Congress’ Reddy, JDS’ Gopalaiah skip hearing with speaker

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July 16, 2019

Bengaluru, Jul 16: Two of the rebel MLAs - R Ramalinga Reddy of Congress and Gopalaiah of Janata Dal (Secular) - have skipped a personal hearing fixed by Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar.

Ramalinga Reddy, who resigned from the assembly on July 6, informed the Speaker that he was unable to attend the meeting due to a private emergency. He had also abstained from the legislature session citing a similar reason.

After Reddy, along with 11 others rebel MLAs resigned on July 6, Kumar had asked Reddy and another JD(S) MLA Gopalaiah to personally appear before him on Monday and convince him that they had resigned “voluntarily and genuinely”.

Though Congress and JD(S) leaders were elated at his decision, sources said Reddy has opted to play it safe ahead of the Supreme Court’s crucial decision on the resignation of rebel MLAs. “He’ll only appear before the Speaker if the apex court rules in favour of the rebel MLAs,’’ they added.

When Reddy was asked whether he’d attend the monsoon session on Monday, he said: “I have submitted my resignation and it is before the Speaker. Till he accepts it, I am the member of the House and I am still with the Congress.’’

However, Congress leaders maintained they sense a change of mind in Reddy after senior Congress leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, ex-MP from Kalaburagi, and water resources minister DK Shivakumar met him at his residence and persuaded him to withdraw his resignation.

However, Gopalaiah, holed up in a Mumbai hotel, skipped the hearing too and sent a letter seeking another date.

Congress leaders feel if Reddy is persuaded to withdrawing his resignation, other MLAs from Bengaluru, including ST Somashekar, Gopalaiah, Munirathna, Byrathi Basavaraju and Roshan Baig, may follow suit and help them to save the JD(S)-Congress government. On July 17, the Speaker had asked two rebel MLAs — MTB Nagaraj and D Sudhakar — to appear before him. Three other rebels — Anand Singh, Pratap Gouda Patil and Narayan Gowda — scheduled to meet the Speaker for a hearing last Friday skipped it without giving any reason.

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Karnataka: 75-yr-old man who returned from Saudi Arabia shows corona symptoms

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March 10,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 10: A 75-year-old man who arrived in Kalaburagi from Saudi Arabia on February 29 has been admitted to the isolation ward at Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) after he showed symptoms of coronavirus.

His throat swab has been sent to the laboratory of Bengaluru’s Victoria Hospital. The district Health and Family Welfare Department is waiting for the report.

The aged man who arrived from Saudi Arabia on February 28, was admitted to a private hospital on March 5 following fever and cough. As he showed the symptoms similar to coronavirus, the health of his family members has also been examined by the doctors and a close watch on them is being kept.

Recently, first confirmed positive case was reported from Whitefield in Bengaluru. The state government had also declared holiday for all primary schools in Bengaluru.

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Need a law to shoot at sight those raising anti-India slogans: B C Patil

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March 2,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 2: Karnataka Minister BC Patil on Monday repeated his earlier statements that he will approach the Centre to bring a law to "shoot at sight" anyone who raises anti-India slogans.

"I am not going back on my statement as I have not said anything wrong. I had said that I will ask the central government to bring a law to shoot at sight those who shout slogans against India. Nowadays it has become a fashion for some youths to get popularity this way which spoils the country and patriotism," Patil told reporters here.

"There is nothing wrong in asking for a law. I have not said that I will myself shoot someone who shouts slogans against India. If the same thing happens in Pakistan, they will be beheaded. But we are not so brutal, we book a case and send them to judicial custody," he added.

Patil also said that there was no need for holding discussions over the amended Citizenship Act, but added that the ruling BJP will defend it if the opposition raises a stir in the state Assembly.

The budget session of the Karnataka Assembly began on Monday.

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He deserves his own recommendation.

Because his statement anti Indians.

God bless them wisdom these loose chaddies

What if BC patil raises anti-india slogan

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Shutting of private clinics by doctors amid corona scare inhuman, says Siddaramiah

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April 7,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 7: Former Minister and Leader of the Opposition Siddaramiah on Tuesday termed the shutting by private clinics in the state by doctors as an 'inhuman act'.

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, the Congress leader said due to the fear of Novel Coronavirus, the doctors have closed their private clinics, which was against their profession.

This has affected the people, especially those, who are suffering from other deceases. He urged Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to intervene and resolve the issue immediately.

Despite the government instructions not to close down their clinics, the doctors have not been responding positively, Mr Siddaramaiah noted.

In this connection, the government should act seriously and give necessary warning to the doctors, to either open their clinics to serve the people, or face action, he added.

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