DyCM Savadi faces uncertain future

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December 17, 2019

Bengaluru, Dec 17: Chief minister BS Yediyurappa is under immense pressure to nominate his deputy Laxman Savadi to the legislative council to enable him to continue in office.

Savadi, a former MLA, took oath as minister in August, hoping the party will give him a ticket to contest the byelections from Athani. However, the party denied him the ticket and instead promised him a berth in the upper house, provided he ensures victory of disqualified MLA Mahesh Kumatalli from Athani.

Yediyurappa had announced Savadi will continue as DyCM, but time is running out for the former MLA since he has to be nominated to the council by February. If the Election Commission does not declare elections in January, then Savadi will be forced to resign since the EC has to notify elections to the council before the process can begin.

There is a lone vacancy in the council after Congress MLC Rizwan Arshad was elected from Shivajinagar in the bypoll. Savadi is hoping to take Arshad’s spot.

“The EC has time of six months to conduct elections to that seat from the date Arshad was elected,” said legislative council secretary KR Vishalakshi. This means polls can be conducted any time before May 2020.

However, for Savadi’s ill-luck disqualified legislator R Shankar is also eyeing a berth in the council along with MTB Nagaraj and AH Vishwanath. The BJP is trying its best to convince Shankar to wait till June when there will be nine vacancies in the upper house. At present, these nine seats are vested with Congress and JD(S).

Health minister B Sriramulu, who is reportedly miffed with the party leadership for not considering him for the DyCM post met BL Santosh, BJP national general secretary (organisation) to express his anger.

“While I represent the BJP and work for the people without any intent of holding a post in the government, the general public has been hoping I become DyCM. I am not going to belittle their hopes and dreams by denying the post if it comes to me. But it is all in god’s hands,” said Sriramulu, after meeting Santosh.

Functionaries say denying Sriramulu and choosing Ramesh Jarkiholi would alienate the Valmiki (scheduled tribe) community where the former has a huge following. “In fact it is possible that the number of DyCMs may fall,” said a senior party functionary.

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Hundreds of passengers travelled to Sringeri, Mudigere, Koppa and Kadur taluks since morning from the Chikkamagaluru city.

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January 21,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 21: Karnataka Chief Minister's political adviser MP Renukacharya has courted controversy yet again with his remarks targeting the Muslim community at a pro-CAA rally in Karnataka on Monday.

Addressing a rally in support of the new citizenship law, the BJP lawmaker accused Muslims of collecting weapons in mosques instead of praying. "There are few traitors who sit in a masjid and write fatwas. They collect weapons inside the mosque instead of praying. Is this why you want a Masjid," Renukacharya said on Monday.

Renukacharya said he won't hesitate to use the money allotted to Muslims for Hindus. "I will resort to such politics in my taluk where the money allotted for Muslims can be used for Hindus. I will put you [Muslims] in your place and show what politics is," said Renukacharya, who is a close aide of CM BS Yediyurappa.

This is not the first time a Karnataka BJP leader has made communal remarks targeting the minority community. Earlier, BJP MLA Somashekar Reddy had made controversial remarks at a pro-citizenship law protest in Ballari when he asked those opposing the Citizenship (Amendment) Act to think of the "consequences" if the majority community members hit the streets against them.

The MLA had said, "If you do any drama, then if 100 per cent people come, understand what will be your situation. Congress people are lying to you, believing them you are coming on streets. We are 80 per cent, you are 17 per cent, if we react, what will be your situation? Be careful," Reddy had said.

Following outrage, a case was filed against Somashekar Reddy for alleged provocative speech targeting those protesting against the amended citizenship law.

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neshu mangalore
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Tuesday, 21 Jan 2020

Hatred has no space in this world!!! these cheap politicians must show thier ways by the electing public .else conflicts never end .....Spread Peace..

 

God is watching!!!!

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