We need ‘Samaj Sudharotsav’, not violent ‘Hindu Samajotsav’: Nidumamidi seer

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February 24, 2015

Mangaluru, Feb 24: Several activists belonging to Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and other like-minded persons participated in a ‘Walk for Solidarity’ organised by Dakshina Kannada district unit of DYFI from Ambedkar Circle here on Tuesday, as a show of solidarity against programmes such as Hindu samajotsav.

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Speaking at the public meeting held in front of deputy commissioner’s office following the solidarity walk, Veerabhadra Chennamalla Swamiji of Nidumamidi Mutt said that instead of organising Hindu samajotsavas which leave behind a trail of communal clashes, rioting and violence in their wake, ‘Hindu samaja sudharotsavas’ should be organised to cleanse the Hindu society of its internal faults such as inequality among castes and oppression of lower classes.

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“Although there is no objection towards Hindus and Muslims organising their respective samajotsavas, such ‘utsavas’ should not encourage communal violence or give rise to communal clashes and rioting. The organisers of such utsavas merely organise them as a symbol of political power,” he said, stressing that all attempts to disrupt communal peace and harmony of the country should be vehemently opposed.

He said that people believed that causing harm and having loathing for religions other than your own was ‘Dharma’. “However, this is wrong, Heeding only about religion but not heeding the discrimination against lower classes and castes in your own religion is ‘Adharma.’ Hindu fundamentalists encouraging communal rioting and violence is not Dharma. It is this idea of causing harm to the weak and vulnerable that should be removed from the society,” he advised.

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Religious fundamentalists and extremists today are giving priority to communalism and violence as means of dividing the society, thereby creating an environment of fear and turmoil in the society. “The biggest tragedy of the country is that we are listening to those voices of hatred who are trying to divide the society on communal lines,” he said, adding that Hindus and Muslims should remove the extremists and fundamentalists from their communities to walk on the path of humanity.

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“We have stopped listening to prominent Hindu and Sufi saints who had strived to build a strong nation and played instrumental roles in reforming the society. But the fundamentalists of the present age are trying to misattribute their teachings and creating discrimination against the lower classes and gender discrimination to divide the society. They are devaluing the teachings of these saints to make them go unheeded, he said.

All those who call themselves Hindus, Muslims and Christians, should become Indians first and not look at the nation from the viewpoint of religion, he added.

‘India cannot be a one-religion state’

On the growing demand for a Hindu Rashtra by several Hindutva groups, he said that none of the freedom fighters who fought for the country had envisioned the concept of India as a one-religion state with a single official religion. “Such a state cannot be created as our Constitution states India as a secular country and advocates freedom of all religions. However, the idea of several religions living together in peace and the tradition of practicing humanity are being discarded by people who only wish for greater political power,” he said.

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Speaking on the issue of Ghar Wapsi, Swamiji said that such reconversion programmes in the country were a major effort to retain the converted groups as vote-banks for political purposes, not necessarily with the aim of uplifting them.

‘No precautionary measures in view of Samajotsav’

Muneer Katipalla said that politicians made big statements of opposing communalism in the district before the elections, but they keep mum when communal clashes take place. The state government who banned Praveen Togadia from taking part in the Hindu Samajotsava in Bengaluru, has not taken any precautionary measures in view of the same event in Dakshina Kannada, he said.

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Lashing against the state government and chief minister Siddaramaiah, he said that it was the duty of the government and police department to implement strict measures to preserve the peace of the district.

DYFI leaders Dayananda Shetty, B K Imtiyaz, SFI leaders V Ambareesh and Nithin Kuthar, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti leader M Devadas, progressive thinker Chandrakala Nandavara, CPI(M) leader Vasanth Achari, Vasudeva Uchil, Yashawanth Maroli, Kirana Prabha and others participated in the solidarity walk and public meeting.

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May 2,2020

Mangaluru, May 2:  Dakshina Kannada district administration has taken steps to quarantine people returning after having lost their jobs in foreign countries.

Marriages hall, general halls and hostels are being identified for the purpose, a source said.

Official said that Coronavirus scare also has forced many people from foreign countries, those in including Gulf countries, to return to their native villages.

The Gulf countries are also sending back those staying illegally there. 

Once the flight services resume, thousands of people are likely to return to the country.

Meanwhile, DK deputy commissioner Karnataka held a video conference with Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.

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May 13,2020

Managluru, May 13: Expressing regret over the inconvenience faced by the first batch of passengers from UAE that landed at Mangaluru International Airport last night, Dr C N Ashwath Narayan, deputy chief minister of Karnataka, today assured that all short comings will be addressed.

Addressing Kannadiga delegates from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and other countries through a video conference, Dr Narayan also assured that necessary steps will be taken by the Karnataka government to provide free quarantine facility for those who cannot afford private quarantine in hotels or guest houses. The video conference was organised by coastaldigest.com.

"The incontinence faced by passengers from Dubai at Mangaluru Airport have already been brought to my notice. All these shortcomings will be addressed. We will take appropriate steps to prevent the recurrence of such inconveniences," he said.

He said that the Karnataka government has already amended its standard operating procedure for international passengers to allow pregnant women to entre home quarantine if they test negative for covid-19. 

The problems faced by passengers at Mangaluru Airport last night include lack of staff to handle luggagues, lack of food and water, delay in arranging vehicle to transport passengers to quarantine centres and lack of free quarantine facility for those who cannot afford private quarantine facility. The next batch of repatriates will not face these problems, he said. 

Dr Narayan also promised to exert pressur on the union governmment to operate more flights to repatriate stranded Indians, especially Kannadigas from Saudi Arabia.

Prominent NRI commnity leaders Zakariya Jokatte, Naveen Bandary, Joy Fernandes, Shathosh Shetty Riyadh, Althaf Saqco, Shiekh Expertise and others participated in the video confernce.

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March 9,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 9: A person who arrived at the airport in Mangaluru from Dubai and was admitted to the isolation ward of a hospital with symptoms of coronavirus has gone missing, sources said.

The patient, who arrived on Sunday, was shifted to the district Wenlock hospital with a high fever and a few symptoms of coronavirus.

He reportedly argued with the hospital staff late in the night that he had not contracted the virus and left the hospital saying he will take treatment in a private hospital.

The hospital health officer called up the police and a high alert has been sounded in coastal districts to locate the person who has 'escaped' from the hospital.

Dakshina Kannada district health officer Sikandar Pasha had earlier said the patient will be kept under observation for 24 hours and will be discharged after routine tests.

The district health department on Monday lodged a complaint with the Mangaluru police station and investigation is on.

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