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<div><div id="gmail-breadcrumb"><div class="gmail-container"><ul><li><span href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com"></span></li></ul></div></div><div class="gmail-adsdivlyr" id="gmail-adsdivLyr"></div><div class="gmail-wrapper gmail-clearfix"><div id="gmail-minitv"></div><div id="gmail-gaanaplayer" style="display:block"><div class="gmail-gaanaplayer_box" id="gmail-gaanaplayer_box"><div class="gmail-box_head"><span class="gmail-gaanaplayer_title"><img src="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/58243404.cms" alt="gaana icon"> of the Day</span></div></div></div></div></div><div name="netspidersosh" id="gmail-netspidersosh"></div><div class="gmail-wrapper gmail-clearfix gmail-article-content-wrapper"><div class="gmail-main-content"><section class="gmail-title_section gmail-clearfix"><h1 class="gmail-heading1">BJP will face the heat in Karnataka, says P Chidambaram</h1><div class="gmail-brandwire_txt"></div><span class="gmail-time_cptn"><span><span>TNN</span></span> | <span>Mar 12, 2018, 09:08 IST</span></span><div class="gmail-leftsocial"><div id="gmail-widget-two"></div><div class="gmail-toiwidgets_social"><span class="gmail-fb gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-twitter gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-gplus gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-linkedin gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-pinterest gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-comment-slider gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare gmail-comment-loaded"></span></div></div><div class="gmail-topsocial gmail-actions"><div class="gmail-toiwidgets_social"><span class="email gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-print gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-fontd gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span><span class="gmail-fonti gmail-show_sprite gmail-toishare"></span></div></div></section><section class="gmail-highlight gmail-clearfix"><img src="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/thumb/msid-63263471,width-400,resizemode-4/63263471.jpg" alt="BJP will face the heat in Karnataka, says P Chidambaram" title="BJP will face the heat in Karnataka, says P Chidambaram"></section><div class="gmail-article_content gmail-clearfix"><span><div class="gmail-section1"><div class="gmail-Normal">BENGALURU: Former Union minister <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/P-Chidambaram">P Chidambaram</a> called upon the people of <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/karnataka">Karnataka</a> to speak up so that the Gujarat elections in which the <a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Bharatiya-Janata-Party">BJP</a>
 faced heat can be replicated in Karnataka’s assembly polls. “You will 
have to speak up otherwise you will find your voice lost when you want 
to speak. After Gujarat, the BJP will face the heat in Karnataka,” 
Chidambaram said.

<div class="gmail-last4brdiv"><div class="gmail-show_wdgt gmail-topcomment"><div class="gmail-msg"><h2><span>Top</span> Comment</h2><span class="gmail-cmnttxt">Chiddu
 - after your 80-20 scheme to help Nirav Modi passed during the last 
days of your govt. with Raghram Rajan''s help you have the gall to speak
 in public!! You should bury your head in shame alon... <span class="gmail-detail_comment_link">Read More</span></span><span class="gmail-cmntauthor">Tiwari Unknown</span></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div><br>Appreciating
 the Karnataka government’s pro-Kannada language policy, Chidambaram 
said other states should follow it and encourage the local languages.
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<strong><a class="gmail-key_underline" href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Congress">Congress</a> leaders file complaint against BJP<br></strong>
<div class="gmail-last1brdiv"></div><br>Meanwhile, Congress leaders from 
Rajajinagar have filed a complaint against Ravikumar, general secretary 
of state BJP, for allegedly comparing some Congress ministers with 
terrorists. Shekhar and Manohar, president of Rajajinagar IT Cell of 
KPCC, filed their complaint with Malleswaram police on Sunday. Police 
said that they have received the complaint as a petition and have asked 
the complainants to file a defamation case in the matter.


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