After the party won four of the five states in the recent assembly elections, the BJP has started preparations for the Karnataka assembly elections in the middle of next year. The party is working on ‘Mission 150+’ for the 2023 Assembly elections.
Recently, Union Home Minister Amit Shah went to the southern states to take stock of the preparations and asked the party cadres to take to the field to achieve ‘Mission 150+’. Shah has directed to complete the specific work and it is learned that more responsibilities will be given in future.
Elections will be held next year. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘name’ and ‘work’ (name and work) are all over the country and the state government is also doing well. We will definitely achieve our ‘Mission 150+’. Amit (Shah) Bhai Ji has given specific instructions to the state unit on how we should work on the ground. The state unit executes instructions on the ground. We will contest the Karnataka elections with the name and work of Prime Minister Modi and the work of the BJP government in the state. We will definitely come to power again, “City Robi, BJP national general secretary and member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, told IANS.
After seeing how the ‘beneficiaries’ (consumers) of government schemes voted, which was clearly one of the main reasons for the return of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, the Karnataka BJP is planning to reach out to them.
About 60 per cent of the population of Karnataka is the beneficiary of one or the other project of the Central or State Government. We have started working to turn this huge population into our voters. BJP workers and leaders are working to win the support of ‘Loverthi’ in next year’s elections, “Robi said.
The Saffron Party has already begun work on social engineering and identifying strong local leaders.
During his recent visit to Karnataka, Shah attended the celebration of the 115th birth anniversary of the late Shivakumar Swamiji at Siddhaganga Math.
Siddhaganga Math is an important religious center of the Lingayat community in the state.
According to insiders, Shah’s visit was part of a confidence-building and social propaganda exercise aimed at dispelling any misconceptions among the Lingayat community about the party replacing BS Yeddyurappa as Karnataka chief minister instead of BS Bomai.
Lingayats constitute about 17 per cent of the population of Karnataka and Yeddyurappa is considered as one of the tallest leaders of the community.
Karnataka also launched a ‘Jan Swaraj Jatra’ with four parties led by senior party leaders Yeddyurappa, KS Ishwarappa, Jagdish Shettar and Nalin Kumar Katil to unite BJP workers.
“He (Yeddyurappa) is still capable. He has fully joined the team. The party will make full use of its political intelligence. He is making every effort to ensure the victory of the BJP in the Assembly elections, ”said Robi.
Rejecting the Congress’ claim that the party would be able to come to power this time, Robi said it would have the same consequences in Uttar Pradesh. “Some Congress leaders are daydreaming but they will not be able to come to power in 2023.”
Last year, after months of speculation about a change of guard in Karnataka, the BJP replaced veteran Yeddyurappa and made Bomai the chief minister of the state.
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A day after Rahul Gandhi’s attack on Mayawati, the BSP supremo hit back, rejecting claims that Congress had offered her the chief ministership of the alliance. The former UP chief minister attacked the Grand Old Party, saying it had “never sided with the Dalits”.
“Rahul Gandhi himself is plagued by a racist mentality and he is blaming me. He is lying, I have not received any offer and the Congress has never sided with the Dalits, ”he said.
Gandhi on Saturday claimed that the party had extended a proposal to the BSP for an alliance before the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, even offering him the chief ministership in case of a joint victory. “However, we did not get any answer,” Gandhi said at a function.
Now, rejecting the demands, Mayawati has further accused the Congress of “always trying to humiliate and weaken the BSP”. “Rahul can’t decorate his house,” he said, commenting on the party’s performance in the recent assembly elections in five states.
Commenting on Rahul’s jib that she feared ‘CBI, ED and Pegasus’, Mayawati said that even Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi’s late father, tried to discredit the BSP.
“Now, even Priyanka Gandhi is saying the same thing, claiming that I am afraid of the ED and other investigating agencies. This is all a lie. They should be aware that we have fought and won all these cases in the Supreme Court, ”Mayawati said.
Both the BSP and the Congress have seen disappointing performances in the elections in Uttar Pradesh, with one and two seats in their name, respectively.
Political commentators claimed that Rahul’s remarks came in the light of the Congress’ lost voter base for Dalits, Muslims and Brahmins in the 1980s. They said the opportunity came in the light of Mayawati’s worst performance in the state, in which she has held the top post four times.
“Mayawati did not elect, we gave her the message to form an alliance but she did not respond. Kanshiram G raised the voice of Dalits in UP, though it influenced the Congress. This time he did not fight for Dalit voice because there are CBI, ED and Pegasus, ”Rahul said on Saturday.
Mayawati had earlier blamed the BJP for tarnishing her image in the minds of Muslim voters as the reason for her defeat. However, political experts said it was a failure of Mayawati’s votebank algorithm and a deviation from the BSP’s core ideology which could contribute to the party’s disappointing score.
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A day after Rahul Gandhi’s attack on Mayawati, the BSP supremo hit back, rejecting claims that Congress had offered her the chief ministership of the alliance. The former UP chief minister attacked the Grand Old Party, saying it had “never sided with the Dalits”.
“Rahul Gandhi himself is plagued by a racist mentality and he is blaming me. He is lying, I have not received any offer and the Congress has never sided with the Dalits, ”he said.
Gandhi on Saturday claimed that the party had extended a proposal to the BSP for an alliance before the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, even offering him the chief ministership in case of a joint victory. “However, we did not get any answer,” Gandhi said at a function.
Now, rejecting the demands, Mayawati has further accused the Congress of “always trying to humiliate and weaken the BSP”. “Rahul can’t decorate his house,” he said, commenting on the party’s performance in the recent assembly elections in five states.
Commenting on Rahul’s jib that she feared ‘CBI, ED and Pegasus’, Mayawati said that even Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister and Rahul Gandhi’s late father, tried to discredit the BSP.
“Now, even Priyanka Gandhi is saying the same thing, claiming that I am afraid of the ED and other investigating agencies. This is all a lie. They should be aware that we have fought and won all these cases in the Supreme Court, ”Mayawati said.
Both the BSP and the Congress have seen disappointing performances in the elections in Uttar Pradesh, with one and two seats in their name, respectively.
Political commentators claimed that Rahul’s remarks came in the light of the Congress’ lost voter base for Dalits, Muslims and Brahmins in the 1980s. They said the opportunity came in the light of Mayawati’s worst performance in the state, in which she has held the top post four times.
“Mayawati did not elect, we gave her the message to form an alliance but she did not respond. Kanshiram G raised the voice of Dalits in UP, though it influenced the Congress. This time he did not fight for Dalit voice because there are CBI, ED and Pegasus, ”Rahul said on Saturday.
Mayawati had earlier blamed the BJP for tarnishing her image in the minds of Muslim voters as the reason for her defeat. However, political experts said it was a failure of Mayawati’s votebank algorithm and a deviation from the BSP’s core ideology which could contribute to the party’s disappointing score.
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Denying the Congress party’s ‘ideological position’, senior party leader KV Thomas attended a national seminar of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and praised Kerala Chief Minister and CPI-M leader Pinarayi Vijayan.
At the seminar, KV Thomas said that when he had two thoughts on whether he would attend the event, the Chief Minister gave him the right advice.
CPI-M organized a seminar on Center-State relations in Kannur as part of the 23rd Party Congress. KV Thomas attended the seminar despite warnings of action by the KPCC president regarding his participation in the CPI-M event.
Meanwhile, without naming the KPCC president, CM Pinarayi Bijayan has dug a hole in him and said: “We have invited Professor KV Thomas as a representative of the Congress party. Even now he is participating as the leader of the Congress. Some people said they would cut off his nose [a colloquial saying] But he is still running as a Congress leader. Some people announced that he would not participate. We knew nothing would happen and [now] He is here as a Congress leader. “
On the other hand, KV Thomas gave a message to his colleagues that “if you take the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, you should participate in such a national program which is against the policy of the Center”.
KV Thomas says he is happy and proud to be part of the seminar.
“I came here as a congressman, from a congressional family. When I see all of you I think the decision to come here, to attend this seminar was right. I believe that my colleagues will understand that my participation in this event has become a force for Congress as well, “said Thomas.
Thomas says his party strongly opposes the Vijayanagara government’s ambitious Silver Line Semi-High Speed Rail Corridor project.
“It remains to be seen whether what I have said in terms of development is good for the country and the state. If so, we should go together for the project, for development, regardless of who came up with the project. I’m not blindly supporting any project. If there is a problem or error in K-Rail, it should be resolved without opposition as Pinarayi has brought victory. “
Thomas Pinarayi also called Vijayan “a good Chief Minister of the country”.
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The landing of the three southern chief ministers – K Chandrashekhar Rao, YS Jaganmohan Reddy and MK Stalin – in Delhi at the same time this week has generated some interest and curiosity in national political circles.
Their visit is being seen as a major push towards building their national image and relevance ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
As the Congress fights for its survival, regional parties like Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Telangana State Association (TRS) and YSR Congress Party are expected to play a major role in filling the void.
Where Stalin is standing
MK Stalin’s three-day visit to Delhi had some undertone. From the inauguration of Anna-Kalaignar Arivalayam, the DMK’s first office outside Tamil Nadu, to the presence of anti-BJP allies during the publication of his autobiography in the national capital, the southern leader was sending a clear message – “Dili door nahi”
His statement that the DMK office in Delhi is “a mandatory symbol of the vital role that DMK and Dravidian models play in national politics” is another sign that the South is preparing for the 2024 general elections.
The presence of Rahul Gandhi, Omar Abdullah, Pinarayi Vijayan and Tejaswi Yadav at the time of publication of his autobiography was another open message of his party’s continued struggle against the “big brother” at the center.
Finally visited the government school in Delhi and said Mahalla The clinics were seen by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as a step towards strengthening the DMK’s ties with the Aam Aadmi Party and gaining the support of anti-BJP allies.
Interestingly, the DMK is the third largest party in the Lok Sabha after sending 24 elected MPs to the lower house in the 2019 elections. Led by Karunanidhi and Jayalalithaa, the two Dravidian parties, the AIADMK and the DMK, have been instrumental in supporting the NDA and the UPA, thus helping them to come to power or even topple their government.
“Stalin is probably trying to form an alliance before 2024, just as his father Karunanidhi did in the late 1980s and late 1990s,” said Sandhya Ravi Shankar, a Chennai-based freelance journalist.
“Stalin may not be interested in the PM’s chair, but he certainly wants to be king-maker. We have to wait and see if this so-called third front actually takes shape, “he said.
Political analyst Sumantha C. Raman believes that unlike his father M Karunanidhi, Stalin has better opportunities in central politics. Although Karunanidhi made it clear that he knew his “limits” in politics, Stalin felt that he could use his proximity to the Gandhi family to his advantage.
Raman said that Stalin was much closer to Gandhi than the leaders of other regional parties like Chandrasekhar Rao or Mamata Banerjee.
However, the DMK chief faces a number of challenges as he is the leader of a state that has taken an anti-Hindi stance – which is not appreciated in the Hindi region of India. It will be difficult for him to fight for the top position. At most, he could be the convener of the Rainbow Alliance, whose role includes uniting the people. Not more than that, ”Raman told News18.
Jagan Reddy Mystery
When Stalin’s IT department advertised on social media that “social justice comes to Delhi”, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy came in a more frightening fashion.
Jagan’s YSR Congress Party is not far behind DMK. Out of 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, YSRCP has won 22 seats in the 2019 elections. Analysts say the party could still win a majority of seats in the state in 2024.
Like Stalin, Jagan is moving forward with the mantra of welfare. Direct money transfers to the poor and middle class in the name of various welfare schemes have paid off politically.
But Jagan’s relationship with the center is still a mystery. Though the Center desperately needs its funds and development projects locally, its main rival is the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) led by Chandrababu Naidu.
Political analyst Gali Nagaraja told News18 that Jagan was seen joining the BJP because he had no other choice.
“No Congress is in its original form and this is the party that was responsible for keeping him in jail in the ED case. Jagan has no choice but to stay close to the BJP. The BJP also needs Jagan more than Naidu in the AP because in the 2019 elections, Naidu funded elections to defeat Modi-Shah leadership in Karnataka, Gujarat and other states. So the BJP thinks that Naidu is more dangerous politically than Jagan and they will not like to keep him as their enemy. Using Jagan, the BJP plans to destroy the TDP and Naidu, ”Nagaraja explained.
However, Jagan is not part of the NDA. Political analysts see this as a precautionary measure on his part – to keep his options open before 2024 and to ensure that his state does not have the funds.
“Stay away from development, the government does not have the money to pay the contractors. No one is coming forward for development work. Is it enough to give money directly to the people in the name of the scheme? What about industry, jobs? Young and educated people are opposing Jagan’s rule, “Subramaniam, a senior journalist, told News18.
“Everyone except the opposition parties, including the Nobel laureates, praised us for our charitable work. We don’t care. We need our people for development. Certainly, we will be stronger after the 2024 elections, ”Mohammad Iqbal, YSRCP MLC, told News18.
“Of course, there is a void in Andhra politics. No one is in a position to compete with Jagan, including the TDP. Meanwhile, Jagan has stood by the BJP from the beginning even though it is not needed. This may include personal benefits like CBI, ED cases. However, it seems that YSRCP has sided with BJP in case of need. If the BJP needs the YSRCP in 2024, of course they will cooperate. If the BJP does not have the strength, they will look for alternative alliances, “said journalist and political analyst Subramaniam.
KCR’s comeback
Receiving a hint from his Tamil Nadu opponent, Chandrasekhar Rao took a step to bury his national aspirations. He has appointed Sanjay Kumar Jha as his Press Relations Officer in Delhi, the first for this regional team.
Rao, who has been camping in Delhi since the happy Ugadi festival, appears to be on a mission to leak the center on the issue of paddy procurement on behalf of Telangana farmers. But there is more to it than meets the eye.
There has been a sudden change in the way the Telangana Chief Minister is publicly positioning himself. Rao was condemned for ruling the government from his huge “Pragati Bhavan” or his farmhouse in Siddipet district, “missing in action” at the height of the epidemic, but now suddenly “active and accessible”. From convening an all-party meeting (the first since he took over as chief minister in 2014), to launching a social development project to plan a dharna against the BJP in Delhi, KCR is now at the center of it all.
Political analysts read it as part of Rao’s larger “national plan.” Even his move to launch a national-level movement with the farmers’ unions, including dharna in Jantar Mantar, to draw attention to the paddy collection line is being considered as his strategy to build his “national image”.
Although his sudden appearance could be in preparation for the 2023 Assembly elections, sources close to the chief minister said that the TRS chief has been reeling from the electoral crisis that his party has been facing since 2020.
Disappointed with TRS’s performance in the Dubakka and Huzurabad by-elections last year, Rao is also uneasy about the way the BJP won the 2020 high-voltage Hyderabad municipal elections. Although the TRS failed to reach the half mark, its arch-rival the BJP. It won 48 seats compared to the four seats it won in the 2018 elections.
Analysts say Rao’s recent announcement that he is going to play an active and key role in central politics to bring the non-BJP and non-Congress governments to power at the center indicates his “frustration”.
“KCR’s initiatives are always multifaceted. If he garnered the support of non-BJP allies and formed an alternative front, he would be hailed as its initiator. He may also show that he tried to unite the Third Front, even as the NDA emerged as the largest coalition, ”Venu Gopal Reddy, a Telangana-based political analyst, told News18.
Rocky roads
But being in the BJP’s opposition is always risky. A DMK minister has been charged this week, and at least two more are rumored to be facing music soon. The ghost of 2G is pending in the Delhi High Court.
Jagan is facing his CBI and ED case. Although the road ahead will have to be paved on thin ice, the dream of these southern leaders to flourish in Delhi may be delayed due to the BJP’s Jagranot or legal impediment.
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The Congress on Saturday announced its new PCC chief, appointing Amarinder Singh Raja Waring as Navjot Singh Sidhu’s successor, and even appointing Qadian MLA Pratap Singh Bajwa as the leader of the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) in the Punjab Assembly.
Sidhu resigned after the party’s defeat in the recent state elections on the instructions of party president Sonia Gandhi.
By appointing Waring, a 44-year-old former Indian Youth Congressman and Giddarbaha MLA, as PPCC chief, the Congress high command seems to have given priority to a young face and placed a mature leader and a former MP as CLP leaders against Bhagwant. The standard-led AAP government.
Sonia Gandhi has released a list of new appointments, which, according to insiders, seems to have a clear “stamp” on Rahul Gandhi. Former Minister of State Bharat Bhushan Ashu has been appointed acting president of the Punjab Congress and Chabbewal MLA Raj Kumar Chabbewal will be the Deputy CLP leader.
Ashu started his political career as a Congress councilor from Ludhiana in 1997 and later became a councilor three times and a MLA twice. He belongs to a business family who owns a dairy farm.
Waring, who represents Giddarbahar in the state assembly, is said to have been selected by Rahul Gandhi to lead the Indian Youth Congress in his previous years in his party. He will face tough challenges to manage the affairs of the state unit due to factionalism and losses caused by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Although he seems to be enjoying Sidhu’s support, he has to take all the team along to get the team out of the crisis.
Bajwa, a former Rajya Sabha MP, was also Gandhi’s choice for the upper house. Although he has never publicly criticized the party high command, he has consistently pointed the finger at state leadership.
Chabbewal is a veteran Scheduled Caste leader from Punjab. The party has struck a fine balance among the communities representing all the major groups in the state through the latest restructuring.
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A district court in Madhya Pradesh has issued notice to Bollywood actress-politician Jaya Bachchan-Rajya Sabha MP on the issue of a land deal. The Bhopal district court issued the notice on April 7 and asked him to appear before the court by April 30 to file his reply.
Samajwadi Party MP Bachchan has been issued a notice on the basis of a criminal case filed against the son of Anuj Daga – former BJP MLA Jitendra Daga, alleging that he had canceled a land sale agreement after receiving a portion of the payment.
Daga’s lawyer Enosh George Carlo told IANS on Saturday that Jaya Bachchan had been accused of demanding more than the agreed amount.
According to Carlo, Daga was in a deal to buy land with an advance of Rs 1 crore from Jaya Bachchan.
The money was deposited in Jaya Bachchan’s account. However, after a few days, the money was returned to the account of Anuj Dagar. Later, they demanded a higher price than the agreed amount – Rs 2 crore per acre of land, and then broke the agreement. “
“When a proposal is made under Indian treaty law, it is accepted. Once considered, the deal is done. The deal between my team and Jaya Bachchan was done digitally, and Rs 1 crore was deposited in the bank account as agreed under the deal, ”the lawyer said.
Carlo claims that Bachchan owns 5 acres of land in Sevania Gaur in Bhopal district which he bought about 12 years ago. The lawyer said he had allowed Rajesh Hrishikesh Yadav to sell the land.
“The court has accepted the case for consideration and a notice has been issued. The next hearing will be on April 30. Jaya Bachchan has been asked to appear in court, ”said Dagar’s lawyer.
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File photo of Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu. (PTI)
On Saturday, Sidhu shared a photo of a woman lying on the street in Dhanaula, Barnala district, and wrote to CM Mann,
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A woman whose picture was shared by Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu to target the Punjab government has been found “frustrated”, police said.
Earlier in the day, Sidhu shared a picture of a woman lying on the road in Dhanaula, Barnala district. “Today, a young girl was beaten and her hands and feet were tied on the highway in Dhanaula and a man was killed in Khemkaran. There is no fear of law. If such law and order situation continues, no one will be here. Before inviting foreigners, first ensure the safety of the 3Cr Punjabis here, ”Sidhu said in a tweet targeting Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
Barnala police officer Darpan Ahluwalia said on Saturday that the 33-year-old woman had come to Dhanuala in Barnala from Budhlada in Mansa on a bus to buy some books and household items. Unable to find a place to spend the night on Pierkhana Road, he covered himself with his ‘dupatta’ and lay down on the side of the road, Ahluwalia said. On Saturday morning, some pedestrians took him to Dhanoula Community Health Center.
Police called the woman’s mother and brother to the health center, he said, adding that in a statement to police, the woman’s mother said her daughter was “depressed.”
Police said his legs were not tied. Her mother demanded that her picture be removed from social media. Later, he was sent back to his home with his mother and brother, police said.
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Samajwadi Party MP from Sambal Shafiqur Rahman Barak has attacked his party saying that he is not satisfied with the work of the party and the whole Samajwadi Party is not working for Muslims. The video of Sambal SP giving this statement has now gone viral on social media platforms, raising eyebrows among the Samajwadi Party.
Barack is often in the headlines for his controversial remarks. Asked about his party’s work, Barak said, “I am not satisfied with the work, the whole socialist is not working for Muslims.” Asked by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, he said, “CM Yogi Adityanath is working in UP, but on his terms, and because of this, there is no justice for Muslims in UP.”
Barak’s statement could become a problem for his party, as he is said to have a very good hold on Muslims, which is why he has been an MP from Sambal more than once. Also his grandson Ziaur Rahman Bark is MLA of Kundarki assembly constituency of Moradabad district. After the UP Assembly elections, the allegations against Barak’s party are being viewed from a political point of view and now all eyes are on Barak.
Earlier, SP MP Azan said in the debate that Azan usually ends within 3-4 minutes and there was nothing wrong with that. He further said, “Recitation of the entire Ramayana lasts for 24 hours, but no one has any problem with it. Controversy over the call to prayer is a conspiracy to spread hatred across the country. ”
SP Mitra and Akhilesh Yadav’s uncle Shivpal Yadav are also showing dissent after allegations of neglect in the alliance. Shivpal had recently gone to meet UP CM Yogi Adityanath at his residence, sparking speculation that he may leave the alliance soon. Shivpal Yadav has said that he will announce his plan in due course.
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Mumbai police said on Friday that Somaiya had been summoned to join the investigation and had been asked to appear before the investigating officer at Mankhurde Trombay police station in the suburbs. (File photo: PTI)
Raut further said that Somaiya father and son have both applied for anticipatory bail
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On Saturday, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut claimed that BJP leader Kirit Somaiya and his son Neel, who had been summoned by the police for allegedly misusing funds raised to turn the isolated aircraft carrier INS Vikrant into a museum, had gone underground. Speaking to reporters here, Raut further said that both the Somaiya father and son had applied for anticipatory bail.
“If you have done no wrong, why be afraid?” Shiv Sena leader asked. Mumbai police on Friday said Somaiya had been summoned to join the investigation and was asked to appear before an investigating officer at the Trombay police station in the suburb of Mankhurd.
“The police went to issue summons to them. But before Mulund, their house was locked, “said a police official on Friday. Commissioned in 1961, INS Bikrant, a majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy, was instrumental in enforcing the blockade of East Pakistan during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war.
It was canceled in 1997. There was a demand to turn the warship into a museum. But in January 2014, the ship was sold through an online auction and was scrapped in November of that year.
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