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AAP sets eyes on MCC polls; to field candidates in all 60 wards

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July 26, 2017

Mangaluru, Jul 26: The Dakshina Kannada district unit of Aam Aadmi Party has decided to contest the next Mangaluru City Corporation election. The office bearers of the AAP on Wednesday announced at a press meet that the party would field candidates in all 60 wards of the MCC with an intention to “govern” the future ‘smart city’ and taking it back to the olden days of greenery, grace, grandeur and glory along with modernising it.

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Rajendra Kumar, an office bearer of AAP, said that his party was eager to address the age-old problems of the city. “There are garbage, stink and diseases everywhere. Roads not asphalted or concretised for decades. Those asphalted/concretised ones lost their surface in just few weeks due to contractor-corporator greed and corruption. Drains are not done despite big promises, proving hazardous to commuters. Communal tensions increasing,” he said and asserted that the civic body needs an overhaul.

“Governments after governments increase taxes and introduce new ones burdening the common man, but do not provide basic amenities to the people. As if that was not enough, the peaceful co-existence of people of different faiths and castes is increasingly being compromised by sowing the seeds of communal discord and disharmony”

He said that AAP will field 60 honest and caring citizen of Mangaluru to be your representatives in the City Corporation. And they will bring change. Complete change to gain back past glory of the city, which was once peaceful, wise, enterprising and naturally wealthy region.

He recalled that it was in Mangaluru the first public meeting of AAP outside Delhi was held in February 2013, well before the first election success AAP achieved in Delhi in November 2013.

“The party is now pleased to offer a true alternative from all the corrupt and communal political parties, and to unite all Mangalureans as one strong, intelligent community, again to achieve self-sustenance and total development by keeping the interests of its people and environment well protected at all times,” he said.

Jnanasagar Rai, Abdul Lateef, Kabir Katipalla, Swibert D’souza, Arjun Mascarenhas were present at the press meet.

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Thursday, 27 Jul 2017

Thanks to the Police Dept. otherwise the DK district would have been set to fire the Benki Party.

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April 20,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 20: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday came down heavily on Congress legislator BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan over the Padarayanapura vandalism that saw a mob run amok against efforts to quarantine suspected COVID-19 persons late on Sunday evening. 

Khan, who represents the Chamarajpet constituency where Padarayanapura is located, said that authorities should have gone to the area during day time.

“Who is he to say that? What does he have to do with this? Why should we ask him? Should we get his permission to carry out government work? Instead of saying that action should be taken, he is speaking like this. Should we then think that he incited the mob? This is the height of being irresponsible,” Yediyurappa said. 

Following the violence, the police have arrested 54 persons and “five more will be arrested,” Yediyurappa said.

Khan clarified that he did not defend those who indulged in vandalism. “I condemn the incident and action should be taken. I’m not saying officials shouldn’t have gone. My point is that they should’ve gone during the day and by creating awareness beforehand that people need to be quarantined,” he said, adding that the BBMP had identified 57 people to be quarantined in Padarayanapura. 

“People in this area are poor, uneducated and are mostly coolie workers and daily wagers. But whatever happened was wrong,” Khan said. He also pointed out that he was the one who arranged for 80 people to be quarantined in Tipu Nagar. 

Yediyurappa said the Padarayanapura incident was unprecedented. “In the entire state, never had such incidents taken place. Everybody agrees this is unacceptable,” the CM said. “Whoever breaks the law - Hindu, Muslim, Christian or anyone - should face action,” he said.

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February 2,2020

New Delhi, Jan 2: India on Sunday reported the second case of novel coronavirus with a person from Kerala with a travel history to China testing positive, officials said.

"The patient has tested positive for novel coronavirus and is in isolation in a hospital," the health ministry said.

The patient is stable and is being closely monitored, it said.

India's first novel coronavirus case in India was also reported from Kerala with a student testing positive.

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: The Karnataka government clarified on Thursday that it has not sought for imposing a ban on flights emanating from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.

The domestic air travel was resumed in several parts of the country on May 25.

The state government also said that it has appealed to the Civil Aviation Ministry to take steps to lessen the incoming air traffic.

"If there is a huge turn out at a short span of time, there may not be adequate quarantine facilities," said the state government.

A total of 115 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Karnataka, taking the total number of cases to 2,533.

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