JD(S) has fielded Muslim candidates to help BJP in bypolls: Siddaramaiah
The Hindu
That party is targeting the Congress, says the former Chief Minister
Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Siddaramaiah has said that the Janata Dal(Secular) is deliberately targeting the Congress while favouring the BJP.
Speaking to presspersons in Hubballi on Thursday, he said that the Janata Dal(S) deliberately fielded minority candidates for the Hangal and Sindgi byelections.
“We do not have any objection to fielding Muslim candidates. But the Janata Dal(S) did not fielded Muslim candidates where it was required. In Hassan, Mandya and other places, the Janata Dal(S) should have fielded minority candidates but it did not. Now, it has fielded Muslim candidates to help the BJP,” he said.
A crowd comprising farmers, researchers, professors, students, and horticulture enthusiasts thronged the ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR), Hesaraghatta, Bengaluru, on Friday for the inaugural ceremony of the Triphal Diversity Show which showcased 300 mango, 100 jackfruit, and 100 banana genotypes in collaboration with ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana, Tiruchirappalli.
The State government on Friday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by Additional Director-General of Police, Manish Kharbikar of the Economic Offences division of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the alleged multi-crore scam in the government-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation.