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Ex-minister Shetty, who jumped to Cong after ticket denial, returns to BJP

CD Network
July 3, 2017

Bengaluru, Jul 3: Former BJP minister S.N. Krishnaiah Shetty, who was a co-accused along with former chief minister B. S. Yeddyurappa in an alleged land scam during his stint as minister, rejoined the saffron party on Sunday after severing his four-year "not so fruitful" ties with the Congress in Kolar district.

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Earlier, Krishnaiah Shetty left BJP after his party denied party ticket to contest in the elections. Later, Shetty joined Congress party in Karnataka. Speaking to media persons on Sunday, he said he won’t leave BJP and will work for it as a general party worker.

What is significant is that in a span of just two weeks, three leaders have quit the Congress-veteran leader and former MP A.H. Vishwanath, prominent Vishwakarma leader K.P. Nanjundi and now Mr Shetty.

A senior leader in the Congress asserted that there will be no damage to the party vote bank except in the case of Mr Vishwanath's exit.

"Be it the case of Mr Nanjundi or Mr Shetty, these leaders will not be able to bring their community votes to our kitty. Traditionally the Vishwakarma community and Arya Vaishya community are a core voter group of the BJP” the source said.

“Mr Shetty was never active in the Congress in Kolar after he joined the party. He was inducted on the insistence of Kolar Lok Sabha MP, K. H. Muniyappa. It helped Mr Muniyappa to a certain extent during the Lok Sabha polls. But after that, Mr Shetty remained absent from party programmes in the district. Although physically he was with the Congress, he remained a BJP worker at heart. Even during the Gram Panchayat, Taluk Panchayat, Zilla Panchayat and other Urban Local Body elections, he fielded his candidate against the Congress and ensured his victory with the tacit support of local Congress leaders. Therefore, he was never a prize catch for the party. As for Mr Nanjundi, he has emerged as a leader of his community but has never been able convert his goodwill into votes in our favour. The Brahmin, Vishwakarma and Arya Vaishya communities vote en masse for the BJP, not Congress," the source explained.

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Raees
 - 
Friday, 7 Jul 2017

Rss is not safe in India. Send them to Israel

Zahoor Ahmed
 - 
Friday, 7 Jul 2017

There is no human value in RSS Culture. so don't expect from them. They just using HIindu card for their survival.

Pulimunchi
 - 
Friday, 7 Jul 2017

Saffron forces celebrate every every attack on Hindus because they know that it will ultimately benefit them. In other words, saffron forces are the masterminds in all cases of attacks on innocent Hindus.

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January 6,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Activist Irom Chanu Sharmila took part in a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) at Sir Puttanna Chetty Town Hall here on Sunday.

Sharmila, who came in the protest along with her child, took part in a 'burqa and bindi' protest marking the birth anniversary of social reformer Savitribai Phule.

Protests have erupted across the country over the CAA which grants citizenship to Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Parsi, Buddhist, and Christian refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh, who came to India on or before December 31, 2014.

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February 17,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 17: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday assured that the Centre is committed to stand by its promise of providing Rs 18,600 crore Bengaluru suburban Rail project.

Addressing a press conference after a post-budget interactive session with the representatives of the various trade bodies, industry leaders and others here, she said that the union cabinet has already given its clearance for the long-pending project.

Informing that the central government will have 20 per cent of its capital share in the project followed by another 20 per cent share from the state government, she said "beside this, the union government will stand for a sovereign guarantee for the rest of the 60 percent share, which can be raised through loans from external agencies".

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May 5,2020

Bengaluru, May 5: The Karnataka government is planning to maintain a Health database of its citizens in the backdrop of experience gained from the COVID-19 pandemic, Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday.

In a statement issued here, he said a “Health Register” will be maintained to keep track of all health issues of the people and the project will be implemented first in Chikkaballapur district on an experimental basis.

“COVID-19 has provided enough experience for all of us and therefore, there is a need to maintain health data of each person. The government will be undertaking a survey using a team of Primary Health Centre officials, Revenue officials, Education department staff and Asha Workers,” the Minister said in a release here.

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