Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday was addressing an election rally in Telangana’s Bhongir where he claimed that if the BJP came to power in the state then it will increase the reservation of SC, ST, OBC and will end the Muslim reservation.

While appealing to the public to vote for BJP in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Amit Shah said Congress wants to fight elections by telling lies. He pointed out that Congress has said that if Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes then he will end reservation. Shah said PM Modi has been leading India unanimously for the last 10 years, but he did not finish reservation. But the Congress party has robbed the reservations of SC, ST, OBC by giving 4% reservation to Muslims.

He added further in 2019, the public of Telangana gave the BJP 4 seats. The Union Home Minister promised that the BJP will get more than 10 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana. This double digit score in Telangana makes PM Modi cross 400 seats. He appealed to the people of Telangana to make BJP victorious in more than 10 seats. And they will end Muslim reservation in the state of Telangana and increase the reservation of SC, ST, and OBC’s.

Shah took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said in BJP’s election manifesto the party has given Modi guarantees and he does what he says. And the guarantees of Rahul baba does not even stay till sunset. The Union Home Minister slammed Rahul Gandhi for making promises and not fulfilling them. He said Rahul Gandhi promised to forgive the farmer loans but did not, he promised to give Rs 15000 to farmers but he did not fulfill his promise. Amit Shah further said Rahul Gandhi promised to give loans of Rs 5 lakh to students without guarantee but did not.

JDS state president HD Kumaraswamy on Wednesday reiterated that would stand in support of his brother HD Revanna, who has been arrested on charges of kidnapping but he insisted that Prajwal Revanna will have to face the full might of the law. HD Revanna the first member of the Deve Gowda family to be arrested and lodged in jail in a criminal case, was in tears as he stepped out of the courtroom.

The former chief minister reacted to deputy chief minister DK Shivkumar and said he is the king of blackmailers. He said the Congress state president is trying to exploit the situation for personal gain. He accused the chief minister Siddaramaiah and home minister G Parameswara of neglecting their duty and said they were trying to safeguard the survivors of the sex scandal allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna.

Kumaraswamy said instead of getting justice for women, the Congress government is protecting miscreants who distributed the pen drives. The controversy surrounding the alleged sex video case which involved Janata Dal (Secular) leaders Prajwal Revanna and his father HD Revanna escalated after the Siddaramaiah-led Karnataka government ruled out a CBI investigation into the sex scandal.

Earlier JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy had expressed doubts over how the investigation was being carried out and demanded that the case, which is currently being investigated by the state government-constituted SIT should be handed over to the CBI.

HD Revanna had been arrested earlier over a kidnapping allegation in the sex scandal case and was sent to judicial custody till May 14. His bail petition before a sessions court has been posted for Thursday. Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara said 3 arrests have been made in this case so far which includes JD(S) MLA HD Revanna and his aide Satish Babanna. But, the minister declined to reveal the name of the 3rd accused as it would affect the ongoing investigation.

Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan visited the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday and bowed before the idol of Ram Lalla.  The Kerala Governor took to X and posted a video in which Khan is seen bowing before the idol amid chants of Jai Shree Ram in the background.

Speaking to the media after his Ram Temple visit, the Kerala Governor said he came to Ayodhya twice in January. The feeling at that time was the same as it is today. He said he had come to Ayodhya many times. It is not just a matter of happiness for him, but instead it is a matter of pride, coming to Ayodhya and worshipping Shriram.

Khan said he is a neighbour from Bahraich, so he kept visiting Ayodhya. The Ram temple was opened to the public after Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration ceremony of the idol on January 22 in a grand ceremony which was attended by over 10,000 people, including top celebrities and sportspersons. Last year in January, Arif Mohammed Khan attended an event where he said Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, a reformer-educationalist and the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University, once urged the people to call him a Hindu.

The Kerala Governor said he had a serious complaint against Arya Samaj members that why don’t they call him a Hindu? He said that he did not consider Hindu as a religious term but Hindu is a geographical term at an event organised by Kerala Hindus of North America (KHNA) in Thiruvananthapuram.

The Governor quoted Sir Syed Ahmed Khan and said anyone who is born in India, anyone who lives on the food which is produced in India, anyone who drinks water from the rivers of India is entitled to call himself a Hindu and so you must call me a Hindu.