HDK is loyal to Sonia Gandhi, not to people of Karnataka: Amit Shah

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February 15, 2019

Sindhanur (Raichur), Feb 15: Coming down heavily on Karnataka’s Congress–JD(S) alliance government, BJP national president Amit Shah has said that Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has been loyal not to the people of the State, but to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi.

He was addressing a public rally here yesterday. Mr. Shah, however, was silent on the controversial audio recording that has caught the BJP on the back foot in the State, and has led to an FIR being registered against party’s State unit president B.S. Yeddyurappa.

“The man with fewest seats has become the Chief Minister and the largest party is sitting in the Opposition. Kumaraswamy says that he became the Chief Minister not because of people, but because of Sonia Gandhi. He says that he is responsible not to the people of Karnataka, but to the Congress,” he said.

Clearly indicating that Ram Mandir in Ayodhya would be one of the major issues of his party’s Lok Sabha election campaign, Mr. Shah, in an attempt to corner the Congress on the issue, asked AICC president Rahul Gandhi to make his stand clear on the matter before the polls.

“The BJP is committed to building Ram Mandir on the same spot in Ayodhya. I would like to know whether or not the Congress and the JD(S) want Ram Mandir on the same place. I would like to ask Rahul baba to make his stand clear before the people of the country ahead of the polls,” he said.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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