Karnataka BJP manifesto committee chief: ‘NRC won’t be announced as soon as govt comes in …We’ll engage experts’

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Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar was the youngest Cabinet minister in the B S Yediyurappa government..

Sudhakar, who is from the Vokkaliga community, switched from the Congress to the BJP in 2019 and earned plaudits for his work when the Covid-19 pandemic was at its peak...

Sudhakar, who headed the BJPs campaign manifesto, tells The Indian Express in an interview that the ruling party is not going to introduce Uniform Civil Code or National Register for Citizens (NRC) immediately after returning to power but will set up an expert committee to study it...

We have taken this forward on six principles: Anna (food), Akshara (education), Arogya (health), Abhaya (insurance), Abhivruddi (Development), and Adaaya (economic empowerment)..

Our former Chief Minister Yediyurappa ji is undisputedly a popular leader and for the last few decades he led the party in the state..

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