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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 2,2020

Udupi, May 2: During the lockdown period the Department of Public Library digitised more books to the Karnataka Digital Public Library (KDPL).

According to the data released by the KDPL issued here on Saturday , as on April 29, 89,239 people from the State have already registered for the digital library.  From these 1,807 are from Dakshina Kannada district and 605 from the Udupi district.

The digital library already has a repository of 35,500 e-books, 4,800 videos, 59,980 e-journals and 1,112 items for children.

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February 16,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 16: A 45 year-old man committed suicide by jumping into Netravati River from the bridge near Thokkottu along with his six-year-old son in the early hours of Sunday here, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Gopalkrishna Rai and his son Aneesh Rai, residents of Baltila in Bantwal.

According to the police, Gopalkrishna along with his wife Ashwini Rai and son had come to Konaje for a family programme. At about 4:30 a.m. he came to the bridge with his son, left a suicide note and jumped into the river.

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February 14,2020

Mysuru, Feb 14: Two weeks after her engagement with another boy, a 20-year-old girl who was in love with a boy, committed suicide at her residence in Nanjangud on Wednesday.

Meghana's parents have accused her lover Manikanta of Hemmargala of abetting her suicide. The girl's father in his complaint has claimed that Manikanta threatened to send their photos to her fiance following which she took the extreme step. He has also claimed his daughter was molested by Manikanta two years ago.

Manikanta who is on the run has been booked for rape and abetting suicide following the complaint.

Since the girl was from the SC community, cops have also slapped cases under Atrocities (Prevention) Act against Manikanta. Nanjangud sub-division DSP Prabhkar Rao Shinde will investigate the case as charges have been made under provisions of the act.

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