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They have gone for Kumaraswamy said he Yeddyurappa Monday said and are now untraceable, Chief personal reasons, and there is knew all about who the BJP there was no truth in it and Minister HD Kumaraswamy no need to add politics to it,” was contacting and what kind alleged that the Congress-JD(S) # $ ! Monday said there is no ques- Kumaraswamy said. of offers it was using to lure combine was trying to lure tion of “instability” in the “...If my Government is them. “When media friends opposition MLAs. Congress-JD(S) dispensation. facing instability, is it possible report that 12 (MLAs) are He also clarified that BJP While expressing confi- for me to be at ease?” he asked. going, 14 and 18 are going, MLAs were camping in New he Delhi Police on Monday dence that no MLA of the Shivakumar had on Sunday without the BJP luring them Delhi to discuss the strategy for Tfiled 1,200 pages JD(S)-Congress alliance will said the BJP’s ‘Operation Lotus’ will you get the information? Lok Sabha polls and the party chargesheet against former switch side, Kumaraswamy to topple the State’s coalition reports to the media...I was sur- six to eight Congress MLAs are But none of our Congress and was not indulging in any Jawaharlal Nehru University did confirm that three of the Government was for real, alleg- prised to see the report,” ready to jump ship to the BJP JD(S) MLAs will go, falling “resort politics.” Students’ Union (JNUSU) pres- Congress MLAs were in ing that three Congress MLAs Kumaraswamy said. side. There are also reports that prey to their allurements. There “Despite having majority, ident Kanhaiya Kumar and Mumbai. On Water Resource were camping in a Mumbai “I don’t know who will a few of them have gone is no such situation,” he said. the Congress-JD(S) combine is others in a sedition case lodged Minister DK Shivakumar’s hotel. He said the Chief benefit from such reports, but incommunicado. Deputy chief minister trying to lure our MLAs and in 2016. claim that three Congress Minister was being “lenient” in my opinion it will cause loss In an indication that the Parameshwara also said the indulging in horse-trading, BJP The February 2, 2016 case MLAs were camping at a hotel towards the BJP, by not expos- to the people of the State,” he move to topple the Government was stable.”There is not doing it. pertains to allegations that Afzal Guru. in Mumbai in the “company of ing it. told reporters in Mysuru. Kumaraswamy-led alliance is no chance (of the govern- New agency PTI said the anti-national slogans were The chargesheet has 10 some BJP leaders”, “I have noticed reports in ‘Operation Lotus’ is a ref- Government had the backing ment becoming unstable),” he BJP legislators in Delhi were raised at an event organised by main accused people — Kumaraswamy said, “(The sections of the media (about erence to the BJP allegedly of the BJP Central leadership, said. Asked about the Congress likely to be shifted to Gurgaon, Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid and Kanhaiya, Umar Khalid, Congress) MLAs have gone to ‘Operation Lotus’). Today too I luring several Opposition the BJP is holding up all its 104 MLAs camping in a Mumbai to keep its numbers in tact, Anirbhan Bhattacharya on Anirban Bhattacharya and Mumbai after bringing it to my saw a media report stating that MLAs to defect to ensure sta- MLAs, who had gone to Delhi hotel, he said “Let them with the Congress and JD(S) Jawaharlal Nehru University seven Kashmiri students study- notice; they are in constant on January 17, President’s rule bility of its then-Government for the party’s National Council be...Why they have gone, allegedly planning to poach (JNU) campus to ing with Aligarh Muslim touch with me,” the Chief will be imposed in the State. I headed by B S Yeddyurappa in meeting in the national capital. nobody knows. BJP MLAs as a retaliatory mea- commemorate the hanging of University, Jamia Millia Islamia Minister said. don’t know who is feeding such 2008. Speculations are rife that “BJP members have gone They might have gone on sure to Operation lotus. Parliament-attack mastermind and JNU and identified as Aquib Hussain, Mujeeb Hussain, Muneeb Hussain, Umar Gul, Rayeea Rasool, &' (" #% ) *) # Bashir Bhat and Basharat. As many as 36 others, Lucknow: RJD leader Stating that the alliance Samajwadi Party(SP) president and Bihar will decide as to who including Communist Party Tejashwi Yadav on Monday will be hailed in the future, Akhilesh Yadav. will come to power at the of India (CPI) leader D Raja’s promised full support to the Tejashwi also said Uttar Pradesh The RJD leader had met Centre.” daughter Aprajita, Shehla BSP-SP alliance in Uttar and Bihar will decide who will Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Akhilesh responded saying Rashid (then vice-JNUSU pres- Pradesh for the Lok Sabha come to power at the Centre supremo Mayawati in Lucknow Tejashwi’s offer of support will ident), Rama Naga, Ashutosh polls, asserting that the move after the general elections. on Sunday night. further cement the alliance. Kumar and Banojyotsna Lahiri, by the two regional parties to “Our organisation in Uttar “It is not just UP but the Both Tejashwi and all former students of JNU, fter the Congress was left come together to fight the BJP Pradesh will lend support to entire country where the mes- Akhilesh also targeted the BJP have been named in column 12 Aout of the BSP-SP alliance has gone down well through- the alliance,” he told newsper- sage of alliance has claiming that people will oust of the charge sheet due to in Uttar Pradesh, party chief out the country. sons in Lucknow after meeting gone...(now) the people of UP the party from power. insufficient evidence against Rahul Gandhi has decided to them. launch an aggressive campaign in the politically crucial State. Rahul will hold 13 rallies in 13 #$$ % zones in Uttar Pradesh in February to sound the bugle for the Lok Sabha campaign to make it a three- cornered fight in the State. AICC sources said in each zone, six Lok Sabha seats will entered the State after a cut-off be identified and the Gandhi date of March 24, 1971 should umbh Mela-2019 is all set scion will hold one rally in each mid raging protests in be treated as an illegal migrant Kfor its first Shahi Snan zone. Senior Congress leader AAssam and other parts of and should be deported. (royal bathing) of Makar Ghulam Nabi Azad and the North East over the Citizenship Singh’s proposed meeting Sankranti beginning in the party’s Uttar Pradesh in-charge (Amendment) Bill, 2016, the with the Chief Ministers wee hours on Tuesday. All the and State Congress chief Raj Centre has decided to hold assumes significance as there 13 recognised akharas will Babbar on Monday held meet- wide-ranging consultation to have been concerns expressed reach the Sangam with full ing with State unit leaders to diffuse the situation. Home by various stakeholders over grandeur and fanfare from 4 and Basant Panchami on chalk out the election strategy Minister Rajnath Singh will non-functioning of a Centre- their mela camps led by the February 10 besides important and finalise the plans. soon call a meeting of the nominated committee to assess Naga sadhus displaying skills bathing occasions of Poush Sources said Rahul’s sister North-East Chief Ministers to the implementation of Clause with their traditional weapons. Purnima on January 21, Maghi Priyanka Vadra may accompa- discuss safeguards required to 6 of the Assam Accord and The sun entered the Makar Purnima on February 19 and ny him and also address four Rae Bareli and Amethi. ed the Congress. They haven’t protect the region’s cultural other matters related to the rashi on Monday itself but Mahashivratri on March 4. rallies in the first leg of the Terming the decision of the fully appreciated the value of and linguistic identity. appointed by the Centre to North Eastern States. after sunset due to which the Kumbh happens to be the campaign. There are 80 Lok SP and the BSP to keep the the Congress. Will see what Large-scale protests have suggest ways to accommodate Clause 6 of the Assam Makar Sankranti bathing will biggest religious and spiritual Sabha seats in the State and in Congress out of their pre-poll happens now,” Rahul had said been witnessed in Assam and key provision of Assam Accord Accord states “constitutional, take place on Tuesday. congregation on earth. the present Lok Sabha BJP has alliance a ‘mistake’, top UP in an interview.