Yediyurappa asks JD(S) to support BJP in Council polls
The Hindu
Says he will speak with Kumaraswamy over pact
BJP leader and former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has sought the support of the Janata Dal (Secular) in fighting the Legislative Council elections.
He told journalists at Chikkodi on Sunday: “The JD(S) is not fielding candidates for all the seats. I request the JD(S) to support us in constituencies where it is not fielding candidates.” He also said that he would be talking to JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy about this.
Interestingly, the JD(S) has been maintaining that it would remaining equidistant from both the national parties, the BJP and the Congress. Some Congress leaders have been accusing the JD(S) of having a covert understanding with the saffron party.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.