The political environment across the country was favourable to the BJP. The State unit must work hard to convert Prime Minister Narendra Modis popularity into votes with increased vote-share, Shah said, at strategy meetings he held in Mysuru with the BJP core committee leaders as well as with the cluster leaders of Mysuru-Kodagu, Mandya, Hassan and Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha seats.
Over 11,000 applications were registered at the counters in front of the state secretariat Vidhana Soudha, where the government had set up department-wise stalls to address the publics issues.
Leader of Opposition R Ashok urged Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar to “stop the street circus in New Delhi,” saying people in Karnataka were asking for free rice and unemployment allowance the Congress had promised in its pre-poll guarantees. “The farmers are asking for the release of Rs 4,000 to each of them under the Kisan Samman scheme. The milk producers are asking for a Rs 7 per litre subsidy from the state government…Congress MLAs themselves are asking for funds to develop their constituencies,” he said.
The former driver, Swamy P B, 34, was arrested on charges of theft of Rs one crore which was being transported to Bengaluru on behalf of an arecanut trader from the Davangere region.
Suresh s remark drew flak from Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, who said that you can only ask for what belongs to you, not for a separate nation in a federal government. However, he added, the state had not got a fair deal in the budget, partly echoing Suresh s sentiments.