Archives for March 2019

Press Statement of State BJP General Secretary C .T. Ravi Apathy of State Govt towards Malenadu and Coastal districts

In Kalasa town of Madikere Taluk of Chikkamagaluru district, the Police today confiscated explosives from Azeez and his brother mechanic Afsa Ali who are local residents and arrested the duo. The explosives found in their house include 40 explosive items, 40 gelatin sticks, 2 petrol bombs and such other materials.

It is of serious concern that the Malenadu, Coastal districts and its surrounding areas are infested by terror outfits who are active here. Further, the police finding such explosives is disturbing specially during the General Election time.

The deterioration of law and order in the coastal districts is glaring and people in the region are facing hardships due to such anti-social elements.

It is the duty of the state government to ensure peace in the region . Unfortunately, anti-social elements and terror outfits are disrupting peace in society, besides, storing explosives. More disturbing is the state government’s indifference to the development. Precautionary measures by the government could have prevented the incident.

It may be recalled that a terrorist training camp of Yaseem Bhatkal was located by the police in the region. Furtner, Coastal districts are our boundary and it is now under threat by terror groups who are using it to route arms and other explosives.

The State BJP demands that the state government order an investigation into this incident, instead of, using these groups as vote- banks. The arrested mechanic will have information about those behind the terror activity, Shri Ravi pointed out.

Supporters of Tejaswini Ananth Kumar shouted slogans against Tejasvi on Tuesday when he went to meet her ahead of filing his nomination.

In the wee hours of Tuesday, the BJP announced that a young lawyer from Bengaluru – 28-year-old Tejasvi Surya would contest from the Bengaluru South constituency.

BJP leaders in Karnataka including the party President BS Yeddyurappa had recommended that Tejaswini Ananth Kumar, wife of late Union Minister Ananth Kumar, be nominated from Bengaluru South.

Ananth Kumar has represented the Bengaluru South segment since 1996 and after his demise in November last year, the party’s state leaders wanted his wife Tejaswini to contest elections. But the leadership in Delhi decided otherwise.

BJP party workers, who had been campaigning in the constituency on Tejaswini’s behalf staged a dharna outside her house in VV Puram, when news of Tejasvi’s nomination came in.

Speaking to the media, Tejaswini said that the decision had shocked her. “It is shocking to me and the BJP workers. Let us not ask any more questions. If we have to contribute to this country, we have to work together for Modi,” she said.

BJP party workers, who supported Tejaswini Ananth Kumar also shouted slogans against Tejasvi when he went to her VV Puram residence on Tuesday morning to take her blessings ahead of filing his nomination. 

Sources in the BJP say that the BJP cadre are divided over the party’s decision to offer Tejasvi Surya a ticket. “Some of the party workers have been working for Tejaswini and had worked for Ananth Kumar when he was alive. They believe that she was the deserving candidate,” the source said. 

Nephew of BJP MLA from Basavanagudi – Ravi Subramanya, Tejasvi Surya is a lawyer practising in the Karnataka High Court. As student of Bengaluru’s National College, Tejasvi became a member of the ABVP . He later became a member of the party’s Yuva Morcha during his days as a student in Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies and is currently serving as the general secretary of the BJP Yuva Morcha.  

Meanwhile, Tejasvi, who filed his nomination at the Jayanagar BBMP office on Tuesday said that he was given a ticket only because Ananth Kumar had allowed him to grow in the party. Speaking to the media, Tejasvi said, “Ananth Kumarji ensured that I grew in the party. He has been my mentor since I was in high school. I had pestered him to allow me to work for a rally for LK Advani when I was in college. He gave me a lot of chances to grow in the party. He taught me everything about party organisation. Tejaswini Ananth Kumar is like a mother figure to me and she is happy about my nomination,” he said. 

HD Kumaraswamy Slams Darshan & Yash; ‘Thieves Who Are Looting Farmers’! Takes A Gig At D Boss

Now it makes sense to us why a few celebrities, such as Shivrajkumar, Sudeep and Puneeth have chosen to stay away from politics. Sumalatha’s decision to contest as an independent candidate from Mandya has triggered the JD(S) leaders.

Karnataka’s CM HD Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil Kumar is contesting from the same region. Recently, while talking to the media he slammed Sandalwood actors Darshan and Yash, who are supporting Sumalatha in the campaign. He went on to call the two actors thieves, who are looting farmers. He even took a dig at Darshan for being called D Boss!

CM Slams Yash & Darshan! Previously, during a press meet, Darshan said that he and Yash are supporting Sumalatha as two hard-working bullocks. Taunting this statement of the actor’s, CM said, “This pair of bullock is not meant for ploughing the field but to raid farmers’ crops. What do they know about the difficulties of farming?” Darshan Can’t Enter Mandya Kumaraswamy further added, “There is a video circulating on WhatsApp about his comments about people of Mandya. It is below my dignity to talk about the words mentioned in the clip. If the people listen to it, they will not let him enter Mandya.” Takes A Dig At D Boss He went on to take a dig at Darshan for the title given by the fans. He said, ” What is that? Challenging Star? Apparently he’s not scared. And, D Boss! He’s a D Boss only in the cinemas.” Questions Actors’ Ethics “Where were these stars when Mandya witnessed tragedies? Did they give their shoulders to the families of those who died in the bus accident? It was our CS Puttaraju who was with the people during the crisis,” he said pointing at the actors.

Agencies