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

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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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....

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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NRI infected with coronavirus in UAE

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February 11,2020

Dubai, Feb 11: An Indian national has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in the UAE, bringing the total number of confirmed infection cases to eight, the country's health ministry has said.

The death toll in China's coronavirus outbreak has gone up to 1,016 while the confirmed cases of infection have soared to 42,638, Chinese health officials said on Tuesday.

The UAE Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) said on Monday that the Indian national was infected after he interacted with a recently diagnosed person.

"The Ministry of Health and Prevention announced today the eighth confirmed case of new coronavirus in the UAE, which is an Indian national who had interacted with a recently diagnosed person," it said in a tweet.

On Sunday, the ministry said that the two new patients, a Chinese national and a Filipino, had been diagnosed with the disease and were receiving medical care as per the highest health standards available in the country.

It said that all health facilities will continue to report any new cases suspected to have coronavirus.

Last week, a family of four who arrived from Wuhan for a holiday in Dubai were diagnosed with coronavirus. A fifth patient, who also arrived from the Chinese city, was confirmed to have been infected with
the virus, but is reportedly in a stable condition.

China and countries around the world are scrambling to contain the spread of coronavirus which fiirst surfaced in Wuhan city in the Central Hubei province of China. Apart from China, two deaths have occurred in Hong Kong and the Philippines.

Besides Germany, Britain and Italy, other European nations with cases of the virus include France, Russia, Belgium, Sweden, Finland and Spain.

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Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner orders closure of bars, restaurants amid COVID-19 fears

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March 16,2020

Kalaburagi, Mar 16: Kalaburagi Deputy Commissioner B Sharat has banned the sale of liquor and ordered the closure of bars and restaurants in the district until further orders in the wake of coronavirus scare.

On Sunday, Sharat said that the public gatherings including local markets, village fairs, Urs festival in Kalaburagi district have been banned.

"Gatherings including local markets, village fairs, Urs festival in the district have been banned as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus until further orders," Sharat said.

The Karnataka Health Department on Sunday said that all the family members and other contacts of the 76-year-old man who died of coronavirus in Kalaburagi are being monitored closely.

The state government has said that six cases of COVID-19 have been reported in the state as of now, including one person who died.

"Till date, six COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state including one death. The 5 Coronavirus positive cases are in isolation at the designated hospital in Bengaluru," the government said.

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