Bangalore South Lok Sabha Election 2024: The constituency is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stronghold as it never lost an election since 1991. Ananth Kumar represented the seat six times.
"In Bengaluru, I paid tributes to Shri Ananth Kumar Ji. We’ve lost an outstanding public servant, who had a positive impact on the lives of many. Also spent time with his family members," PM Modi tweeted from his personal handle after the paying the visit.
President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu led the nation in mourning his death.
A steady stream of BJP leaders, relatives, family friends, party workers and people made a beeline to pay homage to the "most loved" Bengaluru MP, known for his affability.
Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar died at a private hospital in the early hours of Monday after battling lung cancer for several months.
Kumar, who arrived in Bengaluru on October 20, was undergoing extensive treatment in London and New York.
He also said that "dynastic" Congress under Gandhi was not good for democracy.
Ananth Kumar's remarks came a day after the Karnataka Cabinet decided to recommend to the Centre grant of religious minority status for the numerically strong Lingayat and Veerashaiva Lingayat community.
Asking all parties to let the house function, Kumar said the government wants to have “meaningful discussions”.
The winter session, which started on December 15 and concluded today on January 5, had 13 sittings spread over a period of 22 days. Both the Houses were adjourned sine die today.
The minister's appeal came amid continued logjam over Congress' demand for apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks against his predecessor Manmohan Singh during the Gujarat assembly election campaign.
The government has capped the maximum retail price of the keen implants, a move that it claimed will save patients an estimated Rs 1,500 crore annually.
The government today said it is "pro-actively" considering the matter of having two separate time zones in the country.
"The Trinamool Congress government is deliberately blocking two projects to be built on nearly 200 acres of land in the state despite Centre's promise to provide 100 per cent training and maintenance facilities in the region," Ananth Kumar said.
BJP today hit back at Rahul Gandhi after the Congress vice-president claimed that he has detailed information about personal corruption by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The new parliamentary affairs minister Ananth Kumar today said that passage of the all important Goods and Service Tax (GST) Bill is a top priority for the Modi government and that he will talk to all political parties in this regard.
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