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IT department raids 11 contractors in Mysore and bangalore : Karnataka Assembly 2018

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The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted searches on a number of contractors in poll-bound Karnataka in connection with a tax evasion probe, officials said. They said the raids are being conducted against at least 11 contractors in Mysore and Bangalore by the investigation wing of the department.
These contractors are linked to public works jobs rendered by them on government tenders, they said.
The department had last week said, has that it has “gathered details of all contract payments made in the last quarter of the completed financial year in the state and is making a comparison with previous years for identifying abnormal cases.”

This data is being co-related with all bank transactions and available cash withdrawal intelligence, it had said.
It had said that as part of the enhanced alertness in the wake of the single-phase polling scheduled on May 12, the investigation wing of the department in Karnataka and Goa has “stepped up its surveillance and monitoring activities”.
In an instance unearthed recently, the department claimed a contractor in one of the districts of the state was searched and it was found that “he had made payments to another person who in turn had withdrawn cash from the amount transferred”.
“The cash withdrawn of Rs 55 lakh was seized and the contractor also admitted to concealment of Rs 16 crore,” it had said.

B Sreeramulu may take on Chief minister Siddaramaiah in Badami : Karnataka Assembly 2018

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Chief minister Siddaramaiah is expected to face his toughest political challenge yet as the BJP is likely to field B Sreeramulu against him in Badami constituency in Bagalkot district of north Karnataka.

The BJP’s move to field Sreeramulu started doing the rounds within hours of the Congress announcing Siddaramaiah as its candidate from Badami, in place of Dr Devraj Patil, on Sunday.
Siddaramaiah, who has filed his nomination from Chamundeshwari in Mysuru district, will file papers in Badami on Tuesday. The CM was believed to have chosen Badami in the face of a stiff challenge from JD(S) candidate GT Devegowda in Chamundeshwari.

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A senior BJP functionary said party leaders have held two rounds of talks with Sreeramulu to prepare him for the fight and asked him to be ready to file his nomination papers on Tuesday. Sreeramulu has filed nomination from Molakalmaru segment in Chitradurga district.
Siddaramaiah is banking on the strong presence of Kuruba community in Badami. If Sreeramulu’s candidature becomes a reality, then the BJP will try to woo Lingayats and Valmiki Nayaka community members.

Govt acting against rape, but make sons more responsible : Narendra Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the promulgation of an ordinance + on rape demonstrated his government’s determination to act on the issue, but stressed that people had to respect their daughters and make their sons more responsible for an atmosphere of safety.
Modi also pitched for a social movement to ensure the safety of women and girls while addressing a rally here.
“Shivraj ji (Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan) just referred to the capital punishment provided in the ordinance for rape against minors and I could see that it (the remark) received cheers from everyone present here,” he said.
“There is a government in Delhi which listens to your voice and takes decisions. So, the Centre has made a provision for capital punishment to the monstrous intent,” he said while referring to the recent ordinance.
The Union Cabinet on April 21 approved the ordinance under which the death penalty could be awarded to those convicted of raping girls below 12 years of age, amid a nationwide outrage over cases of sexual assault and murder of minors in Kathua + and Surat + and the rape of a teenager in Unnao + .
Modi, however, called upon the people to create an atmosphere for the safety of daughters.
“Families will have to enhance the honour and respect of daughters. Families should also make their sons more responsible,” he said while addressing the National Panchayati Raj Sammelan at Ramnagar in the tribal-dominated Mandla district.
Modi called upon the people to create an atmosphere for the safety of daughters
He also pitched for a social movement to ensure the safety of women and girls
Families should also make their sons more responsible,the PM said

“There is a government in Delhi which listens to your voice and takes decisions. So, the Centre has made a provision for capital punishment to the monstrous intent,” he said while referring to the recent ordinance.
The Union Cabinet on April 21 approved the ordinance under which the death penalty could be awarded to those convicted of raping girls below 12 years of age, amid a nationwide outrage over cases of sexual assault and murder of minors in Kathua + and Surat + and the rape of a teenager in Unnao + .
Modi, however, called upon the people to create an atmosphere for the safety of daughters.

“Families will have to enhance the honour and respect of daughters. Families should also make their sons more responsible,” he said while addressing the National Panchayati Raj Sammelan at Ramnagar in the tribal-dominated Mandla district.

“In this way, the safety of daughters would not be a difficult task. We have to launch a social movement in this direction,” he said.

Chamundeshwari and Shikharipura are located at a distance of 304.2 Kilometers

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Chamundeshwari and Shikharipura are located at a distance of 304.2 kilometres. Both are high profile constituencies considering the battles here are being fought by Siddaramaiah and B S Yeddyurappa, the chief ministerial candidates of the Congress and BJP respectively.

There is a stark difference in the campaigns of Siddaramaiah who is looking to retain power and B S Yeddyurappa who is waiting to seize it. While Siddaramaiah is being made to sweat it out at Chamundeshwari, for Yeddyurappa it appears to be a walk over at Shikharipura.

Siddaramaiah is up against the formidable G T Deve Gowda of the JD(S) who is a friend turned foe. The Congress which is hoping to win the election on the Siddaramaiah factor did sense trouble in the CM’s bastion following which it decided to hand him another ticket from Badami.

Siddaramaiah’s troubles do not just begin and end with G T Deve Gowda. His former friends, V Srinivas Prasad and H Vishwanath are also campaigning against him making the fight even tougher. While Prasad has joined the BJP, Vishwanath is now with the JD(S). In all previous poll, these leaders stood together and were able to ensure that Siddaramaiah conquered Chamundeshwari 5 out of the 7 times that he contested.
Yeddyurappa, on the other hand, has an easy outing at Shikharipur. In 2013 when he had formed the KJP he had several foes, but he managed to win the polls. For instance, Mahalingappa who had beaten Yeddyurappa in 1999 is now his poll manager. Further, K Shekarappa who has challenged Yeddyurappa in three elections is now campaigning for him. Looking at the Congress candidate from Shikharipura, it is clear that Yeddyurappa will have a cake walk from this constituency. A confident Yeddyurappa had even said that he will win by a good 30,000 votes even if he does not campaign. Karnataka elections: Yogi Adityanath to address 35 rallies from May 3 Congress replaces Ambareesh with Ganiga Ravikumar in Mandya Karnataka Elections 2018:
BJP releases 5th list of 8 candidates Featured Posts The selection of the Congress candidate had taken a lot within the party by surprise. The Congress picked G B Malatesh, a block Congress president and municipality member. While this has made the battle easier for Yeddyurappa, analysts say that this is not the only factor that would ensure a win for the BJP leader. Yeddyurappa has over the years nurtured the constituency. The roads in the constituency are an example of this. Back in 2008 during a campaign trail, we were welcomed to one lane road. No two vehicles could pass by each other unless one went off the road. During our next visit to the constituency in 2009, the entire scenario had changed. It was the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign and by then Yeddyurappa had become Chief Minister of Karnataka. The roads were wide and the constituency had a brand new feel to it.

‘Congress hand stained with Blood of Muslims’, says Salman Khurshid

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Former Union minister Salman Khurshid has said that his party does have blood on its hands and that people should learn from that mistake.

Pushed to the wall with a point-blank query from an Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) student at a programme as to how the Congress will wash off the blood stains of Muslims on its hands, he said, “It is a political question. There is blood on our hands. I am also a part of the Congress so let me say it, we have blood on our hands. Is this why you are trying to tell us that if someone attacks you, we must not come forward to protect you?”

“I am telling you. We are ready to show the blood on our hands so that you realise that you too must not get blood on your hands. If you attack them, you are the ones who would get stains on your hands,” he said at an AMU event on Sunday. “Learn something from our past. Learn from our history and don’t create such situations for yourself where if you come back to Aligarh Muslim University after 10 years, you find no one like yourself putting out questions,” he said.

The student had asked, “The first amendment was in 1948. Then there was Presidential order in 1950… after that Hasanpura, Maliana, Muzaffarnagar and there is a long list of riots under the Congress regime. Then there was the opening of the gates of Babri Masjid, placing idols inside and then the demolition of Babri Masjid while the Congress was in power at the Centre. Congress has Muslims’ blood on its hands. With what words will you wash them off?”. Later, talking to media post his remark, Khurshid said that he was defending the Congress party. Fear of losing social status drove US voters to elect Trump in 2016 election, finds study Karnataka elections: Yogi Adityanath to address 35 rallies from May 3 Delhi: 12-year-old girl raped by a minor in Ghazipur Featured Posts He said, “I am not a representative of the Congress party, I am the Congress party. I was defending Congress party. What I said I will continue to say, I made the statement as a human being.” The former Union minister was the chief guest at the annual function of BR Ambedkar Hall of the AMU.

Randeep Surjewala says That ‘Modi Govt ‘benefactor, protector, defender’ of Bellary Gang,

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New Delhi : Presidential Candidate Meira Kumar and Congress office bearer Surjewala address a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Shirish Shete(PTI6_27_2017_000074B)


Congress leader Randeep Surjewala launched a scathing attack against Narendra Modi government on Tuesday for fielding mining baron Reddy brothers and their associates in the Karnataka assembly elections.
In a press conference held at KPCC office in Bengaluru, Surjewala alleged “Modi Govt has now become the ‘benefactor, protector, defender’ of the ‘Bellary Gang’ responsible for denuding Kannadigas of their rich natural resources through a ‘Puppet CBI'”.
“Why is Modi Government protecting scamsters involved in Rs 35,000 Cr ‘Illegal Iron-Ore Mining Scam’ by shutting down CBI cases, one after the other, despite the scathing Lokayukta Report based on comprehensive evidence, both documentary & pictorial?”, Surjewala asked. He further said that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and BJP President, Shri Amit Shah have gone out of the way to given 8 BJP tickets to Reddy Brothers and Associates in the Karnataka elections. He sought explanation from PM Modi and party chief Amit Shah for giving tickets to 8 people allegedly responslibe for ‘Loot of Public Money’ & ‘Plundering of Natural Resources’

Instead Caste and Religious Divisions, Our Democratic Journey Reflects Silent Revolution

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As the Indian Republic turns 70, Tufail Ahmad begins a journey through the country to examine the working of democracy at the grassroots level. Inspired by the French author Alexis de Tocqueville, who toured America and wrote Democracy in America, the author — a former BBC journalist and now senior fellow at the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute — will examine how sociological realities of India and the promise of democracy interact with each other in shaping the lives of the Indian citizen. This report is the sixth in a series called “Democracy in India”.

Ajmer: On this trip to examine the workings of democracy in India, I met three senior citizens who are in their 70s-80s: Ram Bhuwan Singh Kushwah in Bhopal, Suryadev Bareth of Kishangarh-Bas near Alwar in Mewat region and Om Prakash Sharma in Ajmer. All of them have witnessed the inter-generational journey of democracy in India.

Kushwah has forty years of experience in journalism and was part of the anti-Emergency struggle. Bareth is a highly learned person, was awarded Padam Shri in 1971 and has served as pradhan (panchayat head). Professor Sharma has taught political science for three decades at the DAV College in Ajmer.

Since all three are well placed by the factor of their experience and age to comment on India’s democratic journey, I asked them to comment on what distinguishes the early decades of our democracy from the recent decades. The first change seems to be the political parties opening wings in the name of minorities, Scheduled Castes & Tribes, and later women and Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

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Kushwah says that in the first few decades since the Constitution came into force in 1950, there were no wings in political parties, but by the 1970s, non-Congress parties began forming morchas (fronts) in the name of caste and religion.

Kushwah, now associated with the Swami Vivekananda Kendra, recalls that in the 1970s when the Jan Sangh formed caste-based morchas, its members opposed this move, but today even the BJP, the successor to Jan Sangh, has established such morchas as a permanent part of the party structure.

In reaction to the Jan Sangh, Congress too established SC/ST and minority wings, he says, adding that before this, such caste-based and religion-based “cells” used to exist only in the apparatus of government. It means that caste and minority, which were part of a constitutional mechanism to alleviate the backwardness of these marginalised communities, have spread from government institutions into the political culture of Indian democracy, and further into society.

Consequently, with the march of democracy in India, we are also witnessing the growing role of caste and religion in causing social fissures in our society. This might also be due to the fact that democracy is empowering certain marginalised communities while disempowering communities which have traditionally held a grip on power. Caste is a good example to explain this.

The 2 April Bharat Bandh organised by Dalit communities was met with a rival bandh on 10 April called by the upper, so-called general castes who demanded an end to the provision of reservation in jobs and legislatures. In this entire process, it is forgotten that caste has been effectively a system of reservation in Indian society for thousands of years. Nothing has changed this system, not even the quota offered under constitutional provisions.

Professor Sharma observes that caste was not a factor during the 1950s and 1960s, but it has entered our political system now. “Jativad (casteism) was started by Charan Singh from Uttar Pradesh,” he says, adding that it acquired deeper roots in Indian polity when VP Singh decided to implement the Mandal Commission report on the reservation for OBCs.

Sharma insists that while some groupism existed involving socialists and communists in our politics in the early decades of democracy, casteism did not. The third part of this series on the workings of democracy examined the turbulent cyclical relationship between caste and politics in India.

About the role of religion which divided India in 1947, Sharma notes that while the politics of religion was fostered by Muslim leaders, it was also used by Sikh leaders like Master Tara Singh who had initially demanded a separate country for Sikhs and later limited this demand for a province.

It is also the case that the Congress under Jawaharlal Nehru had been seeking the help of Imam Bukhari of Delhi’s Jama Masjid right from the 1950s to garner Muslim votes. So, current political parties wooing Islamic clerics for votes may not be something new to Indian democracy.

While the Congress held dominance over the Indian democratic system in early decades, several new political parties emerged subsequently. With the birth of regional parties in different states such as Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the nature of Indian polity altered and a “multi-party system” began emerging.

Suryadev Bareth, former Pradhan of Kishangarh-Bas in Alwar district. Firstpost/Tufail AhmadSuryadev Bareth, former Pradhan of Kishangarh-Bas in Alwar district. Firstpost/Tufail Ahmad
“As the new parties came up, they began thinking of their own interests,” Sharma says, adding: “In the 1950s and 1960s, no one would even think so much of vote-banks as we think of now.” The focus of political parties subsequently turned, he says, to building and entrenching their long-term vote-banks.

Therefore, Indian democracy began changing fundamentally in the following respects: caste became a key factor in our politics; the use of religion in our politics continued despite the bloody experience of the partition; the proliferation of political parties led to the creation of vote-banks.

Suryadev Bareth is an optimistic person even in the face of worst criticism. He notes that political parties are in the process of Darwinian transformation. “Caste and religion are not something new. Parties are expressive of new realities,” he says, adding that India has made great strides given the fact the Islamic invasions and the British rule had created gaps between the rulers and the ruled.

“In the 1950s and 1960s, power was concentrated at the top, but with the march of democracy there is a big devolution of power to districts and villages,” Bareth says. He cites some achievements during past 70 years of Indian democracy: the gradual erosion of caste from social, if not political, life; spread of women’s education across India, independence of the judiciary, positive role of the Election Commission of India, and legislative measures such as the Right to Information Act and the Panchayati Raj system introduced by the 73rd Amendment. He is right.

As per the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, there are 2,48,752 elected councils at the village level, 6,307 at the intermediate level and 601 at the district level. There are 19 states which provide for 50 percent reservation of seats to women in Panchayati Raj institutions. Even though the elected women sarpanches are mostly represented by their husbands and sons in meetings, they are also learning along the way.

In 2016, out of 29,11,961 elected representatives, at least 13.45 lakhs were women. This might be a silent revolution taking place in India. Its fruits will be seen in next few decades as more educated women take charge of village councils.

As I took his leave, I asked Bareth: Should the new generation of Indians worry about the use of caste, religion and widespread corruption in Indian democracy? Bareth writes Urdu ghazals. He said he once met a poet in the town of Tonk in Rajasthan and asked him, why is it that Tonk produces many Urdu poets?

He got a reply: “Hamein daad dena aata hai (We the people of Tonk know how to praise poets).” He told me: “Logon ka savbhav hai ninda karna (people’s character is to criticise). We should learn to appreciate our achievements.”

Congress replaces Ambareesh with Ganiga Ravikumar in Mandya

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The KPCC did not give in to tantrums and high drama of former minister MH Ambareesh and gave B-form to Ganiga Ravikumar to contest from Mandya Assembly constituency on the last day of filing of nomination papers.
As a final call, KPCC chief G Parameshwara had called Ambareesh to meet him. However, Ambareesh didn’t turn up to meet the party chief. Left with no other option on the last day of filing of nominations, Congress gave B-form to Ganiga Ravikumar.
Actor-turned-politician Ambareesh had been given a deadline by Congress party to decide on his contest from Mandya assembly constituency. The party followed wait and see approach till the last moment since Ambareesh is a prominent Vokkaliga face in the Congress party. He refused to collect the B-form though his name was announced in the first list.

B S Yediyurappa son BY Vijayendra Appointed has a Yuva Morcha state general secretary

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The Karnataka BJP has appointed party state chief BS Yeddyurappa’s son BY Vijayendra as the Yuva Morcha state general secretary. Announcing the decision, the party twitter handle said that Vijayendra would “be campaigning extensively for candidates in the Old Mysuru region”.

The tweet reads: “Congratulations to Shri BY Vijayendra on his appointment as State General Secretary, Yuva Morcha. His addition will greatly boost the party cadre and strengthen our organisation in the Old Mysuru region. He will be campaigning extensively for candidates in the Old Mysuru region.”

JDS to Play Kingmaker ,Survey has Predicted gain for BJP

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The survey has predicted a massive gain for the saffron party that had won about 40 seats in the 2013 elections and are now expected to win 89 seats while the Congress’ share is predicted to fall from the earlier 122 to 91.
Two opinion polls released on Monday predicted a hung Assembly in Karnataka for the upcoming state elections while also suggesting that Janata Dal (Secular) will play a crucial role in forming the next government, which will be a coalition one.

Hinting at a Congress lead with HD Kumaraswamy’s JDS playing the kingmaker, the Times Now-VMR survey says BJP will come a close second after the ruling Congress. It has given Congress 91 seats in the 224-seat Assembly and BJP 89 seats — a difference of just 2 seats. With 113 seats required to form the government, the JDS-BSP alliance is expected to win 40 seats and thus play a crucial role in forming the next government.

The survey has predicted a massive gain for the saffron party that had won about 40 seats in the 2013 elections and are now expected to win 89 seats while the Congress’ share is predicted to fall from the earlier 122 to 91
The ABP-CSDS survey, on the other hand, has given BJP the lead position with 89-95 seats and 85-91 seats to the incumbent Congress. However, the poll suggests that Congress will improve its vote share but still finish a close second behind the BJP.
The ABP survey, too, has declared HD Kumaraswamy’s JDS as the kingmaker with 32-38 seats.
On the other hand, ranking the different chief ministerial candidates, the poll has ranked CM Siddaramaiah as the “most preferred candidate” for the chief minister’s job. 30% respondents prefer Siddaramaiah as the CM while 25% prefer BJP’s BS Yeddyurappa and about 20% stood up for JDS’ HD Kumaraswamy.

Interestingly, the Times Now survey has also suggested that the much-talked about Lingayat card played by the Congress-led state government would not be of much help to the party. The survey predicts that the party will win only 21 of the 50 seats in Mumbai-Karnataka region where the Lingayats are a dominant community. In 2013, the party had won 31 seats in this region.

The survey further predicts that BJP will gain 10 seats in this region taking its tally to 23 from its 2013 count of 13 seats.

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