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Parties promise to work for better infrastructure
Bangalore: Leaders of prominent political parties on Friday promised that their election manifestos would give importance to infrastructure development, besides solving the traffic problems of the city.
Congress leader C.K. Jaffer Sharief said the party’s manifesto was being prepared and it would spell out the perspective of next 20 to 30 years for Bangalore and the State.
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Now Jaffer Sharief wants to be Karnataka CM
Former Union minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief is the latest addition to the growing list of Chief Ministerial aspirants among Congress leaders in Karnataka.
Speaking to media persons during a ‘meet the press programme’ here on Tuesday, he said if luck favours him, then he will occupy the Chief Minister’s gaddi. “So far, no Dalit or leader of minorities’ has become the Chief Minister. I have not contested this time. If luck favours me, then I am ready to become the Chief Minister. In our party PM , Dr Manmohan Singh, is a lucky person. Despite losing an election, he became the Prime Minister for two consecutive terms. Therefore, if I am destined to become the Chief Minister, I will.”
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Parameshwar to be inducted into cabinet?
New Delhi: Senior Congress leaders feel that Karnataka PCC chief Dr G. Parameshwar should be inducted in the state cabinet as it will send out a positive message to the Dalits and backward castes.
The credit for the Congress victory in the Karnataka polls goes to all senior leaders who had worked together to unseat the BJP. They include S.M. Krishna, M Veerappa Moily, Mallikarjun Kharge, K.H. Muniyappa, C.K. Jaffer Sharief, Oscar Fernandes, Siddaramaiah, Parameshwar and others, they said.
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Karnataka:Siddaramaiah's cabinet brings political windfall for Dakshina Kannad, Udupi
MANGALORE: The undivided erstwhile Dakshina Kannada district has reaped a political windfall by bagging four ministerial berths in the Siddaramaiah government.
While three are ministers of Cabinet rank, the fourth is a minister of the state in the form of K Abhayachandra Jain, fourth-time MLA from Mulki, Moodbidri. B Ramanath Rai, sixth-term MLA from Bantwal and UT Khader, third-term MLA from Mangalore, have expectedly made it as cabinet ministers.
Khader attributed his elevation to the well wishers, and the electorate in general and the party workers in particular. "It was on everyone's minds and wishes that I become a minister this time even as the party announced me as its candidate for Mangalore constituency," he said, thanking party leaders Oscar Fernandes, Rahman Khan, CK Jaffer Sharief, CM Ibrahim and B Janardhan Poojary. "I will reach out to the people with their blessings," he said.
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Karnataka: S.M. Krishna Skips Cong Manifesto Release Bangalore | Apr 24, 2013
Senior Congress leader S M Krishna, largely seen to have been ignored in the candidates selection process for the May five Assembly elections in Karnataka, skipped the manifesto-release event of the party today.
In fact, the former Chief Minister, who led the party government between 1999-2004 after a landslide victory, was conspicuous by his absence, as party leaders who mattered were all there.
Union Ministers Mallikarjuna Kharge, M Veerappa Moily, Rahman Khan, K H Muniyappa (all from the State) and senior Congress leaders Ambika Soni and Oscar Fernandes, former Chief Minister N Dharam Singh, besides KPCC President G Parameshwara and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Siddaramaiah, were among those present at the manifesto-release event.
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Sharief wants to contest LS polls from Bangalore Central
Bangalore: April 23, 2013 DH News Service Senior Congress leader and former railway minister C K Jaffer Sharief on Tuesday said he was keen on contesting the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from the Bangalore Central constituency.
During an interaction with the media here, Sharief said he would fight the Lok Sabha elections only if the party fielded him from the Bangalore Central constituency.
The octogenarian leader said that during the 2009 general elections, senior leaders from the State had requested Congress president Sonia Gandhi to give him a ticket from Bangalore Central, instead of Bangalore North, where was eventually defeated by D B Chandre Gowda of the BJP.
“All the senior leaders admitted to the folly of giving me the ticket from Bangalore North. But, sometimes things do not work out as you expect,” he said.
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Cong leaders pitch for Parmeshwar inclusion
Senior Congress leaders view that the Karnataka PCC chief G. Parmeshwar should be inducted into the state Cabinet as it would send out a positive message to the backward castes. Chief minister Siddaramaiah is coming to the national capital expectedly on Wednes-day, to finalise his Cabinet team.
“The defeat cannot bar Dr Parmeshwar from joining the government just as it did not prevent Shivraj Patil. Soniaji made him the home minister at the Centre despite losing the Lok Sabha elections in 2004,” he pointed out. The credit of the Congress’ victory in Karnataka polls goes to all senior leaders who had worked together to unseat the BJP. This include S.M. Krishna, M. Veerappa Moily, Mallaiakarjun Kharge, K.H. Muniappa, C.K. Jaffer Sharief, Oscar Fernandes, Siddara-maiah, G. Parmeshwar and others, they said.
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Cong takes sting out of rebel tail
Bengaluru: Congress leaders managed to the take the wind out of the sails of rebel candidates, forcing more than half the number to step down on the last day for withdrawal of nominations on Saturday.
Sources in the party said candidates owing allegiance to senior leaders like Oscar Fernandes, S.M. Krishna, C.K. Jaffer Sharief, B.K. Hariprasad and others paid heed to the advice of observers dispatched by the central leadership to withdraw from the contest.
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Karnataka poll: Congress promises free laptops
Bengaluru: The much awaited Congress manifesto was finally released on Wednesday with the party promising free notepads/laptops to PUC students, 20 per cent reservation in the police department, interest free loans to farmers, 30 kg rice at Re 1 per kg to BPL card holders and a one-time housing loan waiver for Dalits/BCs and STs.
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Krishna's misrule put BJP in the saddle:JD(S)
The JD(S) on Wednesday hit back at Congress leader C K Jaffer Sharief for his statement that the JD(S) was responsible for bringing the BJP to power in the State, saying that the misrule of the then Congress government led by S M Krishna led to the rise of the BJP.
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Youngsters in fray, background counts a lot
Politicians often talk of giving preference to youth in politics. However, their concern seems to be restricted to taking care of the political ambitions of youngsters inheriting a political background and wealth.
There are nine young Congress candidates in the fray, five of whom are either the sons of big and famed politicians or come from a political family. They are: C K Abdul Rahman Sharief (grandson of senior Congress leader Jaffer Sharief), L S Chetanagowda (son of senior Congress leader L R Shivaramegowda), Priyakrishna (son of realtor and Congress MLA Krishnappa), Raghavendra Hitnal (son of Koppal district Congress president Basvaraj Hitnal) and Priyank Kharge (son of Union Labour Minister Mallikarjun Kharge).
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New MLAs will have free hand to choose CM
The Congress is expected to face a major challenge in selecting the chief ministerial candidate as there are several contenders in the party for the coveted post.
There are many Congress leaders, including KPCC president G Parameshwara, outgoing Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader Siddaramaiah, Union Minister Mallikarjuna Kharge, former Union railway minister C K Jaffer Sharief and AICC general secretary Oscar Fernandes, who are nurturing the ambition to make it to the Vidhana Soudha.
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Sharief blames Deve Gowda for BJP’s win
Charging that former prime minister H D Deve Gowda is the “architect” of the BJP government in the state, senior Congress leader C K Jaffer Sharief said, “This is an opportunity for people to free themselves from the BJP’s misrule”.
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Parameshwar to be inducted into cabinet?
New Delhi: Senior Congress leaders feel that Karnataka PCC chief Dr G. Parameshwar should be inducted in the state cabinet as it will send out a positive message to the Dalits and backward castes. The credit for the Congress victory in the Karnataka polls goes to all senior leaders who had worked together to unseat the BJP. They include S.M. Krishna, M Veerappa Moily, Mallikarjun Kharge, K.H. Muniyappa, C.K. Jaffer Sharief, Oscar Fernandes, Siddaramaiah, Parameshwar and others, they said.
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Bansal cannot be blamed for Railway Ministry's appointments scam: C.K. Jaffer Sharief
Bangalore, May 7 (ANI): Former union railway minister C.K.Jaffer Sharief on Tuesday said that incumbent Railway Minister Pawan Bansal cannot be blamed for the latest appointments scam dogging his ministry, as he had no direct role to play in it.
Interacting with media here, he said: " The appointment of an officer has nothing to do with the minister in any ministry. The Cabinet Committee of Appointment appoints the officers. The railway minister cannot act on his own," Jaffer Sharief said.
"The allegations are wrong. Let the investigative agencies look into it," he added.
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Congress will win 130 seats in Karnataka Polls: C K Jaffer Sharief
Bangalore, May 7 (ANI): Former union railway minister C.K.Jaffer Sharief on Tuesday said that he expected the Congress Party to win at least 130 assembly seats in Wednesday's poll counting in Karnataka. He added We will form the government un the state on our own.
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