CM Bommai begins Jayavahini yatra
The Hindu
On a day when the Jayavahini yatra of the Chief Minister was launched ahead of elections, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the party high command will decide on who will be the CM if BJP is voted to power.
On a day when the Jayavahini yatra of the Chief Minister was launched ahead of elections, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the party high command will decide on who will be the CM if BJP is voted to power.
“My job is to ensure the return of the party to power. While the Central leadership will decide the Chief Minister in Congress, we have a democratic way based on which decisions are taken,” he said speaking to presspersons here on Sunday. He accused the Congress of thinking about Lingayats only during elections
Later, at the launch of his Jayavahini Yatra in Yelahanka, he ridiculed the the Congress’ guarantee cards as ‘waste cards’. “I am launching this yatra from the land of Nada Prabhu Kempegowda to remove the Congress party. The guarantee card is like a lifeless visiting card and it is useless. It is only up to the election and useless after election.” The Congress meant corruption, misrule, nepotism and injustice and hence it should be removed permanently, he added.
Attacking Janata Dal (Secular), he said: “Another party JD(S) is waiting to come to power if no party failed to get the simple majority. The JD(S) is a party of dynasts and promotes nepotism. The welfare of Karnataka is possible only through BJP. The BJP will come back to power with 130 seats and form the next government.”
In Doddaballapura, he said that the Congress leaders, who are frustrated, have taken away those who failed to get tickets. “They have taken away a flower from the pot, leaving behind a sapling. The BJP is a tree with deep roots, no one can shake it.”
He undertook election campaign in Nelamangala, Yelahanka, Doddaballapura, Tumakuru Rural and city Assembly constituencies on Sunday.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.
Pakistan coach Gary Kirsten stated that “not so great decision making” contributed to his side’s defeat to India in the Group-A T20 World Cup clash here on Sunday. The batting unit came apart in the chase, after being well placed at 72 for two. With 48 runs needed from eight overs, Pakistan found a way to panic and lose. “Maybe not so great decision making,” Kirsten said at the post-match press conference, when asked to explain the loss.