As 7 JD(S) rebel MLAs embrace Cong, HDK decides to quit BBMP alliance

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August 19, 2017

Bengaluru, Aug 19: The Congressstrategy of raising the issue of a separate identity for the Lingayats and now assuring to induct seven rebel JD(S) MLAs may impact the Congress-JD(S) alliance in the BBMP council.

In the wake of the seven MLAs led by BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan meeting Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to formalise their joining the party, JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy appears be considering pulling out of the BBMP alliance with Congress party. While confirming that JD(S) is considering pulling out its support to Congress, Kumaraswamy said it is purely local politics and nothing to do with the seven rebels.

"A section of our corporators have been complaining that all the decision making powers have been vested with Bengaluru district in-charge minister K J George and a section of the Congress MLAs. My party corporators were never given their due respect and been made dummies. With such being the case, it is quite validated for us to pull out from the alliance," Kumaraswamy.

However, Kumaraswamy said he will discuss the issue with his party corporators next week before taking a final decision. The JD(S) has 13 corporators in the BBMP.

Khan who orchestrated the alliance with the Congress claimed Kumaraswamy's moves were purely personal. "There is no local politics or concerns. It is purely based on Kumaraswamy's dislike of the Congress having invited us to join the party. Just because I and the others are planning to join the Congress, the JD(S) is trying to pull out of the alliance," he said.

Khan said he and Pulakeshinagar MLA Akhanda Srinivas Murthy have the support of four of the 13 corporators.

According to the rebel MLAs, all the seven legislators will join the Congress in December first week and have been assured of Congress tickets by Rahul himself for the 2018 elections.

Meanwhile, the shifting of loyalties by Khan and the Vokkaliga MLAs from the JD(S) to the Congress is expected to dent the JD(S) vote bank. Of the seven MLAs, three MLAs—- from Magadi (H C Balakrishna), Nagamangala (N Cheluvarayaswamy) and Srirangapatna (Ramesh BandiSiddegowda) hail from the Vokkaliga community. In Bengaluru, Khan and Murthy moving to the Congress will bolster the party in its efforts to retain power in Karnataka in 2018.
 

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February 20,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 20: Leaving the organisers of an event to protest against the CAA, NRC and NRP here red-faced, a young woman on Thursday reportedly raised "Pakistan Zindabad" slogan in the presence of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who denounced her action and asserted "we are for India".

The woman, identified as Amulya, allegedly asked people to shout with her "Pakistan Zindabad" after the organisers of the event under the banner of "Save Constitution" invited her to address the gathering soon after Owaisi came on the stage.

Soon Owaisi rushed to snatch the mike from her hands and was joined by others who tried to remove her from the state.

But the woman was adamant and raised the slogan again repeatedly. Later, the police stepped in and removed her from the dais.

Owaisi then addressed the gathering, saying he did not agree with the woman.

"Neither me nor my party has any link with her. We denounce her. The organisers should not have invited her here. If I knew this, I would not have come here. We are for India and we no way support our enemy nation Pakistan. Our entire drive is to save India," the AIMIM MP said.

JD(S) corporator Imran Pasha claimed she was planted by some rival group to disrupt the event.

The woman, he said, was not in the list of speakers and demanded that the police investigate the matter seriously.

Sources say Amulya hails from Chikkamagaluru and her parents have always been in the forefront of taking on government and its policies for well over a decade. 

As per local TV reports, the student was taken to Upparpet police station, but later shifted to an undisclosed destination for more questioning.

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May 21,2020

Mangaluru, May 21: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada today recorded six fresh covid-19 positive cases. With this the total cases reported in the district so far rose to 61.

It is learnt that all the six new covid-19 patients are those who had returned to Mangaluru from Dubai on May 18. 

Al the six patients are male. Among them two people aged 44 years and three others aged 35, 42, 60 are residents of Dakshina Kannada. Another one is 29-year-old from Kalaburagi. 

They were under institutional quarantine after their return. After their throat swab tests confirmed the disease, they were shifted to covid-19 hospital in the city.

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March 24,2020

New Delhi, Mar 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced total lockdown in the country from 120'clock tonight in a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus.

"From 120'clock tonight there will be a complete lockdown across the country,"said Prime Minister Modi said during his second address to the nation within days.

He also hailed the people for the success of 'Janata Curfew' saying that they showed how Indians can come together and fight against any trouble which comes before the country.

"The one-day Janta Curfew showed how we Indians come together and fight against any trouble which comes before the country and the mankind,"he added. (ANI)

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