POLITICS

Jaishankar asks Siddaramaiah not to politicise issue of K'taka tribals' evacuation from Sudan
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"Simply appalled at your tweet! There are lives at stake; don't do politics. Since the fighting started on April 14th, the Embassy of India in Khartoum has been continuously in touch with most Indian nationals and PIOs in Sudan," the External Affairs Minister tweeted while tagging Siddaramaiah's earlier comments on Twitter.
'Congress a sinking ship': Karnataka CM on BJP members exiting party
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Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said this while referring to the exit of former chief minister Jagadish Shettar and ex-deputy chief minister Laxman Savadi. Both the former BJP leaders would be contesting the May 10 Karnataka Assembly polls on Congress ticket.
Now, pro-Gehlot MLAs pitch for him as 4th time CM
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Tuesday was the second day of collecting this one-on-one feedback from Rajasthan MLAs. On this occasion, the pro-Gehlot MLAs were seen yet again triggering factional war by demanding for Gehlot as the chief minister for the fourth time. The MLAs of the pro-Gehlot tribal area openly advocated to make Gehlot the chief minister for the fourth time.
Now mafia cannot threaten anyone in UP: CM Yogi Adityanath
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The uttar pradesh Chief minister Yogi Adityanath said: "Before 2017, the state was infamous for riots. More than 700 riots rocked the state between 2012 and 2017. But not a single riot broke out after 2017. Earlier, just the names of many districts scared people. Now there is no need to be scared.
Karnataka: Congress has ignored, cheated Lingayat community, says BJP
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"The Lingayat voters in Karnataka are vigilant and they have always taken the right decision when required. The Congress has shown special love for them after the Assembly elections were announced. It was the same party that tried to divide the Lingayats and Veerashaivas. The people have not forgotten the divide-and-rule policy of the Congress party," Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
General Secy B.L. Santhosh will 'destroy BJP in Karnataka', Shettar lashes out
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Addressing reporters here, Shettar said that that the BJP is losing leaders one after the other and is not sure whether it wants to come to power. "B.L. Santhosh was made in-charge of elections in other states... nowhere could the BJP win. In spite of it, he had been made in-charge of Karnataka. This is only being done to rout the party.
Vijayan responds to Stalin, agrees to move together against 'erring Governor
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"As you have rightly stated, presently elected governments in many states are facing this issue. In Kerala too, certain bills passed by the State Assembly after due deliberation have been kept pending by the Governor for unduly long time, some for more than a year," said Vijayan.
General Secy B.L. Santhosh will 'destroy BJP in Karnataka', Jagadish Shettar lashes out
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Addressing reporters here, Shettar said that that the BJP is losing leaders one after the other and is not sure whether it wants to come to power. "B.L. Santhosh was made in-charge of elections in other states... nowhere could the BJP win. In spite of it, he had been made in-charge of Karnataka. This is only being done to rout the party in the state," he alleged.
"Total nonsense, I am with NCP till my last breath: Ajit Pawar on 'political quake'
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Dismissing the rumours circulating since the past few days, he aggressively countered to the volley of questions from mediapersons: "How many times do I have to deny all this... Should I now give you an affidavit?" Let me make it clear once and finally... I am with the NCP... Never have I indicated that I will support the.
With Shettar & Savadi joining, Cong will win 150 seats: K'taka Cong chief
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Speaking to reporters Shivakumar stated that with this development the voters of Veerashaiva and Lingayat community will go with the Congress. "Our survey projected 141 seats. Now, with the joining of Shettar and Savadi we will reach 150," he said. nAfter the arrival of these two leaders, the vote share of Congress in Lingayat.
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