Hubballi, Feb 19: Former Karnataka Minister, Mr PC Siddanagoudar said here that more than 1.5 lakh members of the Lingayat Panchamasali Community from the North Karnataka region will take part in the rally to be held in Bengaluru on February 21 to demand the 2A status of the reservation to the community.
Bengaluru, Feb 13: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) of the Karnataka Police on Saturday arrested two Nigerian nationals for alleged drug peddling in Ramamurthy Nagar Police station area here.
JDS wants its marginal votes to go to the ruling BJP, claimed Congress leader Siddaramaiah
Hubbali, Karnataka:
Congress leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah alleged today that the Janata Dal Secular or JDS was not contesting the coming Assembly and Lok Sabha by-elections in north Karnataka as the party wants its marginal votes to go to the ruling BJP in the state.
His comments a day after JDS patriarch and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda said his party would not field candidates as it did not have the funds to fight the bypolls.
By-elections for Belgaum (Belagavi) Lok Sabha, and Basavakalyan, Sindgi and Maski Assembly seats are due and the schedule is expected to be announced by the Election Commission soon.
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