BJP doesn’t verify DNA before issuing ticket: B L Santhosh on ticket denial to Tejasvini

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April 11, 2019

Udupi, Apr 11: Stoking a controversy over the denial of the party ticket to Tejasvini Ananthkumar, wife of Union Minister late Ananth Kumar, to contest from the Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat, Bharatiya Janata Party’s National Joint Secretary B L Santhosh said that ‘tickets will not be given on the basis of one’s DNA’.

The BJP leader, during an interaction meeting with the ‘intellectuals’ in Bengaluru on Thursday, said that “there is no doubt that Ananth Kumar had contributed a lot for the development of the party in Karnataka and the organisation will definitely recognize him”.

Stating that Tejasvini Ananthkumar has been appointed as the party’s State unit Vice President and she has an ample opportunity to come up, he said that “if party tickets are to be reserved to the kin of the family, how can we accommodate the workers” he questioned.

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March 24,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 24: The District Wenlock Hospital Superintendent Dr H R Rajeshwaridevi has filed a complaint with the police on Tuesday seeking action against those circulating fake videos of a man infected with COVID-19, at the hospital.

In the video, a man was seen struggling to breathe at a hospital. The message in the video says that the man was admitted at Wenlock Hospital.

Dr Rajeshwaridevi, who issued a clarification, stated that video clips which are being circulated on social media is not from Wenlock Hospital.

Moreover, Wenlock Hospital does not use blue colour beds.

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July 21,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 21: Private hospitals cannot send back COVID-19 patients for any reason, district in-charge minister Kota Srinivas Poojary said on Monday.

The Minister was addressing a meeting at the Father Muller Medical College here on the arrangements made for COVID-19 patients.

Dakshina Kannada district is quite advanced in the medical field. Hence, the government will not tolerate COVID-19 patients wandering from one hospital to another for treatment. Refusing to admit COVID-19 patients in hospitals is unacceptable, he warned.

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May 27,2020

Kolhapur, May 27: Praising the Muslims of Ichalkaranji town in the Kolhapur district for making invaluable contribution for setting up of a new intensive care unit in Indira Gandhi Memorial (IGM) hospital for treatment of corona infected patients, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has said that with this donation, they have set an ideal example before the country.

While dedicating a 10-bed ICU unit at IGM hospital online from Mumbai, during Eid al Fitr, Mr Thackeray said that by donating Rs 36 lakh for ICU unit at IGM hospital, the Muslim community has set an ideal example before the country as to how to celebrate the festival.

The Muslims of Ichalkaranji made the donation following an appeal by the state government about avoiding unnecessary expenses for celebrating the Eid.

Minister of State for Health Rajendra Patil-Yadravkar, MP Dharysheel Mane, MLAs Prakash Awade and Raju Awale, district collector Daulat Desai, district superintendent of police Dr Abhinav Deshmukh, Zilla Parishad chief executive officer Aman Mittal, district surgeon Dr B C Kempipatil and others were present on the occasion.

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