Veteran BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa announced his retirement for electoral politics on Monday, however, he maintained that he will continue to be active in politics to ensure that BJP is back in power in the state and PM Narendra Modi gets a third term in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Speaking to reporters in Belagavi, Yediyurappa,80, revealed that he won’t be contesting in upcoming Assembly elections due to his age but stressed that his only aim now is to ensure Prime Minister Narendra Modi is re-elected in next year’s elections and the BJP returns to power in Karnataka.

Yediyurappa, who is also a member of the BJP’s Central Parliamentary Committee, is in a tussle with local BJP leadership over getting his son B.Y. Vijayendra a befitting position in the party. The former CM announced that his son would contest polls from Yediyurappa’s Shikaripura Assembly constituency, however, he said that he would respect the party’s final decision on the matter.

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Reports quoting BJP insiders claim that the BJP strongman is slighted within the party and prevented from undertaking independent yatras and tours.

Yediyurappa said that he has already as MLA and CM and announced that he will help build the party by touring and do everything in his power to bring back BJP in power.

The BJP leader resigned as Chief Minister in July 2021 and was replaced by current Karnataka CM Basvaraj Bommai. Yediyurappa began his electoral politics as “Purasabha’ president in Shikaripura and in 1983 was elected to represent the constituency. Since then, he has won eight times from Shikaripura.

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A disturbing video has emerged in which a man is chasing another with a machete inside a government office in a Karnataka village.

CCTV footage from Maddur taluk office shows a man in a red shirt chasing another inside the premises with a machete on Tuesday. The clip has viral on social media.

The assailant has been identified as Nandan and the victim Chennaraj, 45. As per the local police, Nandan attacked Chennaraj over a land dispute.

They said that Chennaraj came to the taluk office to settle a land dispute where Nandan was also present.

However, Nandan became furious after the decision came in favour of Chennaraj and as soon they came out of the office, the attacker hurled chilli powder in the victim’s eyes, took out a machete and

Luckily, Chennaraj saw the attack coming and ran for his life towards the exit. The scuffle was captured on CCTV footage.

Another video showed Nandan following him outside where Chenaraj is seen falling to the ground as the assailant manages to strike him with the weapon. Nandan then follows to deliver over a dozen more strikes to Chennaraj with the sharp-edged blade before locals gathered, overpowered him and managed to stop the assault.

Chennaraj sustained grievous injuries in the attack and was rushed to a local hospital wherefrom he was later shifted to a hospital in Mandya for advanced treatment, police said.

Nandan has been arrested and a case has been registered against him, they added.

The popular Jallikattu event, which is being held in South India, claimed four lives in three days. Nearly 100 people were also injured, including 22 critically injured, during the bull-taming event in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

Two spectators succumbed to injuries on Monday after being attacked by bulls in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district on Saturday. The 24-year-old died after he was attacked by several out-of-control bulls. He sustained severe injuries and was rushed to McGann District Hospital, where he died during treatment.

In another incident, a 34-year-old man died after a bull jumped on him at a bull-racing event at Konaganavalli, near Ayanuru town, on Sunday.

On Monday, during a Jallikattu event in Tamil Nadu, a 26-year-old bull tamer collapsed on the spot after being hit by a bull’s horn in the belly. He was rushed to the hospital in a waiting ambulance, but by the time he reached the hospital, he had lost a lot of blood, and doctors declared him dead.

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Also, a 25-year-old, a young spectator, was fatally gored by a ferocious bull in Periya Suriyur, on the outskirts of Tiruchi. According to authorities, he was waiting with a bull owner to collect his animal when it ran off the arena and hit him in the chest. He, however, passed away at the hospital a couple of hours later.

Earlier, Madurai Collector Sekhar stated that the Jallikattu event would be held smoothly and without incident. Sekhar stated that security measures, such as barricading and the deployment of over 2,000 police officers, as well as the availability of the best medical care, had been put in place to ensure the safety of bulls, participants, and spectators.

MK Stalin expressed his condolences for the deaths of the people and announced a Rs 3 lakh compensation to each of their families.

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