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Hinduism to counter Hindutva: Rahul’s temple run to continue in Karnataka

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December 21, 2017

Bouyed by his party’s improved performance in Gujarat elections, the All India Congress Committee president Rahul Gandhi has decided to adopt a similar style during upcoming Karnataka assembly polls.

This will signify the party’s Hinduism agenda to counter the perceived hardline Hindutva (using Hindu religion to gain political mileage and spreading hatred against non-Hindus) of the opposition BJP.

During his Gujarat campaign, Rahul apparently visited 27 temples and the Congress won 18 seats in these constituencies. Of them, the party managed to wrest 10 seats from the BJP. The BJP dubbed it 'soft Hindutva'.

"Visiting places of worship such as temples, mutts, mosques and churches is common during an election and is in accordance with one's beliefs. When Rahul visits Karnataka, he will visit temples," Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president G Parameshwara said. "The timing of Rahul's expected visits and which temples he will visit are yet to be finalised," he added.

The party plans to bring Rahul, who was coronated AICC president last week, for a mega event either in Bengaluru or Chikkamagaluru, Parameshwara said.

Rahul began visiting temples during his Deoria to Delhi Kisan Yatra before the Uttar Pradesh polls.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah took to Twitter on Wednesday to slam the BJP over its hardline Hindutva ideology. "Are BJP leaders the only Hindus? Are we not Hindus, too? My name is Siddaramaiah - I'm Sidda (ready in Kannada) and Rama. Has the BJP taken up a contract for Hinduism? We're also Hindus, but we respect all religions. That's our culture and that's true Hinduism," he tweeted.

The first leg of the ruling Congress' poll tour will begin from Mulbagal and KGF Assembly constituencies on Thursday. The campaign will then pan out to Kolar and Malur constituencies (December 22), Chintamani and Sidlaghatta constituencies (December 29), Devanahalli and Nelamangala constituencies (December 30). The campaign will resume at Gubbi and Turuvekere constituencies (January 4), Kunigal and Chikkanayakanahalli (January 5), Pavagad and Tumakuru Rural (January 6).

AICC general secretary in-charge of Karnataka K C Venugopal, veteran leaders Oscar Fernandes, Mallikarjun Kharge, M Veerappa Moily among others will take part in the campaigns, Parameshwara said. "Another campaign will be held in March where Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will also participate," he added.

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April 18,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 18: Mangaluru Police have registered a case against two foreign nationals, who were under home quarantine in Kodailbail, for allegedly spitting in the lift of their apartment building on Friday.

The two men, along with three of their roommates, have now been sent to a quarantine facility.

The residents of the residential complex have mentioned in their complaint that they have the CCTV footage of the two spitting in the lift.
Further investigation in the case is underway.

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March 25,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 25 : Karnataka recorded its highest single-day tally to date, as 10 people tested positive, taking the total number of cases to 51 in the state.

“Till date 51 COVID-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state which includes one death and three discharged," the health department said in a statement on Wednesday.

The rise in cases adding to the growing national tally of people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

The daughter of a former union minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Karnataka has also tested positive.

Bengaluru accounts for 32 of the total 51 cases recorded in the state so far,including three who have fully recovered and released.

Dakshina Kannada has five confirmed cases, Chikkaballapura and Kalaburagi has three cases each, Mysuru has and Uttara Kannada has two cases each and four other districts have one case each.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced a 21-day lockdown of the country to keep people indoors and contain the spread of the virus in the community.

The government has also been trying to scale up testing.

Medical education minister K.Sudhakar on Wednesday told Mint that Karnataka will scale up testing by 10-fold with the help of government and private labs approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).

A total of 2,438 people have been tested in Karnataka and 2242 have tested negative, according to state health department. 214 people are lodged in medical hospitals.

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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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