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Cong-JD(S) logjam continues over LS poll seat-sharing

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January 25, 2019

Bengaluru, Jan 25: The Congress and the JD(S) appear to be struggling to seal a seat-sharing deal for the forthcoming general election after a brief discussion on the issue during the coordination committee meeting yesterday failed to yield meaningful results.

The coordination panel, which comprises key leaders from the two parties, decided to hold another meeting involving JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda sometime next week. While the Congress is pitching for 24 of the total 28 seats, the JD(S) is insisting on 8-10 seats, sources say.

"We only had a preliminary meeting on seat sharing," said Siddaramaiah, head of the coordination panel. "The meetings will continue till we arrive at a decision. We will hold a separate discussion on this sometime next week."

JD(S) secretary-general K Danish Ali said the priority is to win at least 25 seats. "Therefore, we have told our alliance partner to devise a formula based on winnability rather than any set format," Ali said. He said it could take another three-four meetings to reach an agreement.

A senior leader who attended Thursday’s meeting said the JD(S) tabled a proposal "for a minimum eight Lok Sabha seats of their choice".

"Apart from Mandya and Hassan, which it won, the JD(S) wants the Congress to give it five seats — Mysuru, Tumakuru, Kolar, Chikkaballapura and Bengaluru Rural or Bengaluru North seats besides Raichur or Vijayapura," said the leader. "The party feels it has a stronger base than Congress in these seats."

The Congress is believed to have told JD(S) leaders that it cannot deny tickets to nine of their sitting MPs. However, a final decision will be taken by the high command.

"If state leaders fail to reach a consensus, the matter will be decided by Gowda and AICC president Rahul Gandhi," the senior leader said. "We have been asked to hold state-level meetings and submit reports to central leaders. Based on the reports, Rahul and Gowda will take a final decision."

Sources say AICC general secretary KC Venugopal, at a party meeting earlier on Thursday, said not all sitting MPs are sure to get tickets.

It was decided at the meeting to implement the common minimum programme (CMP) in the forthcoming state budget, tentatively slated for February 8.

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May 21,2020

Udupi, May 21: In a shocking development, as many as 27 fresh coronavirus positive cases were reported in the coastal district of Udupi today. 

Another shocker is, 16 among 27 covid-19 patients are children. The rest are six men and five women. 

Interestingly, all of them have inter-state travel history. 23 had come from Maharashtra and 3 from Telangana. Another one had come from Kerala to Manipal. More details are awaited.

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February 16,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 16: The Central Crime Branch has recovered blank firearms from Saddaguntepalya Police Station limits.

As of now, two persons have been arrested in this regard. They have been identified as Mohd Junaid and Mohd Tabrez. The officials have recovered 28 blank firearms and 76 blank bullets.

"The two accused -- without having any license -- were in possession of these huge number of weapons," Sandeep Patil, Joint CP, Crime, told media.

As per the preliminary investigation, there has been no record of such cases in Bengaluru. "But we are verifying if other states have any (such) case," added the Joint CP

According to investigations, it was noted that the weapons were purchased from Mumbai at an estimated cost of Rs 1 lakh per weapon.

Further investigation is currently underway.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, July 31: Denying irregularities in covid-19 equipment purchase by the Karnataka government, the state unit of the BJP has issued legal notices to Congress leaders Siddaramaiah and D K Shivakumar demanding that they apologize or face a defamation suit. 

The notices seek a public apology for the allegations levelled against the government on irregularities in the procurement of Covid-19 equipment and supplies. 

Both Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar, the Karnataka Congress president, have been doggedly pursuing allegations of corruption against the BJP government and have demanded a judicial inquiry. 

BJP general secretary N Ravi Kumar said that while the Congress leaders claimed that Rs 4,157 crore was spent during Covid-19, they also allege that the government has not responded to any of the 20 letters written by them. "If the government has not provided any answer to the Opposition, where did they get the figures from," he said.

None of the allegations of corruption is specific and the statements made are factually incorrect. "These statements, without any basis, have been issued calculatedly to lower the image and damage the reputation of the government, the Bharatiya Janata Party, representatives of the party and the ministers in the government," the notice issued on behalf of Ravi Kumar read.

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