Karnataka Election 2023 LIVE: Amit Shah Holds Roadshow in Hassan, Says Congress Has Casteist Nature

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka, slammed the Congress over the promise of reservation for Muslims and said “Religion-based reservation is unconstitutional.”

“…Religion-based reservation is unconstitutional. Congress leaders are saying that they’ll implement reservation for Muslims, but then, whose reservation will they reduce…” Shah said.

Former Karnataka CM and Congress leader Jagadish Shettar on Monday said he just wants respect and honour as he was ill-treated in BJP. “I told Congress that I have not been given the respect in BJP and have been ill-treated by them. I don’t want any power or anything, just respect and honour,” Shettar said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hit out at Jagdish Shettar who recently quit BJP and joined Congress. Shah said Shettar, who is a Congress candidate from Hubli-Dharwad-Central, will lose the election as Huballii has always voted for BJP. “There’ll be no loss, Jagdish Shettar will himself lose the election, Huballii has always voted for BJP & all workers of BJP are united,” Shah was quoted by ANI as saying.

Former Karnataka CM and Congress candidate from Hubli-Dharwad-Central, Jagadish Shettar on Monday said he was disrespected in the BJP. He also expressed confidence that Congress will make a comeback in the state with a clear majority. “I joined the Congress party because of the disrespect to me, it hurt me. Looking at the treatment by BJP, so many people started joining Congress. It shows BJP diminishing in Karnataka and rising of Congress. As per my analysis, Congress will get a clear majority,” Shettar was quoted by ANI as saying.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said BJP has given tickets on merits of winnability for the May 10 Assembly polls in Karnataka, an ANI report mentioned. Responding to a question about BJP not giving tickets to any Muslim candidate for the polls for the second consecutive time, Shah said, “We have given tickets on the merits of winnability, we don’t consider the concept of majority-minority.”

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on Congress for “encouraging religion-based reservation” in Karnataka. He also hit out at JD(S) and said it supports Congress for power. “BJP increased reservation of SC, ST, Linagayat & Vokkaliga for the cause of social justice. Congress encouraged religion-based reservations. Congress is looking for an ATM in Karnataka, while JDS is a family-based party and goes with Congress for power,” Shah, who is on a three-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka, said.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah hit out at the previous Congress government in Karnataka and said the Popular Front of India (PFI) was given a free run in the state due to vote bank politics. “Only BJP can keep Karnataka safe. PFI cadres were given special treatment while our govt banned PFI and anti-national elements are being reined in. Due to vote-bank politics, PFI was given a free run,” Shah was quoted by ANI as saying. The BJP leader is on a three-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the BJP over Jagadish Shettar’s exit from the party and said he was denied a ticket because he didn’t do corruption. “Just because he (Jagdish Shetter) didn’t do corruption that’s why he didn’t get a ticket. He couldn’t become a leader in BJP because he didn’t take 40% (commission),” the Congress leader was quoted by ANI as saying.

Former BJP leader Jagadish Shettar, a six-time MLA, joined the Congress after quitting the saffron party earlier this month and was given a ticket to contest from the Hubli-Dharwad Central constituency.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka, said the May 10 Assembly polls in the state were all about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development politics versus Congress’ appeasement politics. The BJP leader further asserted that the saffron party will form a government with a full majority in Karnataka, a PTI report mentioned. READ MORE

BJP national president JP Nadda, who is on a three-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka, hit out at former Congress chief ministers in the state and said they created bottlenecks to hinder Modi government schemes.

“Govts of Former CMs Siddaramaiah and HD Kumaraswamy created bottlenecks to hinder Modi govt schemes. DK Shivakumar is saying that they will uplift the ban from PFI, should such people be allowed to come (to power)?” Nadda was quoted as saying by ANI during his roadshow at Sidlaghatta in Chikkaballapur district.

BJP national president JP Nadda, who has embarked on a three-day visit to Karnataka from today, held a roadshow at Sidlaghatta in Chikkaballapur district. He is scheduled to visit a temple at Sirsi in Uttara Kannada district and address several public meetings.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a three-day visit to Karnataka, expressed confidence that the saffron party will return to power in the state with an absolute majority. “Congress has a casteist nature, BJP is taking every sect along with it. We’ll form the govt in Karnataka with an absolute majority,” Shah was quoted by ANI as saying during his roadshow in Hassan district today.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegations that the BJP government in Karnataka took 40% commission for every work and called them baseless. “They can talk about it & should go to court if they have concrete evidence. Neither there’s any probe nor there’s any case. How will people believe in such baseless allegations?” Shah was quoted by ANI as saying.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a massive roadshow in Sakleshpur of Hassan district in poll-bound Karnataka. Earlier today, the BJP leader held a roadshow in the state’s Chamarajanagar district. BJP president JP Nadda is also scheduled to take part in a separate rally in the southern part of the state today.

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While interacting with sugarcane farmers in Belagavi’s Ramdurg, Rahul Gandhi targeted the BJP government’s policies saying “Billionaires get loans from banks easily and if something happens, it gets waived off easily as well but farmers’ loans are never waived off”.

“Nowadays, the focus is only on 2-3 billionaires, but it should be on farmers, labourers and small vendors. Billionaires get loans from banks easily and if something happens, it gets waived off easily but farmers’ loans are never waived off,” Gandhi said.

Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to poll-bound Karnataka, addressed a public gathering in Belgavi and launched a scathing attack on the BJP government. Gandhi alleged that the GST was implemented only to help the rich in the country as half of the people don’t even understand when and how they have to file it.

“GST has been implemented only to help the rich in the country – five different taxes. It’s a very complicated tax structure. Half of the people can’t even understand when and how they have to file it. The big businesses have accountants, while the small businesses don’t. So, small businesses shut down. When our Govt comes to Delhi, we will change this GST. There will be one tax and minimum tax2,” the Congress leader said.

Congress state president D K Shivakumar on Friday hit out at the BJP government in Karnataka for giving sanction to the CBI to prosecute him in a disproportionate assets case, calling it “vindictive”. READ MORE

Election officials in Karnataka have seized gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 7 crore at a check post in the outskirts of Haveri. As the May 10 Karnataka Assembly election is getting closer the police and election officials have kept a close watch on all the possible means by political parties to influence voters. READ MORE

Union Home Minister Amit Shah holds roadshow in Gundlupet of Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka