the trial as the survivor’s counsel, she regularly attended the proceedings from November 2022 onward.
