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Congress will consider framing law for Sabarimala: KC Venugopal

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April 15, 2019

If voted to power, the Congress will consider framing a law for Sabarimala that will uphold the belief of the faithful, said AICC general secretary K C Venugopal.

Speaking at the ‘Indian Vottu Varthamanam’ organized by Kesari Memorial Journalists’ Trust here on Sunday, he said that the Centre which kept silent when the court pronounced its verdict, was now saying that it will try to convince the court. “There was no restriction for the Centre for intervening in Sabarimala. When the Muthalaq Bill lapsed in Parliament, the Centre could pass an ordinance in a matter of days. In the case of Sabarimala too the Centre could have intervened. The mere dissent of one of the judges who pronounced the Sabarimala verdict itself is enough reason for the Centre to intervene,” he said.

Venugopal said the BJP and the CPM were playing an adjustment game in Sabarimala, which is evident from the words of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan that it was the Centre that had asked the state government to impose prohibitory orders in Sabarimala.

“On one hand, the BJP tried to turn Sabarimala to a riot field, while on the other, the Centre instructed the state to impose prohibitory orders, as the chief minister himself has now revealed,” he said. Venugopal said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was playing drama by trying to invoke Sabarimala in his speeches in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.

The Congress leader also slammed the CPM’s stand against Rahul Gandhi’s candidature in Wayanad, and said that it was the Congress and not the CPM that is fighting the BJP in all other states. “There has been several instances when former prime ministers contesting from two seats. If Rahul Gandhi is contesting from a sitting seat of Congress, why is the CPM worried,” he said. The CPM had said that by fielding Rahul in Wayanad, the Congress has sent the message that its opponent is LDF and not the BJP.

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May 8,2020

Mangaluru, May 8: Migrant workers, stranded in Karnataka due to lockdown, staged a protest on Friday at the Central Railway Station here, demanding to be sent back to their respective native places.

The workers demanded the state government to take measures and send them back to their homes.

Maintaining social distancing and covering their faces with masks, the workers were holding placards which read -- "We want to go home Jharkhand, We want justice and we want to go home."

They appealed to the state government to arrange trains and buses to ferry them to their native places and threatened to walk home if denied transport.

Several protests have erupted in different parts of the country, such as Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, as stranded labourers took to the roads demanding to be sent back home.

The Ministry of Home Affairs on May 1 had issued an order to extend the ongoing lockdown by two more weeks from May 4 with some relaxations.

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March 28,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 28: After a youth from Dakshina Kannada who tested positive for the deadly Covid-19 revealed that he had travelled by a bus, authorities have requested all his fellow passengers to visit their nearest district hospital. 

The 21-year-old man hailing from Belthangady taluk had flown from Dubai to Bengaluru on March 21 and on the same day travelled to Mangaluru by the KSRTC bus bearing registration number KA 19, F3329. 

As he was suffering from fever and cough he was admitted to Puttur government hospital on March 24. He was tested positive for the novel coronavirus on March 27.   

It is not yet know how many passengers were there on board the above mentioned bus which had departed Bengaluru at 4:30 p.m. on March 21. It is believed that most of the passengers who travelled by this bus are residents of Dakshina Kannada. 

Hence, the KSRTC authorities today requested all the passengers who travelled by this bus to visit their nearest district hospital for necessary checkup. The passengers also were urged to quarantine themselves for next couple of weeks.

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June 15,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 15: After a three-month delay, seven-time MLA and former state minister DK Shivakumar, who has been appointed as the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president, will take charge on July 2 at a simple function at the new party office here.

Mr Shivakumar was appointed as KPCC president on March 11.

Party sources said on Monday that Shivakumar plans to take charge of the party through a “pratijna dina” (pledge day) ceremony that would be telecast live to 7,800 locations across the state and over 10 lakh party workers are expected to attend it virtually.

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