Muslims in BJP’s favour; tickets only for winnable candidates: Yeddyurappa

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November 1, 2017

Bengaluru, Nov 1: Minorities, backward classes and dalits in Karnataka will favour Bharatiya Janata Party in 2018 polls in spite of chief minister Siddaramaiah’s attempts to woo them, according to former BJP’s state president and CM candidate B S Yeddyurappa.

BJP did not field a single Muslim candidate in 2013 Karnataka Assembly polls and 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. “The reason behind this is BJP’s decision to give tickets only to winnable candidates,” says Yeddyurappa.

The former CM asserts that BJP’s Ahinda agenda is inclusive of Muslims and other religious minorities. “Muslims also support us. In my tenure as CM, I searched for a Muslim (Mumtaz Ali Khan) to give an MLC seat. If Muslims were not in BJP’s favour, it would not have won in UP,” he said.

“Under the Bhagyalakshmi scheme I started in Karnataka for the welfare of the girl child, 50% of the beneficiaries are Muslims,” he claimed.

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shahid
 - 
Wednesday, 1 Nov 2017

Urgently he should visit a psychiatrist!!!! friends would you like to suggest any doctor in mangalore????

Abu Muhammad
 - 
Wednesday, 1 Nov 2017

Even at this age Yeddi did not lose the sense of humour!

Yeddycheddi
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Wednesday, 1 Nov 2017

No doubt.. this time BJP will win and yeddy will be our CM.. Jai yeddy. Jai Bharat

KingKhan
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Wednesday, 1 Nov 2017

BJP is the eonly one party in INDIA taking care of Muslim community. A small list as follow Beef Ban;Head Scarf  ban; Objection on prayer call;Objection on religious teaching Madrasa now the latest with TAJ MAHAL.

Since bjp and their leaders are supporting from all corner with Muslim community then how the Muslims go against bjp. for Yeddi and Shobha they will support 100%

Syed
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Wednesday, 1 Nov 2017

I am a muslim, and do not support BJP or yedyurappa

Mohan
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Wednesday, 1 Nov 2017

Modi wave we cant see not even in north states. In karnataka congress will win.

Kumar
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Wednesday, 1 Nov 2017

Yeddurappa proving he is shameless creature.. How can he say that.. He and his party all against Muslims and still telling that they are in good terms

Unknown
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Wednesday, 1 Nov 2017

Yeddy cant even dream of that.

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December 3,2025

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Mangaluru, Dec 3: A group of Congress workers gathered at the Mangaluru International Airport on Wednesday to welcome AICC general secretary K C Venugopal, but the reception quickly turned into a display of support for Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.

Venugopal arrived in the city to participate in the centenary commemoration of the historic dialogue between Mahatma Gandhi and Narayana Guru. The event, organised by the Sivagiri Mutt, Varkala, in association with the Mangalore University Sri Narayana Guru Study Chair, is being held on the university’s Konaje campus.

KPCC general secretary Mithun Rai and several party workers had assembled at the airport to receive Venugopal. However, the moment he stepped out, workers began raising slogans backing Shivakumar.

The university programme will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

This show of support comes just a day after Siddaramaiah remarked that Shivakumar would lead the government “when the high command decides.” The chief minister made the comment after a breakfast meeting at Shivakumar’s residence—another public display of camaraderie between the two leaders amid ongoing attempts by the party high command to downplay their leadership rivalry.

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December 5,2025

Mangaluru: In a significant step to curb online hate and intimidation, Mangaluru City Police have registered a suo motu case against multiple Instagram accounts accused of circulating alleged provocative and threatening content.

While monitoring social media activity on Tuesday, Kankanady Town PSI Anitha Nikkam identified the Instagram handle ‘team_targetttt_900’ for posting a hate message alongside images of lethal weapons. Another account, ‘team_nagara_900’, allegedly shared a threatening post targeting activist Bharath Kumdelu, tagging additional pages such as KARAVALI-OFFICIAL.

Several other accounts — including ‘immu_bhai.fan’, ‘target_boy_900’, ‘kings_of_manglore’, ‘team_target_boys.900’, ‘arshad_mangalore’, ‘target_ka19_ullal’, ‘team_target__’, ‘troll_tigersz_900’, ‘tr_group_900’, and ‘team_target_900’ — are also under scrutiny for spreading similar inflammatory material, police said.

Authorities have urged citizens, especially young social media users, to report suspicious pages and avoid engaging with groups that glorify violence or threaten individuals. Online hate can quickly escalate into real-world harm, and police stress that sharing or promoting such content can attract legal consequences.

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