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Warning bell for PM, says Siddaramaiah

“The party will evaluate the situation and extend all cooperation for the development. The mandate of the people will be accepted respectfully,” he added…reports Asian Lite News

Karnataka Opposition leader Siddaramaiah stated on Saturday that results of state assembly elections are a warning bell for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP for the next year’s Lok Sabha polls.

He said the results have shown that the people will vote against BJP, and in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, parties other than BJP would form the government at the Centre.

Speaking to reporters, Siddaramaiah maintained that the victory has boosted morale of the party and with this enthusiasm the workers and cadres of Congress will march ahead. It is a mandate against PM Modi and BJP National President J.P. Nadda, he added.

Karnataka people are fed with the BJP government. There was strong anti-incumbency. BJP did not come to power on mandate in 2008 and 2018. There was a fractured verdict, they grabbed the power with ‘operation lotus’, he said.

Siddaramaiah further stated that they (people) knew which party could come to power. Congress was sure of their preference. There was this hate party. People of Karnataka won’t tolerate the hate party and criminal politics, he stated targeting BJP.

However, former chief minister B.S Yediyurappa stated that the results of Karnataka will not have any implications on Lok Sabha elections. “We have won 25 Lok Sabha seats and once again we will get 25 seats and make PM Modi our Prime Minister,” he said.

“The party will evaluate the situation and extend all cooperation for the development. The mandate of the people will be accepted respectfully,” he added.

“The victory and defeat are not new to the BJP party. It started with only two seats in Karnataka and BJP has grown to form the government on its own. The party workers need not have to panic,” Yediyurappa stated.

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Ex-govt adviser warns of 3rd Covid wave

King also called on the government to delay the proposed easing of lockdown in England on June 21…reports Asian Lite News.

A former chief scientific adviser to the UK government has warned that the current Covid-19 figures were “evidence of another wave appearing”.

David King, who was the government’s chief scientific adviser from 2000 to 2007, told Sky News on Monday: “Now we’ve been discussing whether or not we’re going into a serious third wave and I don’t think we can possibly wait any longer. This is the evidence of another wave appearing.”

The UK reported another 5,341 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4,538,399, while the death toll stood at 128,841.

More than 40.3 million people, or more than three-quarters of adults in the UK, have been given the first jab of the coronavirus vaccine while more than 27.6 million people have been fully vaccinated with a second dose, according to the latest official figures, Xinhua news agency.

“We know that anyone vaccinated twice is relatively safe against the virus,” said King, who is the incumbent chair of the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).

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“But let’s not forget one in 25 new cases are people who have been vaccinated twice — that means 400 new cases a day are people who had the vaccine twice.”

King also called on the government to delay the proposed easing of lockdown in England on June 21.

“I’m very reluctant to say that we should not go out of lockdown on June 21, but I think the figures are in now, and it will be wise for the government to announce right away a delay in opening, just so that we can all plan for the post-June 21 period.”

When asked for how long, he replied: “I would give a few weeks’ delay and see how the figures are emerging.”

The government is facing increasing pressure to delay the final step of unlocking restrictions in England on June 21 due to concerns over the spread of the B.1.6172 or the Delta variant.

Public Health England (PHE) has said that the Delta variant is now the “dominant” strain in Britain.

The government’s roadmap is expected to see all legal limits on social contact to be removed on June 21.

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