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Party is firmly behind BS Yeddyurappa, says Srinivasa Prasad

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May 16, 2019

Mysuru, May 16: Against a backdrop of rifts within the JD(S)-Congress alliance, senior Dalit leader and vice-president of BJP’s Karnataka unit V Srinivasa Prasad said that the saffron party stood firmly behind the state party chief and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa.

The ongoing spat between former CM Siddaramaiah and chief of the Karnataka unit of the JD(S) Adagooru H Vishwanath has thrown the faultlines among the ruling parties into stark relief. Prasad admitted to being curious about the sequel to the political squabble between senior leaders of the parties, which are ruling the state in coalition.

Dismissing charges of having prompted Vishwanath’s attack on Siddaramaiah – Vishwanath’s remarks against the former CM came close on the heels of his meeting with Prasad – the senior BJP leader said that he would not respond to the ‘war of words’ between the two leaders. “Vishwanath and I did not discuss about politics at all,” Prasad said.

Countering Siddaramaiah’s statements about differences in the BJP, the Dalit leader said that the whole party was firmly behind Yeddyurappa.

Prasad, however, denied being aware of those in the reckoning for the post of the president of Karnataka BJP. Queried about the possibility of a Dalit being nominated to the post, he said, “Aravind Limbavalli’s name has been doing the rounds. The party’s top brass will take a decision.”

Expressing dismay over incidents of poll-related violence reported in West Bengal, Prasad said, “When the Communists were in power in the state, it was Mamata Banerjee who fought against the prevalent political system in Bengal. Now, she is the CM of the state, but Mamata appears to have continued the tradition of violence. Such incidents have been reported nowhere else in the country but West Bengal.”

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January 26,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 26: BJP state president Nalin Kumar Kateel has been served with a court notice asking him to personally appear before the special court for people’s representatives on February 24, in connection with a defamation suit filed by Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad.

Rizwan had lodged the defamation suit against Kateel and state BJP social media chief after the party, in a tweet during the 2019 Lok Sabha election, alleged Rizwan’s involvement in the manufacture of fake voter identity cards.

Apart from Kateel, head of the party’s social media unit has also been asked to appear in person at the above court on February 24.

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, July 23: The Janta Dal (Secular) and Congress that had joined hands together in Karnataka ‘to keep communal forces at bay, have once again turned archrivals. The development comes a year after the collapse of JD(S)-Congress coalition government in the state.

Recently, Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah claimed that the Congress would have won at least 10 seats in the Lok Sabha elections had it not been for the alliance with the JD(S). In response, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy of the JD(S), who headed the coalition government, blamed the Congress for its many 'conspiracies'.

In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Kumaraswamy said he was prompted by Siddarmaiah's claims to recall what transpired during the coalition government. 

"There will never be a future alliance with Congress," Kumaraswamy declared, in a letter to his party colleagues on Wednesday. He claimed that there were many conspiracies on part of Congress, which led to the fall of the coalition government.

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July 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 30: As the protest by Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers entered the 20th day, Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Wednesday assured them that he would take up their demands with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.

The ASHA workers are sitting in protests with a number of demands that include a minimum salary of Rs 12,000 per month.

Assuring that their matter will be taken up, Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu said while speaking to reporters, "We know how hard ASHA workers have been working as frontline warriors in the fight against COVID-19. I will discuss with CM about their demand for a minimum wage of Rs 12,000 per month and the final decision will be taken soon."

"We went to the police to allow us to protest. Officials then took us to the CM. During the meeting, he demanded some time to sort out our issues. 

We told him we are protesting for the past 20 days and that it was he who needs to call a meeting with us. Only then will he know the problems being faced by ASHA workers," an ASHA worker said clad in her signature pink sari.

"When asked as to why salaries of ASHA workers were not hiked, while it was done for doctors and other healthcare officials, the CM requested for time to look into the matter. 

We are not much happy now, but will if he comes in front of the media and promises to sort out our issues, then we will listen to him", she added.

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