BJP Karnataka core committee meeting to chalk out strategy for 2019 polls

Agencies

November 11, 2018

Kalaburagi, Nov 11: Opposition leader in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly B S Yeddyurappa, who is also the Bharatya Janata Party State President, on Sunday said that the party's State Core Committee will meet on November 13 to take stock of the prevailing political situation following debacle in the Byelection held for three Lok Sabha and 2 Assembly seats and to chalkout strategies for 2019 Lok Sabha election.

Addressing a press conference here, Mr Yeddyurappa strongly denied allegations that lack of Unity in the party was the main reason for the debacle.

"The truth is that money and liquor had a bigger role in this election.

Congress and JD(S) won the election using money and liquor power," he added.

He said the party expected to win both Shivamogga and Ballari seats but lost Ballari, our calculation in Ramnagara also went wrong, but we secured maximum votes in Mandya Lok Sabha constituency.

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Brahmin Savarkar was non-veg eater; wasn't against cow slaughter: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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October 3,2024

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao reminded that V D Savarkar was not against cow slaughter as he himself was non-veg eater, PTI reported on Thursday.

"As a Brahmin he was eating meat, and he was openly propagating eating meat," said the minister at an event in Bengaluru.

Reacting to Gundu Rao's claim, BJP MP Anurag Thakur called Congress a "factory of lies" as he warned that India won't tolerate any disrespect towards Savarkar.

"By disrespecting Veer Savarkar they have shown that they don't respect freedom fighters. During the Congress government, Sardar Bhagat Singh was termed a separatist in textbooks...By making those who want to break the nation join the congress party, Rahul Gandhi is taking forward the ideology of 'tukde tukde' and he is a 'modern Jinnah' who speaks ill of the country abroad...," he said.

Meanwhile, a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi earlier this week in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue.

The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.

He alleged that Gandhi, on the two occasions, by his words and visual representations knowingly harmed the reputation of Veer Savarkar and also tried to defame the latter's image in the society.

According to the complainant, Gandhi said "Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin" which was defamatory in nature.

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