Ex-Cong leader drags deity into ‘abuse row’; invites Rai for ‘truth test’

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July 4, 2017

Mangaluru, Jun 4: A day after district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai brushed aside the “shocking” allegations made against him by former Congress leader Harikrishna Bantwal, the latter on Tuesday threw the gauntlet to the former inviting him for a truth test at Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala.

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“Let Mr Rai come Dharmasthala and swear on deity, Sri Manjunatha Swami, that he hasn’t abused senior Congress veteran B Janardhana Poojary,” Mr Bantwal challenged at a press meet. “Manjunatha Swami is our ‘court’. If Mr Rai has really not said anything he will definitely come to Dharmasthala. If he does not turn up within a week, we should realize that he abused for sure,” he added.

“Mr Rai could have just apologized to Mr Poojary and end the issue there. Instead, he took six days to persuade Congress leaders Arun Coelho and Tejaswi Raj. When that did not work, Rai told the media that the whole incident did not happen and he was being falsely accused,” said the Billava leader.

He went on to claim that Mr Rai can be booked under Section 506 of the IPC. “But we do not believe in playing dirty politics and hence do not want to go ahead and file a complaint,” he said.

Mr Bantwal played an audio clipping in front of media persons and claimed that it was Arun Coelho speaking. “I am ready to tell this truth in front of anybody you want me to,” said the male voice in the clip.

He further said: “The minister does not respect Mr Poojary. If he did, he would at least make a call and invite him for yesterday’s program in the Congress Office. His claims of lobbying for Mr Poojary in Delhi during last Lok Sabha polls are also false as the candidate was finalized through internal polls in Managluru. Sonia Gandhi doesn’t even know this Rai personally.”

Mr Bantwal lamented that in the last four years, neither Chief Minister Siddharamaiah nor local Congress stalwarts like U T Khader and Mr Rai asked for Mr Poojary’s opinion before nominating for party posts.

He claimed that he met Mr Khader in Fr Muller’s Hall after the latter called for a press meet in the city on Sunday. He said that when he discussed the issue, Mr Khader said that he had his own issues to deal with. He added that he feels Mr Khader’s ‘issues’ could be nothing other than his political position and gains.

“I am not part of any party. So I cannot politically benefit out of any of this. The incident of Mr Rai abusing Mr Poojary in the wedding happened near the entrance of the hall and not on the main stage. That is why not many people know about it,” he said.

Also Read: Ramanath Rai called Poojary “Ra***maga”: Harikrishna Bantwal

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This brahmin kalladka prabhakar bhat sent his son and family to western country to study and misusing lower caste people for his political agenda wake up hindu community try to understand manuvaadi

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Karnataka CM, others condole demise of Amaranth Shetty

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January 27,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 27: Leaders cutting across political parties in Karnataka condoled the demise of former minister Amarnath Shetty, who passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa expressed “shock” over the death of the former minister. “May his soul rest in peace. My deepest condolences to his family members,” tweeted CM’s official Twitter handle.

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Muslim Committee drops Jan 4 anti-CAA protest plan as cops refuse permission

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January 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 2: The Muslim Central Committee of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi has dropped its plan to stage a massive protest against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens on January 4 at Mangaluru’s Nehru Maidan.

Addressing a press conference here today, committee chief K S Mohammed Masood made this announcement.

“All the 28 organisations that had decided to stage protest under the leadership of the Muslim Central Committee, have unanimously agreed to temporarily cancel the protest plan after the city police refused permission for the event,” he said.

Mr Masood requested the people, especially the youth, not to lose patience. “No one should head to Nehru Maidan on January 4 as Muslim leaders have unanimously decided to cancel the protest,” he urged.

S M Rasheed Haji, Y Abdulla Kunhi, Umar UH, Ibrahim Kodichal, B M Mumtaz Ali, Khasim H K, Mansoor Ahmed Azad and Asif Deals were present in the press meet.

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Muslim organisations felicitate State BJP Chief Nalin Kumar

I want to know from them wat was the need for this. Has this helped the ordinary Mangalore Muslims in anyway. I would not have asked abt this if the program was conducted in your house. But here it is done in the name of Muslims. We need to stop being intellectually dishonest

Young energetic Muslim brothers present in Dk ,please note we need young leaders to lead us . Wake up ... and take over .

We respect ur decision sir.

But there are a lot of questions about it on people's mind.

We need to be updated about ur next plan of action.

Are u planning to approach the court for gaining the permission from the police, bcoz otherwise I don't think we will get the permission

Secondly, a few days back I wanted to contact Muslim central committee office to confirm if the protest Wil be there. I googled for the no, but the no. did not exist. Does that mean the Muslim central committee does not have an office or telephone no????

This only shows how organised we are.

Requesting Muslim central committee to get their house in order. Get more professional. Also consult people to utilise various platform to responsibly collect funds from so many ordinary bearys who want to donate money, but don't know whom to send it to.

We need an action committee to handle such situations. It must consist a battery of lawyers to fight the cases filed by the police.

If our leaders are old, they need to groom new leaders into the committee.

Moreover, it is important to question these so called leaders about their fecilitation program conducted for making kateel wen he won the election. Wat was the purpose of such fecilitation. Becoz I don't think he gives a damn when our community suffered. I question, whether all this is done in our name only to gain your contact and flourish ur business???

Never ever dare to do so in the name of Muslims

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Karnataka: Gulf returnees should be ready to pay Rs 16,800 to Rs 63,000 for private quarantine

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May 10,2020

Mangaluru/ Bengaluru, May 10: Nearly 11,000 non-resident Kannadigas who are seeking repatriation from various countries across the world should be ready to shell out a huge amount for a two-week private quarantine in Karnataka before reaching their home.

The Kannadigas stranded in Gulf countries including UAE and Saudi Arabia have already expressed shock over the high airfare for repatriation during coronavirus lockdown. Another shocker is heavy quarantine fee once they reach their home state.

Officials in Mangaluru and Bengaluru have confirmed that administration has fixed charges for quarantine facilities starting from Rs 1,200 up to Rs 4,500, including food per day. 14 day quarantine will be mandatory for all healthy and asymptomatic international passengers. Hence, they should be ready to pay Rs 16,800 to Rs 63,000.

The other option is government quarantine centres: hostels run by social welfare, backward classes welfare and minority welfare departments but they are far from satisfactory. This is in stark contrast to the plush government quarantine facilities in Kerala.

In Mangaluru

The first repatriation flight to Mangaluru International Airport is expected to land on Tuesday, May 12 from Dubai.

The quarantine facilities include lodges, hostels and service apartments. Rates are fixed based on four categories: basic, economy, medium and premium. The basic facilities are mainly hostels of educational institutions, and the rest are budget and star hotels, said Rahul Shinde, probationary IAS officer, who is In-charge of the quarantine facilities for those being repatriated.

In Bengaluru

As many as 350 international passengers are set to arrive in Bengaluru at 3 am on Monday, May 11. So far, nobody has opted for government quarantine facilities, according to Lakshman Reddy, Joint Director, Social Welfare Department.

In Bengaluru, there are 55 hostels of the social welfare department, 51 of the backward classes welfare department and 12 of the minority welfare department. “We provide them with three square meals a day,” he added.

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