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Hegde’s remark a painful assault on the dignity of Dalits: Mevani

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January 23, 2018

Activist-turned-politician Jignesh Mevani has demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi drop Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Anant Kumar Hegde from his Ministry for his alleged remarks against Dalits.

On Saturday, soon after a protest against him by Dalit groups, the Minister said he will remain undeterred by “barking dogs.” In a press statement issued on Monday, Mevani, who is now an MLA in Gujarat condemned the “vitriolic” statements made by Mr. Hegde.

“What the Minister has said is clearly a painful assault on the dignity and self-respect of Dalits of the country. This is also an offence under the Atrocities Act, and hence he should be arrested,” the statement said. “I also demand that the President of India, who is himself a Dalit, consider the seriousness of the remark,” he said.

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Suresh
 - 
Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

Hegde should apologise

Mohan
 - 
Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

He became barking dog in these days

Hari
 - 
Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

Hegde lost his mind. Within 2 months, he made much unwanted controversy.

Unknown
 - 
Tuesday, 23 Jan 2018

Mavani became ambitious and publicity seeker after entering into politics

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August 8,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 8: Congress is confused on the Ram Mandir issue and in dilemma to take a firm stand fearing loss of Muslim or Hindu votes, according to BJP leader and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi.

"Congress opposed BJP's stand on constructing Ram Mandir in Ayodya, it called Lord Ram fictional and even decided to break the Ramsetu. Now, Congressmen are speaking the other way. Congress cannot think beyond vote bank politics which is in its DNA itself. Congressmen think that they are born to be in power," he said while speaking to media persons. 

He said that BJP is all for constructing a grand Ram Mandir peacefully and legally, due to its conviction and not for politics. Same was the case with the revocation of Article 370 for Jammu & Kashmir. Anti-national activities have comparatively come down now. 

Some people do not want everything going smoothly in the country, and Congress and Asaduddin Owaisi are among them, Joshi opined, adding that the Congress is merely frustrated.

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January 3,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 3: A young entrepreneur reportedly jumped off the Netravati bridge near Thokkottu on the outskirts of the city today morning.

The youth who allegedly committed suicide has been Navesh Kottari, 30, a resident of Ullalbail. He was the proprietor of N J Shamiyana.

The incident took place at around 6:30 a.m. Police and fire brigade rushed to the spot after sometime and launched search operation for the body in the river Netravati.

The body was retrieved in the afternoon.

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March 31,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 31: The Kerala government

on Tuesday rejected concerns of community spread of novel coronavirus in the state in the wake of the second death of a patient here who had no travel history or reported contact with any infected person.

Setting aside the concern, Health Minister K K Shylaja said the deceased man, a native of nearby Pothancode, was already suffering from several other health issues including high blood pressure.

The 68-yearold man died at the government medical college here, taking the total number of COVID-19 deaths in Kerala to two, the government said.

"We have got information that the deceased man had come in contact with some persons arrived from the Gulf. As he was very sick and was not in a position to speak, we could not collect details from him directly," she told reporters here.

"So we had to collect such details from his relatives now. As per preliminary assessment, it was a case of contact spread. So, as of now, there is no need to get panic about the community spread," she said

The possibility of death was high among patients, aged above 60 years and suffering from other diseases like heart ailments or diabetics, she said.

"That's why we are giving strict directions to the elderly people to remain in homes and avoid contact with infected persons, " the minister said.

However, the minister directed those came in contact with the deceased person to remain in self-quarantine and inform the authorities if they developed any infection symptoms.

In both the coronavirus deaths in the state, the deceased persons were aged and were suffering from other diseases, she added.

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