Archives for March 2019

Bengaluru, Mar 29 : Thanks to the intervention of the AICC President Rahul Gandhi, the sitting Congress Lok Sabha member Mudduhanumegowda, who had filed his nomination to retain his seat from Tumakuru, is likely to withdraw his candidature.
He was upset over the denial of ticket to retain his seat as the Central party leaders had conceded the Tumakuru seat to alliance partner JD(S) during the seat sharing agreement.
Mudduhanumegowda was the only sitting Lok Sabha member out of 10 Congress MPs who was denied ticket to contest the general elections from Karnataka.
Upset with the denial of the party ticket, Mudduhanumegowda had decided to remain in the fray as an independent candidate after holding meeting with his supporters in Tumakuru district.
KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao and Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwara, in their efforts to pacify Gowda to withdraw his nomination paper, held several rounds of talks with the disgruntled party MP.
Speaking to newsmen after his decision to withdraw to withdraw his nomination, Mudduhanumegowda said that “Party High Command has directed me to withdraw from the contest”.
Replying to questions, he said that “I will announce my decision at a meeting of my supporters in Tumakuru”.
Former Prime Minister and JDS National President H D Deve Gowda, who had fielded his grand son Prajwal Revanna from his traditional Hassan seat is the Congress-JD(S) alliance candidate and had filed his nomination papers, on March 25.
If Mudduhanumegowda was to withdraw his nomination, then it would be a straight fight between the BJP candidate G S Basavaraju and Deve Gowda in the Vokkaliga dominated Tumakuru Lok Sabha constituency.

Thiruvananthapuram, March 29 (Nasheman News) The Kerala Police has intensified its probe into a death threat against former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair, warning him not to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an intelligence official said here on Friday.

Speaking to IANS, the official, on condition of anonymity, said the threat came in a letter two days ago.

“The death threat that came in a letter, mentions the name of the Jaish-e- Mohammed terror group. It has now been sent for a high-profile forensic examination and the test results are awaited. The police have already registered a case and detailed investigations are going on by multiple probe teams of the Kerala Police,” he said.

The 75-year-old Nair, who resides in the heart of the state capital, retired as chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation in 2009 and is a Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardee. 

He played a crucial role in the design and development of the cryogenic engine for the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV).

Last year, Nair joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Bengaluru, March 28 (Nasheman News ) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday trashed Congress’ “MeToo” charge against its candidate Tejasvi Surya in the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency, which goes to poll on April 18.

“A nervous Congress is indulging in slander as it is afraid of its candidate (B.K. Hariprasad) badly losing to Surya in the electoral battle,” BJP spokesperson G. Madhusudan told media here.

The Congress, he said was stunned by the BJP’s choice to field a young, dynamic and promising youth with whom not only millennials, but also the present generation of people identified.

The BJP on Tuesday named 28-year-old Surya, a fiery Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) worker and a lawyer in the Karnataka High Court to contest from Bangalore South, a constituency dominated by IT workers.

On Thursday, the Twitter handle of Karnataka Congress sent out a screengrab of tweets by businesswoman Som Dutta, who in her interactions with author Shefali Vaidya said: “Dear Shefaliji, I request you to not blindly promote Tejasvi without knowing his full truth. Do you actually want a womaniser, abuser and a woman-beater to lead us? Need proof? I will share. Not every Hindu is dharmik and great speeches don’t make a great man.”

Replying to @madhusdhanrao7 @ShefVaidya and @Tejasvi_Surya, Dutta also tweeted “Karma gets to everyone my friend. I don’t believe in public spats and defamation. Should the party not do background checks before giving ticket. My parents have suffered too much coz of my choice can’t let them suffer anymore.”

The Congress further tweeted, “Is @Tejasvi_Surya another MJ Akbar in the making? Dear @BJP4India, @Tejasvi_Surya seems to be a great choice. #Bangalore South will remember. #MeToo #LokSabhaPolls2019.”

Madhusudan hit back saying, “The Congress has deliberately tweeted against Surya after he filed papers on Tuesday and not before though the ‘MeToo’ movement has been on for more than a year. This is nothing but mudslinging.”

Though the woman deleted her comments against Surya on her Twitter account, a petty Congress has posted its tweet with a screenshot of her posts without verifying the facts, he said.

Rubbishing the Congress tweet as a pervert act for trying to liken him (Surya) to the former Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Madhusudan said the people would not get carried away by its dirty tricks.

MJ Akbar resigned on October 17, 2018 after many women journalists alleged that he had sexually abused them in the 1980s and 1990s when he was the editor of “The Telegraph” and “The Asian Age”. 

Bengaluru, Mar 27 : In all 362 candidates have filed their nomination for the first phase of election slated for April 18 to 14 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka and scrutiny.
The candidates who have filed their nominations included official nominees of Congress-JDS under pre-poll understanding to field candidates jointly, besides BJP and Independents. There are several who have filed their nomination to retain their seats as well as some rebels denied them tickets from their parties. These candidates have filed their nominations as Independents.
Scrutiny of Nomination is in process and rejection, if any, will be be known by today evening.
The battle line will be known on the last date for withdrawal March 29. Polling is slated for April 18.
Notification for second phase of polling for 14 other seats in Karnataka to be held on April 23 will be issued on March 28.

Kalaburagi, Mar 27 : Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) has decided to contest for 119 Lok Sabha seats in the country, including 7 in Karnataka, SUCI (C) State Committee member H V Divakar said here on Wednesday.
Addressing a press conference here, Mr Divakar criticised Left parties, including CPI(M) and CPI for joining hands with the Congress in Odhissa and West Bengal. ?BJP has continued the anti-people policies of previous Congress governments at the Centre and economic policies of both parties are not different from each other,? he alleged.
He said that in Karnataka the SUCI (C) has decided to contest in Mysore-Kodagu, Bangalore Rural, Davangere, Ballari , Dharwad, Raichur and Kalaburagi and field its candidates in 119 Lok Sabha seats in different States all over the country in 20 State , three Union Territories including Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
When asked about the possible split in left parties votes, Mr Divakar said in very few places their candidates would clash with representatives of mainstream left parties. ?At the places where we’ll have to contest them, we will fight the elections with the aim to make voters aware about real socialistic ideologies?.
He said that in Kalaburagi, the SUCI has decided to give ticket to S M Sharma and he will filed his nomination on April 1.

March 27:- BJP State Spokesperson and legislator Shri S.Suresh Kumar today said that the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) scientists have made every Indian proud with the success of Mission Shakti and its Space surgical strike where India shot down today a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite by anti-satellite missile. It was completed in three minutes.It is an achievement for the country which is the fourth nation after the US, Russia and China with this antisatellite weapon to become a space super power, he said.

MANDYA POLITICS Speaking about dynasty politics taking alarming proportions in Mandya, Shri Suresh Kumar regretted that Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy was overlooking his duties as CM and giving importance to his role as father of Mandya Lok Sabha Candidate Nikhil Kumaraswamy. It may be recalled that the chief minister had ordered diversion of traffic for three hours on the Bangalore-Mysuru Huighway to ensure his son’s hassle-free nomination. Condemning the total abuse of power by the chief minister in Mandya to harass Independent candidate and wife of Late actor M H Ambareesh, who is contesting against the JD (S) candidate Nikhil, he added that, actors Yash and Darshan were not spared either for extending their support to Smt.Sumalatha.

‘CONGRESS-JD(S) COALITION IN TATTERS’ –SURESH KUMAR Ridiculing the coalition partners for their growing differences, Shri Suresh Kumar said that their Mahagathbandhan is already in tatters in Karnataka. There is a dearth of candidates for the JD (S) which has given 6 of the 8 tickets to its members and could not get any for the remaining. D K SHI –ALL TIME LOW IN POLITICS Reacting to Congress leader D K Shiva Kumar’s appeal to voters to support JD(S) to ensure victory to Nikhil and thereby peace to Ambareesh’s soul, Shri Suresh Kumar regretted that the remark was an all-time low in politics.

ENSURE FREE AND FAIR POLLS IN MANDYA Demanding that the State Election Commission should declare Mandya LS Constituency as a pollsensitive area, Shri Suresh Kumar said that, the EC is duty-bound to ensure that the electorate of Mandya witness free and fair polling. Noting that not many women candidates come forward to contest elections, he said that it is unfortunate that those who take the step like Smt. Sumalatha are troubled. Further, there are 3 candidates by the name Sumalatha in the list of candidates to confuse the voters in Mandya, he said.

RAMANAGARA— COMPLAINT TO EC The Congress candidate from Ramanagara D K Suresh has distributed 25,000 buttermilk packets to the people which is a violation of poll code of conduct and a complaint has been filed with the Election commission, Shri Suresh Kumar said.

Bengaluru, Mar 27 : Denial of the party ticket to Ms Tejasvini Ananthkumar from Bengaluru South Lok Sabha segment, that was taken without giving a hint to local BJP leaders in the city by the central party leadership, was opposed senior leader N Somanna on Wednesday
Senior BJP MLA elected from the city, came out in the open against naming greenhorn Tejaswi Surya, instead of Ms Tejaswani and said the news came as ‘bolt from the blue’ for him.
Speaking to newsmen after visiting Ms Tejasvini at her residence today, Mr Somanna, one of the strong votaries for the candidature of her for the Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat, said that ?So far I am not clear over how the party ticket was denied to Ms Tejaswini?.
Stating that it was an unanimous decision of the BJP leaders in the state, recommending a single name of Ms Tejasvisini to the Central BJP leaders, to field from the Bengaluru South seat, he said that ?I want to know the real reason for the denial of ticket to Tejasvini?.
BJP sources said Tejeswi Surya got the nod ahead Ms Tejaswini as he was young and as per the ‘cue’ given by the RSS.
Terming the missing of the party ticket to Tejasvini Ananthkumar, is an unfortunate thing, he said ?there will be a senior leaders meeting scheduled to be held in three days, where I will seek to know the reasons behind the denial of ticket? he said.
He said that ?Unless I am convinced on the issue, I will not take part in the campaign for the BJP candidate, Tejasvi Surty in my Govindarajanagar Assembly constituency?.
It may be recalled that the Central party leaders, who had kept the party workers on guessing on the announcement of the party ticket to Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat, had sprang a surprise by fielding Tejasvi Surya, a green-horn to the prestigious Bengaluru South seat, in which the BJP had never lost the elections in the last six General Elections.