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Gowda on cash-for-vote: What if MLAs asked for money? They need it for polls!

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June 4, 2016

Bengaluru, Jun 4: In a shocking admission, former prime minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader H D Deve Gowda said that corruption is part of Indian politics and questioned what was the big deal in his party members asking for money to vote.

deve“Don't unnecessarily go on harassing as if you are going to clean up the system in this country... In this country politics itself involves corruption," Mr Gowda told news channels, whose sting operation exposed four Karnataka MLAs attempt to sell their votes for crores of rupees ahead of Rajya Sabha polls.

The two JD(S) legislators — Mallikarjun Khuba (Basavakalyan), G.T. Deve Gowda (Chamundeshwari) — were shown negotiating for rates ranging from Rs. 5 crore and above for their vote. Two other legislators caught on tape were B.R. Patil (Aland) from the Karnataka Janata Paksha and Varthur Prakash (Kolar), an Independent.

Mr Gowda said that the sting was a political conspiracy against his regional party. He also asked what was the big deal in his party members asking for money to vote..

“They think that JD(S) can be destroyed by this type of foul method?... What if my MLAs asked for money?... MLAs need money to fight elections,” he said.

On the other hand, Mr Gowda's son H?D?Kumaraswamy has termed the sting operation on RS polls “pre-planned.”

Speaking to reporters at Managuli in Vijayapura taluk Mr Kumaraswamy said that the episode had come to light only after the meeting between legislator Zameer Ahmed and Digvijaya Singh, who is in charge of Congress affairs in Karnataka.

“We had written to the Election Commission of India last week itself about possibilities of malpractice in the elections. But, the incident has come to light now. There are chances of the ECI deferring the elections, considering the issue seriously,” he said, adding that all the MLAs of the party were taken into confidence while writing to the ECI.

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yogesh
 - 
Monday, 6 Jun 2016

Mr.Balasubramanian, without knowing should not comment about anyone and also he was our prime minister, we should respect them and their values. read about devegowda and try to know what he has done for Farmers when he was PM.
he had done so many progressive work and well you can read his life history book which contains all his achievements....

N V BALASUBRAMANIAN
 - 
Sunday, 5 Jun 2016

What for the politicians contest polls?to enrich their family or serve people?.What have these politicians done for people,can they name any benefit passed on to people.whereas these politicians are worth in crores.Devegowda was really fooled by congress by offering the PM's chair to feel and then drag him down,what he did was made ragi mudde famous,which he was taking for diabetes!

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May 2,2020

Mangaluru, May 2:  Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Spokesperson P V Mohan on Saturday urged the district administration to find the source of coronavirus in Dakshina Kannada (DK) district.

He asked the district administration to ascertain from where a woman from Bantwal's Kasba contracted virus on April 19.

''We do not want to convert Dakshina Kannada into Nanjangud,'' Mr Mohan said referring to the mysterious case of Patient 52 from Nanjangud who has been identified as the main source of virus to the rest of the positive individuals in Nanjangud.

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March 6,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 6: At least 13 persons, including women and children, were killed and five critically wounded when an SUV collided with a car that had crashed against a road divider moments ago near Kunigal in Tumakuru district of Karnataka in the early hours of Friday, police said.

Of the victims, while 12 died on the spot, a child breathed his last in a hospital, they added.

The injured were admitted to the hospital, the police said.

Among the dead, 10 were from Tamil Nadu and three from Bengaluru. All of them were pilgrims who were on their way to Dharmasthala in Karnataka.

There were five women and two children among the dead, the police said.

"Thirteen persons have died. The incident occurred post midnight. A car crashed against the road divider and another car collided with it," Tumakuru Superintendent of Police (SP) K Vamsi Krishna said.

The police had to struggle to pull the bodies out from the mangled vehicles.

On learning about the incident, relatives of the victims rushed to the spot.

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March 24,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 24: Seven people were arrested on Tuesday for violating prohibitory orders imposed under Section 144 of CrPC in Mangaluru during the lockdown in Karnataka, Commissioner of Police PS Harsha said.

Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday had announced a complete lockdown in the state till April 1.
"In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the entire state will be locked down from 12 am of March 23 to April 1. People are requested to strictly follow it to contain the coronavirus spread," he said.
Earlier, the state government had ordered the suspending of all public and private transport services.
According to the data compiled by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the total number of the infection-related death toll in the country rose to nine on Tuesday, while the total number of active cases reached 482.

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