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Won't answer to legal notice from non-existent 'All India Trinamool Congress': Suvendu
In his reply to the legal notice sent by Trinamool's Rajya Sabha MP Derek O Brien, Adhikari's counsel Suryanil Das has challenged its authenticity. Indirectly referring to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) decision to withdraw the national party status of Trinamool, Das said in the reply that currently there is no political party by the name of 'All India Trinamool Congress', and what exists is a regional party called just 'Trinamool Congress'.
Karnataka Polls: 'BJP believes in continuous change', Shah clears air on denial of ticket to party bigwigs
Shah also underlined that if Congress thinks that it can come to power in Karnataka with the induction of former BJP leader Jagadish Shettar into the party, it is thinking of the impossible. "Only Shettar has joined the Congress, not our vote bank or the party workers. BJP will retain power with a thumping majority," Shah said.
Karnataka polls: Rahul to celebrate Basava Jayanthi in Karnataka
Basava Jayanthi is celebrated on April 23 as a festival by the Lingayat community across the state. The Congress, which is upbeat about breaking Lingayat vote bank of BJP after the joining of senior Lingayat leaders from BJP -- Jagadish Shettar and Laxman Savadi --, is all set to woo the community on the auspicious occasion, sources said here on Saturday.
Karnataka polls: Process of filing nominations ends today
Date of issue of the gazette notification on elections was April 13, 2023; date of scrutiny of nominations is on April 21. Last date for withdrawal of candidature is April 24. The date of poll is May 10, and the date of counting is May 13. Most of the candidates filed their nominations on Wednesday. According to official statistics, 1,110 candidates.
Sachin Pilot out, Ashok Gehlot in as star campaigner for Karnataka Assembly polls
Many questions are doing the rounds in the political corridors of Rajasthan, especially after Pilot skipped two key events of the party in the state -- the one-on-one feedback session with the party's Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa, and the Congress Sammelan held in Jaipur on Wednesday.
Karnataka: Congress has ignored, cheated Lingayat community, says BJP
"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', Jagadish Shettar lashes out
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.
K'taka Polls: Defection by leaders won't impact BJP, says CM
Speaking to reporters at the Mysuru airport, Bommai said that a few leaders may have deserted the party but as the BJP is not an individual-based party like others, the defection of some leaders will not have any impact. "The Congress did not have candidates for around 60 constituencies, so it announced nominees for just 150 constituencies and kept quiet without releasing the list for all the 224 seats.
Karnataka polls: RSS, BJP attacking Basavanna's philosophy, says Rahul Gandhi
Addressing a public rally at Humnabad in Karnataka, Rahul Gandhi stated that the RSS and the BJP are attacking democracy in the whole country. Basavanna thought of equal participation, equal representation and collective growth. These thoughts are being attacked by the BJP and the RSS. They are spreading hatred and violence in the country. The BJP's ideology is different from Basavanna's. Whatever Basavanna said, the RSS and the BJP are against it, he alleged.
Karnataka polls: Family members of leaders in BJP's 3rd list, resentment still brews
However, senior leader S.A. Ramdas, miffed with the denial of ticket from Krishnaraja constituency in Mysuru city, stated that he will announce his decision on future course of action on Tuesday. The BJP has announced candidates for 10 constituencies, thus finalising 222 candidates of the total 224. The party is yet to announce.
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