Bengaluru, Mar 26: Human rights activist and Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan has warned the people of Karnataka that the “greater evil” for them is the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“Though the choice before voters in Karnataka is between the devil and the deep sea, the BJP is a far greater evil,” he told presspersons here on Sunday after addressing a gathering on political corruption and dangers to democracy.
“The [Assembly] elections are approaching and money power is going to play a major role. There will be a politicians-bureaucracy-contractors nexus that will bring in the money,” he said.
“D.K. Shivakumar is there, and the likes of (Ashok) Kheny have joined the Congress, which has ignored the corruption cases against them. The BJP has B.S. Yeddyurappa as its chief ministerial candidate and leader of the poll campaign, despite the cases in the Lokayukta and the Central Bureau of Investigation. The Reddy brothers are behind the BJP. The parties have all been partners in crime, but the people are stuck,” he said.
Opining that more transparency was required in funding of parties and candidates, he said that unless there is transparency, electoral reforms were not possible.
“When we speak of transparency in funding political parties, electoral bonds have become instruments of changing black money to white. They are bearer bonds with no name or serial number. Bonds are given to a party and they cash it in. No one knows where the money came from or even if it is a clear kickback on a deal,” he said.
Mr. Bhushan urged all democratic forces to join in advocating for transparent, corruption-free governance ahead of the elections.
Bengaluru, Feb 14: After the swearing-in of ten former JDS and Congress MLAs, political boundaries seem to have become more fluid, with little clarity on who is on whose side. When Honnali BJP MLA Renukacharya visited senior Congressman DK Shivakumar at the latter’s residence, many eyebrows were raised over the reason behind the meeting. There was speculation over why Renukacharya would be meeting a man who is, in all likelihood, slated to be the next KPCC president.
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Mr. Bhushan is an ambitious guy. Like brutus. He wanted power and position always
The reason for the support of common people is nothing but BJP govt always stood for common people and farmers
Even now also BJP have strong common people support. I got scold from some people for speaking against Modi and his govt
Brainy people are against BJP. If BJP wanted to win, they have to tamper EVM
Great.. If all thinkers and activists speak against BJP then BJP cant even dream about victory
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