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CM on seats: JD(S) not a beggar to accept Congress crumbs

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February 20, 2019

Bengaluru, Feb 20: Sharing of Lok Sabha seats is unlikely to be a smooth exercise for coalition partners Congress and JD(S) with chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and Congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah taking on one another over the issue on Tuesday.

Refusing to take lightly the indications being given by state Congress leaders that they won’t give any LS seat currently held by the party to the JD(S) as part of seat-sharing pact, the CM said his party was not a beggar to accept whatever the Congress gives.

“I don’t know whether it is seven, five or three seats. But we (JDS) are not beggars (to accept whatever they give us). I will not mince words,” a visibly angry Kumaraswamy told reporters in Mysuru.

Siddaramaiah hit back by saying that neither the Congress nor JD(S) is a beggar. “It is a coalition government. Nobody is a beggar. A final decision on seat sharing is yet to be taken,” the former CM said on the sidelines of the youth Congress programme in Bengaluru.

The Congress election committee which met here on Monday has decided not to give any of the 10 LS seats held by the party to JD(S). Siddaramaiah confirmed this by saying the party feels it should not compromise on the 10 seats.

This has not gone down well with JD(S) as it has prepared to make a strong bid for Tumakuru and Chikkaballapura seats, which are held by the Congress, when both the parties sit across the table to finalise the pact.

Kumaraswamy also sought to remind the Congress how important it is for both the parties to settle the issue amicably. “It (LS election) is crucial and we need to send a message to the public as well as political opponents. So leaders of both the parties should sit together and sort out the matter,” he added.

He said it’ll be his father and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda who will hold discussions with the Congress on seat sharing, not him. “My responsibility is limited to running the coalition government successfully by ensuring good administration,” he added. He dismissed reports that Congress leaders had discussed seat sharing with him.

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May 20,2020

Mangaluru, May 20: In a gut-wrenching tragedy, a Class 10 student who was preparing for the final examinations drowned in Adyapady dam on the outskirts of the city yesterday.

The victim is Mallik, 17, a resident of Mulur village in Gurpur. The tragedy occurred when Mallik along with some others had come to the dam to catch fish.

According to the police, he accidentally slipped into the waters and drowned. His body was recovered later. 

Jurisdictional Bajpe police have registered a case of unnatural death and investigations are underway.

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May 22,2020

Bengaluru, May 22: Karnataka reported 138 fresh cases of coronavirus on Friday, taking the state tally to 1743.

26 patients have been discharged on Friday and in total, 597 people have been discharged in Karnataka while total number of active cases in the state is 1,100. 41 people have succumbed to the virus, informed the state health department.

Out of the 138 cases, 111 are returnees from Maharashtra.Out of the 138 cases, 47 are from Chikkaballapura alone, 10 cases from Raichur eight cases each from Bidar and Mandya, five cases each from Bengaluru Rural and Bengaluru Urban, and 14 are from Hassan.

From Bengaluru Rural, three patients are returnees from Maharashtra. A fifty-five year old female from Bengaluru Rural, has contracted the virus and has been diagnosed with a history of SARI. She is currently under observation at a designated city hospital.

Five patients have tested positive from Bengaluru Urban. A 42-year-old woman tested positive in Bengaluru Urban and has been diagnosed with a history of Influenza-like Illness (ILI). She is currently under observation at a designated city hospital.

Two men, who have tested positive from Dharwad are returnees from Delhi. Both of them are currently under observation at a designated hospital in Hubli. A seventy-five year old male who has contracted the coronavirus has returned from Jharkhand.

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July 25,2020

Gokak, Jul 25: A JMFC magistrate here issued summons to the Chief minister B S Yediyurappa in relation to a complaint for the alleged violation of election code of conduct, during by-elections to the Gokak Assembly seat held last year.

According to official sources, a complaint had been registered against Chief minister B S Yediyurappa during the election campaign, under the People Representative Act, for allegedly wooing voters during electioneering.

The Gokak Police, who had investigated the case, however had submitted a 'B' report to the court letting off the Chief minister from the charges.

However the Magistrate, rejecting the Police report, had maintained that there exists prima facie case against the accused and issued summons to appear before the court on September one, the sources added.

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