Karnataka Elections 2023: Mamata Banerjee To Campaign For JDS, Says Kumaraswamy | India News

Kolkata: Janata Dal Secular (JDS) chief and former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy referred to as on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Friday. Kumaraswamy met Banerjee at her residence in Kolkata`s Kalighat. “Met Honourable West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkota and held talks. Earlier in the day, she extended a warm reception. We discussed forthcoming Karnataka Assembly elections, the success of Pancha Ratna Yatra and national political developments,” tweeted Kumaraswamy.

The former Karnataka CM mentioned the Trinamool supremo mentioned about working along with JDS in nationwide politics. “West Bengal Chief Minister said that she will visit Karnataka to campaign for Janata Dal Secular besides discussing the need for both All India Trinamool Congress and JDS to work together at the national level,” he added.

Honourable West Bengal Chief Minister mentioned that she’s going to go to Karnataka to marketing campaign for @JanataDal_S apart from discussing the necessity for each @AITCofficial & JDS to work collectively on the nationwide degree.3/3 pic.twitter.com/mJIgDjlqlX
— | H.D.Kumaraswamy (@hd_kumaraswamy) March 24, 2023

Assembly elections in Karnataka are scheduled within the coming months. The assembly between the 2 leaders assumed significance amid efforts by leaders of a number of opposition events to forge a united opposition alliance to tackle the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the Centre within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Notably, Mamata`s assembly with Kumaraswamy comes a day after the West Bengal CM referred to as on her Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on Thursday. During the assembly with Patnaik, Mamata reasserted the necessity to strengthen India`s federal construction and guarantee accountability in any respect ranges of presidency, mentioned Trinamool Congress.

Meanwhile, Opposition leaders condemned Congress chief Rahul Gandhi`s disqualification as MP. “It is not a surprise because everyone knows how the central government is behaving,” Kumaraswamy informed reporters in Kolkata.

Taking to Twitter, Mamata Banerjee mentioned, “In PM Modi`s New India, Opposition leaders have become the prime target of BJP! While BJP leaders with criminal antecedents are inducted into the cabinet, Opposition leaders are disqualified for their speeches. Today, we have witnessed a new low for our constitutional democracy.”

Rahul Gandhi`s disqualification from Lok Sabha on Friday, a day after his conviction by a Surat court docket in legal defamation case, triggered a large political row with the BJP stating that Congress chief was “a habitual loose cannon” and the Congress alleging that he was bought “deliberately disqualified”.Opposition leaders slammed the federal government after the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi from Lok Sabha and the Congress mentioned it can launch a individuals`s second on the difficulty.

While Congress leaders together with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and celebration chief Mallikarjun Kharge rallied behind Rahul Gandhi, opposition leaders together with Mamata Banerjee, Okay Chandrashekar Rao, MK Stalin, Hemant Soren, Arvind Kejiwal, Sharad Yadav, Uddhav Thackeray and Akhilesh Yadav attacked the BJP-led authorities.

Congress welcomed the assist of opposition leaders and mentioned the duty of constructing opposition unity needs to be taken up in a scientific manner. It expressed confidence of authorized reduction within the case. The celebration held a gathering within the night, which was attended by celebration chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Sonia Gandhi, to chalk out subsequent plan of action.

Leaders of Left events, Janata Dal-Secular additionally attacked the federal government. Some of them referred to as it a “black day” for Indian democracy. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur, who held a joint press convention with Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, alleged that Rahul Gandhi considers himself above parliament, authorities, judicial system and nation. He mentioned Rahul ought to probe “conspiracy” inside Congress to oust him. Thakur mentioned Rahul Gandhi is on bail in seven instances and had rendered an apology up to now.

Attacking the Modi authorities, AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal mentioned those that wish to “destroy the nation” ought to keep within the BJP whereas those that wish to “save the nation” from wreck should go away.”

Never earlier than within the historical past of India was there a PM, who’s only a twelfth cross. He can`t run the nation and lets his ego information his actions. I urge all BJP leaders to contemplate leaving the celebration because the nation is being destroyed below the management of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Those who need the nation destroyed can stick with the BJP whereas those that wish to reserve it from wreck should go away,” Kejriwal mentioned.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi chief and Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao, mentioned it was a black day within the historical past of Indian democracy. Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, who has saved his distance from Congress after their failed tie-up in 2017 meeting polls, additionally slammed the federal government.

“The political challenge does not end with the hijacking of one`s membership of Parliament. The biggest movement is not the one in Parliament. We have to win this fight on the streets. The person who moved court claiming defamation should level a similar charge at people, who betrayed their country and fled abroad,” Akhilesh Yadav tweeted in Hindi.

DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin referred to as for an pressing relook on the motion taken in opposition to Rahul Gandhi. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan mentioned the choice to disqualify Rahul was taken in “haste” and is “yet another episode in BJP`s authoritarian rampage against Indian democracy”.

“This brazen assault is an insult to our democratic values and can`t be overlooked. It must be unequivocally denounced,” Vijayan tweeted.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar mentioned opposition leaders want to face collectively to defend our democratic establishments. “Rahul Gandhi`s disqualification from Parliament is the height of Narendra Modi`s arrogance and dictatorship. This is not the time for conflicts between parties. All democrats should openly condemn the misdeeds of the BJP government to safeguard the democracy and constitutional values of the country,” he mentioned.