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I have no political ambitions; won’t follow Yogi Adityanath’s path: Vokkaliga pontiff

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August 14, 2017

Mandya, Aug 14: Sri Nirmalanandanath Swami, the pontiff of Sri Adichunchungiri mutt, has sent out a clear message to the political parties, saying that he did not nurse any political ambitions unlike Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adithyanath.

(Sri Nirmalanandanath Swami greets BJP National President Amit Shah at Adichunchungiri mutt in Mndya District on Sunday)

“This mutt is known for producing political leaders, including former PM H D Deve Gowda, chief ministers and ministers. We will not, at any cost, take Yogi Adityanath's path,” the pontiff, who presided over a function to release the biography on Sri Balagangadharnath Swami said. The biography was released by BJP national president Amit Shah.

With the BJP leadership setting a precedent by making pontiff Yogi Adityanath chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Shah choosing to visit Sri Adichunchangiri mutt, speculation was rife that the party is looking to try the same experiment in Karnataka, though the leadership has officially de clared B S Yeddyurappa its chief ministerial candidate.

Nirmalanandanath Swami tried to downplay Shah's visit to the mutt. "I had planned to invite Shah to the mutt and release the biography of Sri Balagangadharnath some two years ago. I decided to invite Shah since I wanted a politician who supports and respects spiritual institutions to release the book on my guru. To relate his visit to politics now is totally uncalled for," he said.

The seer said there is a vast difference between Sri Adichunchangiri mutt and the Gorakhnath Peeth of Yogi Adityanath, of which he is heir."Our mutt and Gorakhnath Peeth have a common history and follow the same philosophy but the only difference is they get involved in politics and nurse political ambitions, and we don't," he added.

The swami said the Gorakhnath temple and Balagangadharnath Swami's temple also practices and professes the Nath traditions. The founder of the BGS (Balagangadharnath Swami) temple, Balagangadharnath Swami's mentor Bhairavaikya Balagangadharnath and Yogi Adityanath's mentor Avaidyanath were close to each other. "Whenever we go to North India, we visit the Gorakhpur temple, and whenever Yogi Adityanath visits Karnataka, he comes to our temple. But we don't have anything to do with politics," he said.

Amit Shah took not more than 10 minutes to interact with select students from Balagangadharnath Swami Medical College. Shah, who was in a hurry after his public function at Sri Adichunchangiri mutt, told the students they are lucky to be studying in such an institution and asked them to make the best use of it."He did not take any questions from the students, who had prepared and were waiting since morning to interact with him. It was all over in 10 minutes," mutt sources said.

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Monday, 14 Aug 2017

New tactics to fool hindus, UP model will not work in smarter Karnataka

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August 8,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 8: Anticipating a huge number of pilgrims from Karnataka to start visiting Ayodhya following the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Ram temple, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday requested his Uttar Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath for two acres of land to build a 'yatri nivas' (guest house).

"A large number of pilgrims from Karnataka would be visiting Ayodhya. The government of Karnataka wishes to construct a yatri nivas for the pilgrims visiting Ayodhya," Yediyurappa wrote to Yogi.

"I request you to grant two acres of land in Ayodhya for this purpose," he said.

The Chief Minister said the yatri nivas will be constructed for the benefit of pilgrims from the southern state.

He also congratulated the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister for successfully laying the foundation stone for the Ram temple on Wednesday.

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M SHARIEF SULTAN
 - 
Sunday, 9 Aug 2020

Use our money for corona patients. Dont waste tax payers money.

For Ayodhya pilgrims, Spend from your BJP looted money.

Ahmed A.K.
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Sunday, 9 Aug 2020

Our ruling govt is only interested in RAM Mandir and spending crores of rupees for the temple. Why the other community is not demanding fund from the GOVT?

Not bothered about the development of the country as currently we have no idea how to tackle the corona viurs. Ministers are keen on builing Guest house for pilgrims, Statue of RAM etc etc.

Please concentrate on how to minimise the Virus issue in KARNAKATA like other Gulf countries.

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July 23,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Karnataka on Thursday recorded a biggest single-day surge of over 5,000 cases and 97 related fatalities, taking the total number of people who tested positive for the virus to 80,863, the health department said. 

The day also saw a record 2,071 patients getting discharged after recovery.

Out of 5,030 fresh cases reported, a whopping 2,207 cases were from Bengaluru urban alone.

As of July 23 evening, cumulatively 80,863 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 1,616 deaths and 29,310 discharges, the health department said in its bulletin.

It said, out of 49,931 active cases, 49,291 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals and are stable, while 640 are in ICU. Out of the 97 deaths reported on Thursday 48 are from Bengaluru urban, followed by Mysuru 8, Dakshina Kannada 7 and others.

Most of the dead are either with a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) or Influenza-like illness (ILI).

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban accounts for 2,207, followed by Raichur 258, Kalaburagi 229, Dakshina Kannada 218, and others.

Bengaluru urban district tops the list of positive cases, with a total of 39,200 infections, followed by Dakshina Kannada 4,209 and Kalaburagi 3,370. 

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January 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 31: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on Friday got the green signal from the BJP central leadership for the much-awaited cabinet expansion in the state and he is mostly likely to induct 11 ministers. Yediyurappa said the date of swearing-in will be decided in a day or two, although he indicated that it would most likely be held on February 3.

Currently, there are 18 ministers, including the chief minister, in the cabinet that has a sanctioned strength of 34. Sixteen berths are vacant. "Many of our suggestions have been accepted by Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda. If there are differences, we will discuss in Bengaluru and finalise it," Yediyurappa told reporters after meeting Shah in the Parliament Complex here.

Except for one or two, most of the disqualified JDS-Congress MLAs who got re-elected in the bypolls on BJP tickets will be made ministers, he said, adding there won't be any additional deputy chief ministers. However, sources said, a total of 11 ministers would be inducted into the cabinet.

"We discussed yesterday and now also. Shah has agreed to almost everything," Yediyurappa said, adding he is returning back "happy" after getting the nod for the cabinet expansion. "I am going happy," he said.

Yediyurappa had been anxiously waiting for the party high command's approval to expand his ministry amid intense lobbying by the aspirants. Opposition parties have been critical of the BJP and Yediyurappa over the delay in the cabinet expansion, alleging he was weak and that his administration had collapsed.

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