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Lok Sabha polls

Fight to protect our Constitution and democracy begins today: Mallikarjun Kharge

ನವದೆಹಲಿ: ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆದ ಸುರುತ್ತಾ ಹಂತದ ಮತದಾನ ಏಪ್ರಿಲ್ 19 ಶುರು ಆತ್ಂಡ್. ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆಡ್ ವೋಟು ಪಾಡ್ಲೆ ಪಂದ್ ದೇಶದ ಜನತೆಗ್ ಎಐಸಿಸಿ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷ ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾರ್ಜುನ ಖರ್ಗೆ ಮನವಿ ಮಲ್ತೆರ್.

New Delhi: As the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls began on April 19, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged voters to cast their ballots carefully and asserted that a new era of economic empowerment and equal opportunities beckons them. “The fight to protect our Constitution and Democracy begins today,” he said in a post on ‘X’.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

“My dear citizens, from 21 States and UTs who are voting in the First Phase of the Lok Sabha elections, I request you to carefully cast your vote. A future where NYAY (justice) awaits you. A new era of Economic Empowerment and Equal Opportunities beckons you,” the Congress chief said.

“I am sure you will vote for the ‘jobs revolution’ through YUVA NYAY, rather than a continuation of the past 10 years of record unemployment,” Kharge said. He exuded confidence that people would vote for the guarantees of ‘NAARI NYAY’ which takes concrete measures for the financial independence of women and against the continuation of the backbreaking price rise that has reduced their household savings to a 50-year low.

“I am sure our farmers will vote for KISAAN NYAY, for a legal guarantee of MSP, rather than getting duped by Jumlas of doubling farm income. I am sure the crores of hard-working hands that build this nation, will vote for the agenda of SHRAMIK NYAY, rather than a continuation of an era that has reduced their wages and left them to walk kilometers on highways during the pandemic,” Kharge said in his post.

“I am sure our people belonging to the Dalit, Adivasi, OBC, EWS and Minority communities shall choose HISSEDARI NYAY over an era where they were discriminated through divisive politics and ever-increasing violence against them,” he said.

“When you push that button on the EVM, pause and reflect for a second – Do you want our Institutions to be subverted through dictatorship, or do you want to protect Democracy,” Kharge said.

He said voters would decide India’s destiny. Kharge also extended a warm welcome to all first-time voters. He urged people to go out and vote in large numbers.

New Delhi: Unable to meet Amit Shah, rebel K.S.Eshwarappa vows to contest polls against BJP

ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ರಾಜಧಾನಿಡ್ ಕೇಂದ್ರ ಗೃಹ ಸಚಿವ ಅಮಿತ್ ಶಾ ಎನನ್ ಭೇಟಿ ಆಯೆರೆ ನಿರಾಕರಣೆ ಮಲ್ದೆರ್ ಪಂದ್ ಆರೋಪ ಮಲ್ತ್ ದ್ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಬಂಡಾಯ ನಾಯಕ ಬೊಕ್ಕ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಮಾಜಿ ಉಪಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಕೆ.ಎಸ್ ಈಶ್ವರಪ್ಪ, ಆರ್ ಬರ್ಪಿನ ಲೋಕಸಭೆ ಚುನಾವಣೆಡ್ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಯಾದ್ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಸಾವುನ ನಿರ್ಧಾರನ್ ಪಿರ ದೆತೊನುನ ನಿರ್ಧಾರ ಮಲ್ದಿಜ ಪಂದ್ ಪಂಡೆರ್.`

New Delhi: Claiming that Union Home Minister Amit Shah refused to meet him in the national capital, rebel BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, K.S.Eshwarappa, said that he has not decided to withdraw his decision to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as an Independent candidate.

BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, K.S.Eshwarappa

Speaking to reporters here, Eshwarappa said, “I was not able to meet the Home Minister. Also, I have not decided to withdraw my decision to contest as an Independent candidate.”

“The Home Minister had asked me to come to Delhi. That’s why I came here. However, after reaching Delhi, I got a call from his office informing me that Amit Shah was not available for a meeting. This means there are no qualms with me consenting as an Independent candidate. This also means that B.Y. Raghavendra, the BJP candidate from Shivamogga, should get defeated.” Raghavendra is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa.

“The latest developments indicate that I should go ahead and contest the elections against Raghavendra. I will contest the elections against the BJP. And with the blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, I will win the polls,” Eshwarappa claimed.

Eshwarappa is reportedly miffed with the party’s decision to deny a ticket to his son K.E. Kanthesh to contest the Lok Sabha polls from Shivamogga. Earlier, the party had also denied a ticket to Eshwarappa to contest the Assembly polls in Karnataka held last year.

Eshwarappa has also vowed to get B.Y. Vijayendra removed from the post of state BJP chief. Both Vijayendra and Raghavendra are Yediyurappa’s sons.

Eshwarappa is the senior-most BJP leader in the state who built the party from scratch in Karnataka along with Yediyurappa and others.

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