MLA Sunil Kumar booked for declaring ‘electoral battle between Allah and Rama’

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January 23, 2018

Mangaluru, Jan 23: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign against incumbent Congress government in Karnataka took an extremely ugly turn when a party leader declared in a public speech that the looming Assembly polls will be a direct battle between Allah and Rama in Bantwal constituency of Dakshina Kannada district.

The Bantwal town police booked a case against Karkala MLA V Sunil Kumar under Sections 153(A) and 505(2) of the IPC for his vicious and provocative speech wherein he obliquely warned the Hindu community that the victory of six-time MLA B Ramanatha Rai in next polls will be a victory of Allah and defeat of Rama.

The case was registered on Tuesday based on a complaint lodged by Bantwal Youth Congress president Prashant Kulal, who accused Sunil Kumar of trying to divide society in the name of religion and disrupt harmony.

Addressing the saffron party’s rally in Kalladka town of Bantwal on Monday, Sunil Kumar, came down heavily on Rai for stating in a Muslim programme that he won from Bantwal constituency six times by the grace of Allah.

"This is a question dignity of Hindus… The upcoming election is not a battle between (BJP candidate) Rajesh Naik and Ramanath Rai. This is not a clash between BJP and Congress. This is an electoral battle between Allah and Rama. Now you have to decide whether you want to make Allah victorious once again in your constituency or to the one who loves Rama,” he said.

Replying to Sunil Kumar’s controversial statement, Rai, who is also the district in-charge minister of Dakshina Kannada, said that he belongs to people of all religions and not to any particular caste or community.

“There is no clash between Allah and Rama. For me both are same. Both Islam and Hinduism ask their followers to become good human beings. Using gods and religions for poll campaign is an extremely ugly practice. Being an elected representative Sunik Kumar shouldn’t have stooped to such a low level,” Rai said.
 

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Abu Muhammad
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

Well said Common Man, All Pakistani supporters and their family, followers should be thrown to Arabin sea, if not sufficient throw them to  burning fire. Please include - MP BJP IT cell who collected military intelligence of our Motherland and sold them to Pakistan which resulted in the death of hundreds of our brave soldiers. Include also the Napunsak Parivar who go to Pakistan without any invitation, eat beef biryani, attend marriage, wear and offer Sari & Bangles to Pakistanis. Also include all coward anti-nationals who allowed Pakistani Military intelligence officers to visit our Military bases to steal sensitive information.  also include all those anti-nationals who issues Fatwas and certificates to Indian Muslims to go to Pakistan and the list is endless......

Well Wisher
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

ಸೋಲುವ ಭೀತಿ. ಬಾಯಿಯಿಂದ ಏನೇನೋ ಬೊಗಳೆ ಮಾತು...ಪಾಪ.

Mohammed
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

Who is good or bad people better know dat.  Y b comunal for vote. These politicians wil not spare their own parents for votes.  Y to bring god between vote bank?  just to b in power these cheap people can get to any level 

 

yekadeva dasa
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Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

non sense ; mr sunil kumar doesn`t know that the whole universe belongs to Allah the almighty  . (Allah - the creator, the sustainer and the cherisher of the universe, All praise is due to him ) . and this creations of Allah is comparing ,associating him with his creations is the biggest non forgivable sins of the universe.

Nagarika
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Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

People from his constituency shall learn from such speech of their MLA. In Addition Mr. Rahim Uchil has to understand the agenda of so called political party who have always defended for the controversy of so called political party. Now the election not between Allah and Rama it is between Mr. Rahim Uchil and Mr. Sunil Kumar. Jai Ho.

Kannadiga
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Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

This speaker is a disgrace to Karnataka. May Lord Rama save people of Karkala who made him and MLA. 

Common Man
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

Well said Sunilanna. Who the hell cares for such petty cases. It’s all common for nationalists. It’s high time all nationalists get united and throw Pakistani supporters to Arabian sea.

Sunil Bantwal
 - 
Wednesday, 24 Jan 2018

In last election he had declared that it will be a clash between Modi and Jihadi. Now he knows that no people will vote for Modi.  So started new slogan. What a shameless and uncultured people these politicians are!!!

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Media Release
January 23,2020

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June 15,2020

The Centre’s step-motherly attitude towards Kannadigas stranded in the Gulf countries in general and Saudi Arabia in particular has prompted the Kannadigas to resort social media campaign once again.

A couple of weeks ago, Twitterati had launched a campaigned to bring back Kannadidags stranded in Saudi Arabia. A variation of the hashtag #SaudiKannadigasNeedFlights trended today. 

Trend Setters India, which has taken the twitter campaign initiative, had urged the Kannadigas around the world to join the twitter storm at 4 p.m. IST on June 15, to exert pressure on the authorities concerned. Around 7 p.m. the hashtag began trending with thousands of tweets.

Millions of Kannadigas are working in Middle Eastern countries like Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. They contribute greatly to the Indian economy.

Even though government of India has launched Vande Bharat Mission for the repatriation of Indians stranded across the world, it has operated only a few flights from Saudi Arabia to Karnataka so far. Thousands of Kannadigas including pregnant women, elderly people, those who have lost jobs and those who need emergency medical care are still waiting for repatriation flights from Saudi Arabia to Mangaluru and Bengaluru.
 

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August 7,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 7: Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, the state's health department issued fresh guidelines for the disposal of bodies of COVID patients.

"Although an increased risk of COVID infection from a dead body to health workers or family members who follow standard precautions while handling the body is unlikely, the lack of scientific data requires the utmost care to avoid the inadvertent spread of COVID-19 during these times," the statement from the health department's press release read, emphasising on the dignity of the dead and the religious and cultural tradition.

The 23-page press release elaborated on guidelines regarding testing, handling of dead bodies and other specificities in relation to the management of COVID-19 bodies.

"Testing should not be insisted in every case of death, but only when they have a recorded history of influenza-like symptoms. The body should be handed over to the family members/ relatives in a dignified manner immediately after swab collection and hospitals should provide handouts with a list of dos and don'ts in English and Kannada laying down relevant information," the statement said.

It added, "At the mortuary, health care workers, mortuary staff and the family of the deceased body shall not come in direct contact with the dead body and must wear full personal protective equipment (PPE). If the family or relative are for any reason unable to cremate or bury the body, the local health authority shall arrange for the dignified last rites as per the religious traditions of the family."

Regarding autopsies (post mortem) on COVID-19 bodies, the state department said that they should be avoided, except in necessary circumstances.

The statement also gave detailed guidelines regarding the appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths in line with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) guidelines.

Additionally, the health department made a statement about the admission procedure for COVID positive patients referred by other district administrations saying, "It is now mandatory for all the referrals from the BBMP admission and discharge of COVID positive patients to be done through the online COVID Hospital Bed Management System (CHBMS)."

The state's count of coronavirus cases was 1,51,449 in the past 24 hours.

So far, a total of 2,804 people have died due to COVID-19 in the state, while the average recovery rate in Karnataka is 49.3 per cent.

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