Hindu Mahasabha mulls a saffron alliance sans BJP in poll-bound Karnataka

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April 20, 2018

Mangaluru, Apr 20: The Karnataka state unit of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha has dropped hints about forming an alliance of hardline Hindutva fringe groups without the Bharatiya Janata Party, the political arm of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

Addressing media persons in the city on Friday, Mahasabha’s Karnataka state president N Subrahmanya Raju said that non-BJP Hindutva groups would be contesting in 150 constituencies across the state in May 12 assembly polls.

As per the plan Mahasabha will field 30 candidates, while Sampoorna Bharatiya Kranti Paksha (SBKP) and Sri Ram Sena’s Pramod Muthalik would field 15 and 35 candidates respectively. In a few days a coalition of Mahasabha, Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, Sri Ram Sena, Shiv Sena, and SBKP would come into existence in Karnataka, he said. 

He said that Mahasabha was registered as a political party in 1912. However, post independence it had lost recognition just because Nathuram Godse, who assassinated Mahatma Gandhi, belonged to Mahasabha.

He said that though Mahasabha had been supporting BJP candidates for the Hindutva cause, the latter had long abandoned its Hindutva ideology. “Now BJP once again announced B S Yeddyurappa as its chief ministerial candidate in spite of the fact that he was the first CM in the history of the sate to go to jail,” he said. 

He alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was desperately wooing the minority communities to come back to power. The entry of Mahasabha was inevitable at this juncture when the ruling Congress was pursuing anti-Hindu policies, he added.

The Opposition BJP in the state was not effective in opposing these policies, he said adding that majority of Hindus would give a fitting reply to the Congress in the coming elections.

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Saturday, 21 Apr 2018

Seems all are law students our state require these groups in our state cabinet. Home ministers post suits for all of them.

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January 1,2020

Mangaluru, Jan 1: On the first day of 2020, Bajpe Police became somewhat of a Guardian Angel for a college student, who was wandering around the city in the wee hours of Wednesday, convincing and escorting him to his home safely, after coming to know about his residence.

According to Bajpe Police Probationary Sub-Inspector Anita Nikkam and Police Officer Devappa Hosamani, they noticed a youth, hailing from Handelu in Todaru and studying in a college at Moodbidri, wandering at around 0245 hrs.

When asked about his whereabouts, the boy did not respond initially. However, police managed to collect his address and his mother's phone number after half an hour of interrogation.

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June 10,2020

Bengaluru, June 10: The Department of Primary and Secondary Education of Government of Karnataka today ordered a ban on online classes for children from KG to class 5.

The decision was taken following a report based on the report submitted by director NIMHANS, recommending online classes only above the age of 6 years and also following the complaints from several parents about online classes conducted by private schools even for kindergarten kids.

Briefing the media soon after the meeting with department officials, S Suresh Kumar, primary and secondary education minister said, "We have taken two major decisions today. The online classes for LKG, UKG and primary classes should be stopped immediately."

Even collecting fees in the name of online classes should be stopped, said the minister. "We have already issued a circular about it insisting that schools not collect fees in the name of online classes and also requesting schools not to increase fees for the 2020-21 academic year considering financial constraints of several people due to the COVID-19 pandemic," said the minister.

The department, however, also discussed how to engage children during this period as there was no clarity over the reopening of schools for the 2020-21 academic year. "We have constituted a committee to prepare guidelines on how to engage students and increase their knowledge. The committee is headed by Prof. MK Sridhar," he said.

Before taking this decision, the department had three rounds of discussions with various experts, including Prof. MK Sridhar, Prof. VP Niranjanaradhya, Dr John Vijay Sagar and other departments, including the home and health departments.

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May 4,2020

Udupi, May 4: Udupi Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesha said that mechanised boat fishing will be permitted in Udupi district in another two days.

He further said that the decision was taken after the district was declared as a Green Zone as no fresh cases of COVID-19 were reported from the district in the past several days.

The Deputy Commissioner told the media here that fishing will be permitted but social distancing has to be practised and only 30 boats will be permitted in a day.

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