After Amit Shah’s KMF and Amul ‘cooperation’ statement, #SaveNandini campaign gains momentum

The Indian Express | 23 minutes ago | 31-12-2022 | 07:40 pm

Union Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah’s statement in Karnataka’s Mandya on Friday for pushing “cooperation” between the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) and the Anand Milk Union Limited (Amul) in Gujarat has not gone down well with the citizens and the Opposition to save the brand ‘Nandini’.Shah inaugurated a mega dairy established by the Mandya District Cooperative Milk Producers Associations Federation at a cost of Rs 260 crore in Gejjalagere of Mandya district. During his address he said, “Amul and KMF together will work together towards ensuring there is a primary dairy in every village of the state. In 47 years, Karnataka has progressed in the dairy sector and the turnover has increased by Rs 4 crore to Rs 25,000 crore during the same period. Amul and KMF have to work together to boost the cooperative dairy in Karnataka.”However, his statement did not go down well among netizens as well as the Opposition leaders. Many of them expressed their concerns suspecting the BJP is aiming to sell the companies owned by Kannadigas to north Indian businessmen.Ramachandra M on Twitter wrote, “Amul may be the taste of India but we Kannadigas are happy with our #Nandini, that’s been part of our folklore ever since its inception! Dear state leaders, please show courage and put up a fight if any attempt is made to bury Nandini. Please. For once, show some resistance.”Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday alleged that Amit Shah has clearly shown that the corporates of Gujarat have their eyes on Karnataka’s milk dairy sector. “Karnataka farmers turnover in milk production is upto 20,000 crore and it has helped lakhs of farmers families,” he said.“Now, the corporate eyes have fallen on it and people like Amit Shah with a bundle of lies are preparing to fool the people,” he added.KMF was founded in 1974 as the Karnataka Dairy Development Corporation (KDDC) to implement a dairy development project with 16 milk unions throughout the Karnataka state. Among the 16 District Cooperative Milk Unions of the state, the KMF has 26.38 lakh milk producers in registered 15,043 milk producers cooperative societies operating at the rural level.

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‘India is ATM of BJP; Shah worthless’: JD(S), Cong slam Home Minister

The Indian Express | 5 hours ago | 31-12-2022 | 02:40 pm

The Indian Express

5 hours ago | 31-12-2022 | 02:40 pm

A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah described the Congress and JD(S) as “communal, casteist and criminal” at a rally in Karnataka’s Mandya ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls, the Congress and JD(S) slammed his remarks on Saturday, saying it was not easy to fool the people of Mandya and the state.In a series of tweets, the JD(S) said that BJP would collapse in Mandya and advised Shah against being “overconfident” about his party’s prospects. “State BJP leaders and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have spoken about ATMs in Mandya…Shouldn’t they be ashamed to lie? Not only Karnataka, entire India has become the ATM of BJP. Is this a lie?” JD(S) asked.ಕೇಂದ್ರದ ಗೌರವಾನ್ವಿತ ಗೃಹ ಮಂತ್ರಿ @AmitShah ಅವರು ಮಂಡ್ಯ ಜನರಿಗೆ ಮಂಕುಬೂದಿ ಎರಚಲು ವಿಫಲ ಪ್ರಯತ್ನ ನಡೆಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅವರ ಪಕ್ಷದ ಕೆಲ ನಾಯಕರು ಹೊಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವ ಅಪಪ್ರಚಾರದ ಜಾಗಟೆಗೆ ಡ್ರಮ್ಮು ಬಾರಿಸುವ ಕೆಲಸ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಮಂಡ್ಯದವರನ್ನು ಮೋಸ ಮಾಡಲು ಆಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ ಅಮಿತ್ ಶಾ ಜೀ!!1/7— Janata Dal Secular (@JanataDal_S) December 30, 2022This was in response to Shah’s remarks that when Congress came to power, it transformed the state as “an ATM for Delhi and when JD(S) comes to power, it will become an ATM of a family”. Shah was referring to the Congress and the Gandhi family and the Deve Gowda family of JD(S).ಭ್ರಷ್ಟ ಬಿಜೆಪಿಯ 40% ಕಮಿಷನ್ ಲೂಟಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಬಲಿ.ಸಾಲ ಮಾಡಿ ಕಾಮಗಾರಿಗೆ ಹಣ ಹೂಡಿದ್ದ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ್ ಭ್ರಷ್ಟ @BJP4Karnataka ಸರ್ಕಾರದ ಕಮಿಷನ್ ಕಿರುಕುಳಕ್ಕೆ ಬಲಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.@AmitShah ಅವರೇ, ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಗುತ್ತಿಗೆದಾರರೊಂದಿಗೆ ಸಮಾಲೋಚನೆ ನಡೆಸುವ, 40% ಕಮಿಷನ್ ವಿರುದ್ದ ಕ್ರಮ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳುವ ದಮ್ಮು, ತಾಕತ್ತು ಇದೆಯೇ? pic.twitter.com/EyNFkOu5Lc— Karnataka Congress (@INCKarnataka) December 30, 2022Referring to allegations of 40 per cent commission made by contractors in Karnataka, JD(S) asked, to which ATM had the 40 per cent commission gone? “Whose ATM did the PSI scam fill? The money looted during Covid deaths filled whose coffers? Which ATM was used to fund Operation Lotus?” the JD(S) tweeted.The only progress made by BJP, which came to power in Karnataka after toppling the H D Kumaraswamy government, was in taking commissions and buying MLAs, the JD(S) said. “BJP means a national team of ATMs,” the party added.Meanwhile, the Karnataka Congress alleged that while the PM Modi-Amit Shah pair was missing in action when Karnataka was facing problems, they were now eager to visit the state, a clear sign that showed they are only concerned about elections.“It is impossible for the people of the state to heed the words of a worthless person,” the Karnataka Congress said in a tweet, adding that people would reject the BJP, irrespective of its tactics. The Congress also took a dig at Shah, saying he had failed to sort out the border dispute between Karnataka and Maharashtra.

No legal action against poppy farmers who surrender voluntarily: Manipur CM

The Indian Express | 21 hours ago | 30-12-2022 | 10:40 pm

The Indian Express

21 hours ago | 30-12-2022 | 10:40 pm

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Friday said poppy farmers who surrender voluntarily would be exempted from police cases but added that legal action would be initiated against those encouraging and supporting its cultivation.The chief minister’s statement came a week after village leaders, including five chiefs, were arrested for allegedly being involved in poppy cultivation. Biren Singh had warned that the state will not go easy on drug traffickers and poppy cultivators.Singh said security forces have confiscated a large number of illicit drugs worth Rs 1,280 crore (international market) in 2022 which includes 560 kg of opium and heroin and 500 kg of brown sugar.He said the government has identified a total of 6,742 acres of poppy cultivation across the state during a drought survey conducted in 2021.Presently, the area of poppy cultivation has reduced to almost 90 per cent, he said, adding that as many as 497 cases were registered of which 703 were arrested including five village chiefs. “We will not compromise on cases relating to drugs and corruption,” Biren said.Following the approval for state police outposts at border areas by the Union government, the state has begun setting up 34 police outposts at border areas and six along the national highways to curb drugs and arms trafficking, besides preventing the influx of illegal immigrants.Forty police outposts will be functioning by February next year, Biren said.With the involvement of the general public at the community level in the ‘War Against Drugs’, the mission has become a “people’s movement” and has been successful, the CM said adding that the government was also providing alternative livelihood to former poppy planters.Informing that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was likely to visit the state for a day on January 6, the chief minister said Amit Shah will inaugurate various projects worth Rs 300 crore and lay foundation stones for projects worth Rs 1000 crore.

Amit Shah launches Karnataka poll campaign with rally, calls Congress and JD(S) ‘communal, casteist, criminal’

The Indian Express | 1 day ago | 30-12-2022 | 05:40 pm

The Indian Express

1 day ago | 30-12-2022 | 05:40 pm

Union Home Minister Amit Shah tore into the Congress and the JD(S) and described them as “communal, casteist and criminal” on Friday at a rally in Mandya, which is seen as launching the ruling BJP’s campaign for the 2023 Karnataka Assembly polls.At the party’s Jana Sankalpa Yatra in Mandya, considered a bastion of the JD(S) and the Congress, Shah accused the two parties of hampering the region’s progress with corruption. “We will push Karnataka further into the path of progress. Both the parties are communal, casteist and are filled with criminals,” he said.ಇಂದು ಮಂಡ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಯೋಜನೆಗೊಂಡ ಬೃಹತ್ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಸಭೆಯನ್ನು ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಿ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದೆ.ಮಂಡ್ಯದ ಜನರು ಸಮೃದ್ಧ ಮಂಡ್ಯ, ಸಂತುಷ್ಟ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸುವ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ಬಾರಿ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಬಹುಮತದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಸರ್ಕಾರವನ್ನು ರಚಿಸುವ ಸಂಕಲ್ಪ ಮಾಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. pic.twitter.com/BgQXr1UJS7— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) December 30, 2022“The people of Mandya and the Mysuru region have provided ample opportunities to these two parties. This time, we have to give a majority to the BJP in the region,” Shah said, adding that the parties had done nothing for the region.The BJP is trying to make inroads into the districts of the region which has a large Vokkaliga population and has traditionally been dominated by the JD(S) and the Congress.“We have seen their rule. When the Congress comes to power, it becomes an ATM for Delhi. When JD(S) comes to power, it will become the ATM of a family,” he said, referring to the Gandhi family and the Deve Gowda family, respectively.Shah also talked about the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya and the ban on Popular Front of India (PFI). Announcing January 1, 2024, as the date of the inauguration of the temple, Shah urged the people of the old Mysore region to attend the event in large numbers.He accused the Congress of delaying the temple construction by “ensuring” that the matter was caught in litigation.“While Siddaramaiah withdrew cases filed against PFI workers, we banned the organisation and sent them to jail,” he said.Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai also targeted the JD(S) and the Congress and said they had not been able to ensure the people’s welfare despite winning from the region consistently.“In May 2023, the BJP will definitely return to power. We know the pulse of the people of south Karnataka,” he said, promising to transform the region into “Suvarana (golden) Karnataka”.

‘High anti-incumbency in state’: Why PM, Shah making repeated trips to Gujarat, asks Gehlot

The Indian Express | 1 month ago | 26-11-2022 | 12:40 am

The Indian Express

1 month ago | 26-11-2022 | 12:40 am

Questioning the “repeated trips” made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Gujarat, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said he had never seen such high anti-incumbency, as seen in the poll-bound state.Addressing an election meeting in Ahmedabad, the “Prime Minister has left all work in Delhi — which is his main job — and is here in Gujarat. What is the need for him to make repeated trips. Both Prime Minister and (home minister) Amit Shah are camping in the state.”Gehlot was speaking at Dariapur in Ahmedabad where sitting MLA Gyasuddin Sheikh is contesting.“You all are seeing what they are talking about in their speeches,” he said adding that unemployment and inflation were adversely affecting people in Gujarat. “I have never seen such high anti-incumbency, as I am seeing now in Gujarat. People are opposing them. They are not going to their meetings, because they have not done any work in the last five years,” the Rajasthan CM said adding that the BJP was forced to change its entire Cabinet last year.The Rajasthan CM said the anti-incumbency wave is bigger than 2017 elections, when congress fell a few seats short of forming the government in Gujarat. “If Congress wins this election, the Centre and Modji will get a shock. They will realise that they have lost due to high inflation and they will take steps to reduce prices. The entire country will benefit,” Gehlot said.“In Gujarat, Congress MLAs win. Thereafter horse trading happens and they are taken into BJP. This never used to happen earlier. After Modiji became the prime minister, a new model has come in the country, where elected governments are made to fall— Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Karnataka. These are dangers for democracy,” he said. Gehlot pointed out how sitting MLAs have rebelled within the BJP. “They blame the Congress, but they are not able to keep their own house in order.”Gehlot also remembered those who died of hooch tragedy in Ahmedabad and the recent bridge collapse tragedy in Morbi.

PM Modi, HM Shah have assured full support for Maha development: CM Shinde

The Indian Express | 5 months ago | 05-07-2022 | 02:40 pm

The Indian Express

5 months ago | 05-07-2022 | 02:40 pm

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah have assured him full support for the development and growth of the state.Addressing hundreds of Shiv Sainiks on Monday night during his first visit to his hometown Thane after taking over as the CM, Shinde said the risk that he took (referring to political developments over the last fortnight) has been appreciated by people, despite criticism from certain quarters.“I am going to undertake a tour of the entire state and allot projects in every constituency. There will be a total transformation of the state. I do not exaggerate much, I do work and then speak,” he said.He said Prime Minister Modi has told him to work for the development and growth of the state.“He (the PM) told me that he and the central government would support me. Even Union Home Minister Amit Shah has expressed his full support. They said I am good work for Hindutva,” Shinde said.Referring to the political developments of the last fortnight when he along with some Sena MLAs left for Surat, later stayed in Guwahati and then in Goa before returning to Mumbai, Shinde said 50 legislators had faith and confidence in him.“We had stood up against injustice and not revolted. (Shiv Sena founder) Balasaheb Thackeray had asked us to rise against injustice, this was his teaching and also of (Shinde’s mentor) Anand Dighe,” he said, adding that it was due to the blessings of the two leaders and good wishes of citizens that he became the CM.“We were out for 15 days, and as much as you wanted to meet me, I was also eager to meet my Shiv Sainiks and activists. Even now I don’t feel like I am the CM. I am one among you. Henceforth also, I will be a ‘karyakarta’ among you all,” he said.Shinde said no matter how big his stature may grow, the Shiv Sainik in him will always remain.The CM also said he has given a commitment to the 50 MLAs who supported him that none of them will face defeat in the next elections.“If I give a commitment once, I never listen to even myself till it is fulfilled,” he said.Referring to some strong critical remarks made by Sena leaders after he had left Mumbai with some MLAs, Shinde said “Kamakhyadevi (the deity of a famous temple in Guwahati) gave her blessings to us.” “Truth always wins. We will make the best use of the golden opportunity we have got now to lead the state,” he said.“We have to make our mission successful and honour Hindutva, which also means respect every religion,” he said.Shinde said every caste, creed, and region will get due respect and everyone, including farmers and the poor people, will get justice in his government.In his speech in the Assembly after the floor test, he said, “Everything was spontaneous, whatever I spoke was an expression of my feelings. I could not believe that I could deliver such a speech.” “I have contributed to the Shiv Sena all my life at the cost of my family,” Shinde said while lauding his supporters who gathered in a large number during his address braving the heavy rain.The CM also visited the BJP office here and was greeted by BJP city president and MLC Niranjan Davkhare.

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