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Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy said that he was “amused” by Modi making baseless allegations for the second time.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday mocked Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy by referring to reports that mentioned that HDK said he was being treated “like a clerk” by the coalition government in the state.

Speaking at Ramlila Maidan at the BJP National Convention in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “In Telangana, the coalition was badly defeated and in Karnataka, where the coalition’s first government was formed, the Chief Minister there is so worried — and it has only been a few months — that he says instead of a Chief Minister, he has been treated like a clerk.”

Reacting to the jibe, Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy said that he was “amused” by Modi making baseless allegations for the second time.

“I am amused to see Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacting to a statement which I never made. After farmers loan, this is the second time he is reacting to false information/statement. Such statements won’t deter our coalition government from the development agenda,” Chief Minister Kumaraswamy said.

Last week, several media reports had surfaced which claimed that the Chief Minister had shed tears at a JD(S) party meeting. The reports also claimed that Kumaraswamy felt like he was being offered the position of a clerk while the Congress leaders were trying to usurp power. Soon after the reports surfaced, Kumaraswamy called them baseless, and told the media that he had never said anything of the sort.

In response to Modi’s statement, former CM Siddaramaiah said, “Looks like Sangh Parivaar’s clerk Prime Minister Modi is speaking from his own experiences. Old habits… the rest you know”.

In December last year, PM Modi had called the farm loan waiver a cruel joke and that only 800 farmers in the state had benefited from Kumaraswamy’s loan waiver scheme.

Soon after, Kumaraswamy had called the accusations incorrect and insensitive, while listing out the total number of loans that were waived in the state.

Nasheman News :  Fire at Kumbh Mela site, no one injured: A cylinder exploded in a tent at the Digambar Ani Akhara at the Kumbh Mela site in Prayagraj, triggering a massive fire on Monday, a day before the fair officially opens, police said. There were no immediate reports of anyone being injured, Akhara police station inspector Bhaskar Mishra told media. Firefighters rushed to control the blaze which engulfed the makeshift structure at the venue.

Security has been tightened for world’s largest human congregation, Kumbh 2019:Scores of devotees from across the country took a holy dip at Sangam Ghat on the occasion of Makar Sankranti in Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, formerly known as Allahabad, on Monday.Security personnel take the oath to execute their duties honestly after offering prayers at Sangam, the confluence of rivers Ganges and Yamuna ahead of the Kumbh Festival in Allahabad.

 Millions of Hindu pilgrims are expected to take part in the large religious congregation called Kumbh festival that runs for a period of over a month starting from January 15.Makar Sankranti or Maghi, is a festival day in the Hindu calendar, in reference to deity Surya. The day marks the first day of sun’s transit into the Makara, marking the end of the month with the winter solstice and the start of longer days.

Hindu holy men sing bhajans at Sangam. Special tent colony have been set up in Arail area of the event for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) who are scheduled to arrive on January 24. Pilgrims and tourists can book tents as per their needs and budget online through Kumbh Mela website.

 Nasheman News : The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) on Sunday sought a detailed information from Delhi Police over its action taken in the matter regarding an email threatening to kidnap Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s daughter.

In a letter, DCW chief Swati Maliwal Jaihind asked the Delhi Police to provide information to the Commission by Wednesday on some points that included copy of FIR registered in the matter, status report of the investigation, details of the email ID and IP address from which the mail was sent; whether the IP address has been tracked and the location/ persons identified, if not, provide reason for the same; and reason for no arrests in the matter to date.

“The Commission views this as an extremely serious matter where the family of the elected head of the state is being openly threatened and the police has failed to nab the culprits. In the past as well, the security of the Chief Minister and his family has been breached on several occasions which raises serious concerns on the safety.

“It is learnt that the Delhi Police has deputed a Personal Security Officer with the Kejriwal’s daughter and the matter has been referred to the Cyber Cell wing of the force. Mere posting of a PSO is not enough and immediate steps should be taken to nab the culprits as well as ensure complete protection and safety of the Chief Minister and his family,” the letter read.

As per the letter, the DCW chief has taken suo-moto congnisance of the media reports regarding the matter.

The official email of the Delhi Chief Minister received a mail on Wednesday from an anonymous account threatening to kidnap his daughter.

Nasheman News :  Is all not well between JD(s) and Congress in Karnataka? BJP is keeping a close watch Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar said the BJP’s ”Operation Lotus” to topple the state’s coalition government was for real, alleging that three Congress MLAs were camping in a hotel in Mumbai in the “company of some BJP leaders”.”Horse trading is going on in the state.

Three of our MLAs are in Mumbai in a hotel with some BJP MLAs and leaders. We are aware of what has transpired there and how much has been offered to them,” he said.Operation Lotus is a reference to the BJP allegedly luring several opposition MLAs to defect to ensure the stability of its then-government headed by BS Yeddyurappa in Karnataka in 2008.Shivakumar, who had earned the reputation of being a “trouble-shooter” in the Congress for bailing out the party from many crises in the past, accused Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy of being “lenient” towards the BJP.”Our chief minister is a bit lenient towards the BJP. By ”lenient”, I mean he is not exposing the facts he knows.

All the MLAs have conveyed to the chief minister about the ongoing conspiracies. They have also told Siddaramaiah about it.”The chief minister is adopting a policy of wait and watch. If I was in his place, I would have exposed it within 24 hours,” Shivakumar said.The minister said former chief minister Siddaramaiah and Congress state president Dinesh Gundu Rao were aware of the development.Shivakumar, however, exuded confidence that the BJP would not succeed in its attempt.”You have been saying that a ”kranti” (revolution) may happen after Makar Sankranti. Let us see. It is not so easy because there is already anti-defection law in place, but we are aware of what you are hinting at,” he said in an apparent reference to the opposition BJP in the state.

The minister also wondered why the income tax department and the anti-corruption bureau failed to initiate any action on a complaint by Dinesh Gundu Rao on the matter.

Many Congress MLAs in the Karnataka have alleged that they were approached by the BJP leaders to quit their party and join them.The BJP has trashed the charges.In the meantime Karnataka CM HD Kumaraswamy appears unhappy with Congress and said that the party shouldn’t treat JD-S as third grade citizens.

As Karnataka’s ruling coalition constituents Congress and JD-S get down to brass tacks for the Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said his party should not be treated as “third grade citizens” and that both the partners adopt a “give and take policy” to put up a united fight against the BJP.With the coalition partners expected to hold talks on the tricky seat-sharing issue amid pressure within the Congress not to cede much to Janata Dal (Secular), Kumaraswamy stressed there should not be any “pettiness” on both sides.In an interview to media, the chief minister said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charisma was “fading” with growing anti-incumbency, and pitched for Congress president Rahul Gandhi for the top job while also admitting that there was a lack of consensus among anti-BJP parties on choosing Gandhi.

As his government completed seven months in office, the JD(S) leader downplayed reports of contradictions within the coalition and said he would overcome all the “bitterness” smoothly.”Both of us (Congress-JD(S)) should go together (in Lok Sabha polls) is our opinion. Because the reason behind forming this government (in Karnataka) is to stop the BJP from coming to power and improve the atmosphere in the country…”

Kumaraswamy said when asked whether the JD(S) would go it alone if seat-sharing talks fail.He said after the formation of the coalition government in the southern state, a lot of changes had taken place in the country’s political landscape, including BJP’s downslide and Congress victory in some bypolls and assembly elections in three states. “…in my opinion, if Congress loses its way and tries to move with overconfidence, what will happen they will understand, with their past political experience, I do not think they will forget them.”They should treat us respectfully. They should not treat us as third-grade citizens. There should be given and take policy,” Kumaraswamy said.The JD(S) has demanded 12 out of 28 seats for the Lok Sabha polls, to which the Congress has expressed its reservations. In the 2014 polls, BJP had won 17 seats in the state, Congress 9 and JD(S) 2 seats.

With Agencies