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  • Lok Sabha elections: Amit Shah to hold road show during his day-long engagement in Karnataka tomorrow

    New Delhi: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah is all set to fulfill a range of obligations in Karnataka, including participating in a road show, scheduled for Tuesday.

    During his day-long busy schedule, Shah will address the Sakti Kendra Pramukh Sammelan at Palace Ground in Bengaluru on Tuesday morning. The event is aimed at bolstering grassroots leadership and organizational strength ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

    Following the engagement, Shah is scheduled to convene a Core Group Meeting of the BJP in Bengaluru to discuss key policy matters and strategies for the region.Later in the day, Shah will lead a road show from Chikkamalur to DT Ramu Circle, Channapatna in Karnataka’ Ramanagara, engaging with citizens and highlighting the government’s initiatives.

    The Union Minister’s visit underscores the significance of Karnataka in the political landscape and signals the government’s commitment to the state’s development and welfare.

    The BJP has fielded its candidates in 25 Lok Sabha constituencies and left three other seats for its ally JD (S) in the State.It has fielded JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda’s son-in-law, C N Manjunath, from Bengaluru Rural constituency against three-time MP and Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s brother, D K Suresh.The general elections in Karnataka will be held in two phases on April 26 and May 7 for 28 constituencies.

  • Party high command to decide on demand for three Deputy CMs in Karnataka: D K Shivakumar

    With Karnataka Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna batting for having three deputy chief ministers in the state, state Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said only the party high command can take a call on it. Rajanna, who has been insisting on having three deputy chief ministers in Karnataka instead of just one, reiterated on Saturday that his demand is not something which has been fed to him by someone else.

    “I said this keeping in mind that making three DCMs will help in the Lok Sabha elections. It’s not so that it (creation of three DCMs) will happen soon after my statement. I have only made a request to the party high command and brought it to their notice. They are the ones who take the final decision,” Rajanna told reporters.

    Pointing out that there are more than one deputy chief ministers in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan where the BJP came to power in the recent Assembly elections, Rajanna said it will be appropriate if there are three DCMs in Karnataka too. Reacting to Rajanna’s ‘suggestion,” the lone DCM of the state Shivakumar said, “Only the high command can answer such questions. I cannot answer it. That is not the issue to be discussed. Everyone has to work together to win the parliamentary election. That’s it.”

    Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara too said it was only Rajanna’s personal view and not of the party.

    “People express their personal views. Having three DCMs in the state could be good from Rajanna’s point of view but we don’t know what the High Command thinks,” the Home Minister said. Rajanna got a supporter in Social Welfare Minister H C Mahadevappa, who found nothing wrong in the demand.

    “Rajanna is a senior leader. From political view point, he must have found merits in having multiple DCMs. It is left to the party high command whether to take his views into consideration,” Mahadevappa said.