Koppala (Karnataka) [India], September 6 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday addressed issues over the usage of poll papers in upcoming BBMP native election, questioning the BJP’s apprehensions.
‘Why is the BJP afraid of poll paper? Advanced international locations have already carried out poll paper; have these international locations gone again to the Stone Age?’ he remarked, advocating for the adoption of poll papers in elections.
On Friday, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar questioned the BJP for expressing reservations about the usage of poll papers in native physique elections.
Speaking to reporters at his Sadashivanagar residence, he stated, ‘To use poll papers in native physique elections is the choice of the federal government of Karnataka. Why is the BJP frightened about it? The state authorities is empowered to conduct native physique elections. Why is the BJP getting jittery about this?’
Reacting to the usage of poll papers within the BBMP elections by the federal government, he stated that the federal government has taken this choice for the native physique elections.
Meanwhile, earlier Today, the Chief Minister attended the ceremonial occasion on the Almatti reservoir in Nidagundi taluk, Vijayapura district, organised by the Water Resources Department and Krishna Bhagya Jal Nigam Limited.
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In a submit on X, he acknowledged, ‘Today, a Ganga Puja was carried out to the Krishna River, adopted by providing baggage, and prayers had been supplied for the welfare of the folks. Across the state, resulting from glorious rainfall, all reservoirs are crammed to the brim. I hope that nature will proceed to bathe its bounty on all of us in the identical means.’
On the difficulty of changing gates on the Tungabhadra reservoir, the Chief Minister acknowledged, ‘The gates will likely be put in after the rain stops. We will change them as quickly because the wet season ends. The reservoir is outdated in order that the change will likely be made.’
The restore of the Tungabhadra reservoir is ongoing, as a number of weeks in the past, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar introduced that the Tungabhadra Dam Board had issued a young to an Ahmedabad-based firm for the manufacture of 33 new crest gates. (ANI)