With an eye on Dalit votes, JD(S) announces alliance with BSP for Karnataka polls

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February 8, 2018

The Janata Dal (Secular) and Bahujan Samaj Party have announced an alliance for the Karnataka assembly elections with an eye to consolidate dalit voters.

JD(S) leader Kunwar Danish Ali and BSP leader S C Mishra on Thursday told media persons that the alliance will be formally launched at a rally in Bengaluru on February 17, which will be addressed by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and BSP supremo Mayawati.

As per the alliance, BSP will contest 20 from 14 districts, where it will try to defeat Congress candidates. Three seats of Kollegal, Chamarajnagar, Gundlupet in Chamarajnagar district, Anekal of Bengaluru urban, Nippani, Raibagh, Chikkodi-Sadalga of Belgaum, Honalli of Davangere, Bidar (North) from Bidar district, Chittapur and Kalburgi rural from Kalburgi, Vijaynagar from Ballari, Bagalkot city, Karkala in Udupi, Hubbali-Dharwad (East), Byadgi of Haveri, Shirahatti and Gadag city in Gadag district, Babaleshwar in Bijapur and Suliya in Dakshina Kannada have been earmarked for BSP to contest from. Eight out of the 20 constituencies are reserved for SC candidate.

Mishra and Ali said JD(S) State President H D Kumaraswamy will be the chief ministerial candidate of the alliance.

In 2013 Karnataka polls JD(S) had won 40 out of the 224 seats with a vote share of 20.19 per cent in the previous assembly election in Karnataka. The BSP contested 175 seats in the previous election but failed to secure a single seat with a vote share of 0.91 percent.

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Truth
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Thursday, 8 Feb 2018

Leaders may make alliance, may break alliance, may form seperate party... People who believe in that leaders, are fools.. All the best

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January 26,2020

Kozhikode, Jan 26: The Indian national flag was unfurled at around 10,000 mosques and religious institutions across Kerala on the auspicious occasion of 71st Republic Day on Sunday.

"The national flag was unfurled at around 10,000 mosques across the state on this auspicious occasion as per the instruction of the Waqf Board," Secretary of the Kuttiady Juma Masjid Committee, K Basheer, told media here.

He said that the national flag was also unfurled at the Kuttiady Juma Masjid here as per the instructions.

"Constitution is under threat by the Citizenship Amendment Act, we also read the preamble of the Constitution in solidarity," Basheer said.

Meanwhile, a majestic event was held in the national capital on the occasion of Republic Day.

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kUMAR
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Sunday, 26 Jan 2020

Welcome news.  But i dont think any of sanghi shakhas have hoisted our national flag on this occasion.  I didnt see a single picture in any media or newspaper.   

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May 23,2020

Mudigre, May 23: The throat swab sample of a Primary Health Care doctor at Mudigere in Chikkamagaluru district tested negative for COVID-19. 

It was wrongly tested positive for COVID-19 on May 19, clarified DC Dr Bagadi Gautham. 

The doctor's throat swab was tested again in Shivamogga and Hassan labs where it has tested negative. He will be discharged from hospital, said the DC.

All the 28 contacts of the doctor too tested negative. 

A total of 485 primary contacts and 961 secondary contacts of the doctor were quarantined after the throat swab of the doctor was tested positive. All the contacts who have been quarantined will be sent back home from quarantine centres, added DC.

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January 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 10: State’s primary and secondary education minister, S Suresh Kumar on Friday asked the Department of Public Instruction to register a complaint in the cybercrime police station against the teacher who shared a video of a child mispronouncing a Kannada word.

The viral video shows the child from a government school incorrectly pronouncing the word 'Pakkelubu' (ribcage).

The minister observed, 'It is normal for children to pronounce words incorrectly and only repetitive practise will make them say it correctly. If a video of such a mistake is made and spread on the Internet the child will see it in future and be demoralised and might start hate learning. The person who made and posted this video has committed a grave crime.

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