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Congress makes all-out efforts to reach out to rebel MLAs

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July 20, 2019

Bengaluru, Jul 20: With the Confidence motion tabled in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is expected to reach to its finality on Monday, the Congress leaders are making an all-out efforts to reach out to the rebel MLAs, who are staying outside the State, since last one week.

According to party sources, former Chief Minister and Congress Legislative Party leader Siddaramaiha, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal and KPCC President Dinesh Gundurao are trying to establish contact with the rebel Congress MLAs and convince them to return to the party fold.

The Congress leaders are hopeful that among the 15 rebel MLAs, who are staying in Maharashtra, three from the Congress and one from the JD(S) may change their mind and save the 14-month-old JDS-Congress coalition government which had moved Confidence motion in the Karnataka Assembly.

The Congress leaders, who are jubilant after winning back the 7-time-Congress MLA Ramalinga Reddy, who had withdrawn his resignation following the intervention of the senior party leaders, are hoping that three of Reddy’s followers, including Munirathna, S T Somashekhar, Byrathi Basavaraju and the JD(S) rebel MLA Gopalaiah would also fall in line and rescue the coalition government.

According to party sources, the Rebel MLAs, had splint into two groups, while one group led by JD(S) MLA, H Vishwanath staying in Pune the other group led by S T Somashekhar, and others staying in a posh resort in Lonavala in Maharashtra.

The Congress leaders, while trying to establish contact with the rebel MLAs, are also holding meeting with the MLAs, kept in a resort and keeping a vigil against any possibilities of luring away by the BJP leaders, sources added.

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March 3,2020

Kalaburagi, Mar 3: Former Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge on Monday in a letter requested Karnataka Assembly Speaker Sri Vishveshvaraya Hegade Kageri that the restricted media coverage in Assembly Budget session was not the right thing and it will be danger of for healthy democracy.

The letter written by Mr. Kharge to the Karnataka Assembly speaker which available to the press said that the fourth pillar of democracy 'Media' ban from covering assembly proceedings was not a healthy move and requested to immediately withdraw the government order in this regards, he said.

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July 26,2020

Ballari, July 26: Karnataka's minister for forests and environment Anand Singh has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in quarantine at his residence in Hospet town of Ballari district.

Minister's son-in-law Sandeep Singh confirmed it and said he has been home-quarantined and the doctors are treating him at home. It is not known who have contracted the virus from him, he told.  

A few days back, the car driver of the minister had tested positive for Covid-19. Old house of the minister located at Ranipet here was sealed down and he was quarantined at his bungalow off the ring road. 

A week ago, the minister held a meeting which was attended by doctors, hotel owners, the officials and journalists. Hence, they have been advised to undergo Covid-19 test, said a Government hospital doctor.

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June 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 5: The Karnataka government has asked all its departments and authorities to avoid during all official transactions the nomenclature "Dalit" for members belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

"All the departments and authorities of government of Karnataka are requested that (use of name Dalit) for all official transactions, matters, dealings, certificates, among others," the official circular said.

The Constitutional term Scheduled Caste in English and its appropriate translation in other national languages should alone be used for denoting the persons belonging to the Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes notified in the presidential orders issued under Article 341 of the Constitution, the circular said.

The circular issued on May 20 notes instructions issued by the Central government in 2018, with reference to the order of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior Bench.

"That the Central government/state government and its functionaries would refrain from using the nomenclature "Dalit" for the members belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as the same does not find mentioned in the Constitution or any statute," the order had said.

Pointing out that the Central government had earlier issued instructions that the words "Harijan" and "Girijan" should not be used, the circular said accordingly the Karnataka government also had issued a Government Order in 2010.

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