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BJP warns of protests if govt organises Tipu Jayanthi

DHNS
October 22, 2017

Bengaluru Oct 22: The state BJP on Saturday opposed the state government’s decision to organise Tipu Sultan Jayanti celebrations on November 10, accusing it of triggering communal hatred.

BJP general secretary and MP Shobha Karandlaje told reporters that the party will launch a protest if the government goes ahead with the celebrations. There is a strong opposition to the Jayanthi celebrations from many communities, including Christians and Nayakas, she added.

Karandlaje said that she had written to the deputy commissioners of Udupi and Chikkamagaluru, asking them not to mention her name in the invite for the Tipu Jayanti celebrations in the two districts.

Terming Tipu Sultan “anti-Hindu and anti-Kannada”, she said, “There is no need to include the names of BJP leaders in the invitation on the pretext of following protocol. The government is triggering communal hatred by repeatedly organising Tipu Jayanthi. The government is misusing the taxpayers’ money. Let it organise the Jayanthi using the Congress party’s funds,” she said.

Karandlaje said that people of Mysuru and Kodagu, Christians in Mangaluru and the Nayaka community in Chitradurga are opposing the Jayanthi. “Officials too are saying that they don’t want to involve themselves in the Jayanthi. Members of the Islamic community themselves haven’t demanded that the government organise the Jayanthi. This goes to show that the government is indulging in vote bank politics,” she added.

BJP MLA R Ashoka said the government will be creating a law and order problem by organising the Jayanti. “Siddaramaiah should become ‘Shanthi Siddaramaiah’, not ‘Benki Siddaramaiah’,” he added.

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May 5,2020

Mangaluru, May 5: The Dakshina Kannada district administration has denotified two containment zones, Sampya in Puttur and Thumbe in Bantwal. They were declared containment zones after one coronavirus positive case was reported from each area.

All the primary and secondary contacts of the patients have completed home quarantine period, said DC Sindhu B Rupesh.

The district administration hitherto had already denotified three other such containment zones based on a report of DHO,  after no new case was reported in the area in the last 28 days.

At present, the district has six containment zones-- Shakthinagara, Boloor, First Neuro Hospital in Mangaluru city, Uppinangady in Puttur, Kasaba and Narikombu in Bantwal taluk.

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May 12,2020

Mangaluru, May 12: The Karnataka government has ordered that Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts be considered as one unit for the movement of people to undertake permitted activities between 0700 hrs to and 1900 hrs.

Principal Secretary and Member Secretary, Karnataka State Disaster Management Authority, T K Anil Kumar, in an order, said that there was no need for different passes for commuting by people between these two districts.

However, people should carry their identity cards issued by their respective enterprises/ companies to show that they are carrying out permitted activities only, he said.

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July 11,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 11: Karantaka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Friday raised questions over claims that Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project Madhya Pradesh was "largest in Asia" and said a 2000 MW had been built in the state.

"BJP central government is claiming today that it inaugurated Asia's largest solar plant of 750 MW at Rewa, MP. What then is the 2000 MW Solar Plant in Pavagada, Karnataka which was built in just 3 years by Karnataka Congress government and has been operational since 2018?" Shivakumar said in a tweet.

The Congress leader further said that the most unique thing about the solar project set up in Karnataka was that the farmers were being paid yearly rents for the land upon which it was constructed as it had been leased and not purchased from them, helping them retain ownership.

"The unique thing about the 2000 MW Pavagada Mega Solar Park was that not a single acre of land was acquired from the farmers. All 13,000 acres have been leased from the farmers who are being given yearly rent. Karnataka model of renewable energy was accepted as the best in India," he said.

"Union power minister must answer as to how the Central Government can claim that the Rewa Solar Park (750 MW) opened today is Asia's largest when clearly the Pavagada Park in Karnataka is much larger (2000 MW) and was opened two years back!" he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project to the nation on Friday. 

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