Yeddiyurappa distances himself from Nalin Kumar Kateel's "Tippu vs Savarkar" remark
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior BJP leader BS Yeddiyurappa on Monday distanced himself from party's state chief Nalin Kumar Kateel's statement asserting the upcoming assembly elections in the state will be a "Savarkar vs Tippu battle".
In an interview to NDTV, Yeddiyurappa urged the party leaders to work tirelessly for the securing victory in the coming elections.
When asked if the party had shifted from development projects to issues like Tipu and Savarkar, the BJP leader said, "I don't agree with the narrative on Tipu vs Savarkar. It's not Tipu vs Savarkar, but BJP's policies and schemes that will be the narrative."
He, however, added that, while the Congress was trying its level-best to defeat the BJP, he was confident of the BJP getting absolute majority, because of PM Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
He further added that the BJP was not affected by either the Congress or the JD(S).
Asked about the narrative of his choice for the BJP, the leader said that the party should adopt ‘work hard’ as the mantra for the elections this year. The party workers should strive to spread awareness among the people regarding the popular schemes delivered by the BJP government in Karnataka, he said.
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India has agreed already to drop its tariffs to nothing: President Trump
New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.
“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.
“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.
In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.
Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.
