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It's difficult for a Vokkaliga to become CM: Deve Gowda

DHNS
September 3, 2017

Bengaluru, Sep 3: JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Saturday said it is difficult for a Vokkaliga to become the chief minister because members of the community are treated as second-class citizens.

Gowda made these remarks at the silver jubilee celebration of the Krishik Sarvodaya Foundation, where he shared the stage with Energy Minister D K Shivakumar, BJP leader R Ashoka and Adichunchanagiri Mutt seer Nirmalanandanatha Swami.

“Shivakumar, Ashoka or Kumaraswamy (state JD-S president) - let any of them become chief minister if it is in their fate. But it is not easy. I am saying this from personal experience. They won’t let us become first-class citizens,” Gowda said, implicitly suggesting to Shivakumar, also a Vokkaliga, that he will not have it easy in the Congress. Shivakumar was seen smiling with folded hands through Gowda’s remarks.

“When I launched some schemes, other communities branded me as pro-Vokkaliga. I have faced this punishment throughout my political career. Now, I am in the last leg of my life and I am pondering on the direction in which the Vokkaliga community is headed. I am concerned about two crore people living in the Cauvery belt. I don’t know if the Cauvery problem will be resolved. But let us try together,” Gowda said.

Praising the former prime minister, Shivakumar said Gowda had suffered much in his 50-year political life. “I have been in politics for 30 years and have suffered many wounds,” he said. “But I can’t afford to be as open as Gowda.”

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February 9,2020

Tumkur, Feb 9: A special puja was performed at the Durga Parameshwari temple and the Shaneshwara temple in Karnataka's Rangana Halli village to save people from coronavirus.

Yashwanth Shastri, a priest, said: "We performed this special puja on Friday to save the world from virus and diseases like corona and H1N1."

"Our ancestors used to perform a special puja for the betterment of society and save the world from viruses when they attacked," he said.

Coronavirus originated in China's Wuhan city in December last year and has since spread to various cities around the world.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the coronavirus outbreak as a global health crisis.

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April 16,2020

Madikeri, Apr 16: A man from Ketumotte in Virajpet, who was cured of COVID-19 and returned to his home, has again been admitted to the hospital, following a complaint of fever, on Wednesday noon.

The man, who voluntarily got admitted to the hospital, is being treated in the isolation ward of the Covid-19 hospital. His throat swab and blood samples have been sent for testing. The report is likely to be out by Thursday morning.

After getting discharged from the hospital on April 7, he was home quarantined. After a week, he developed fever again. The person has not moved out of his house and the people need not fear, said Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy.

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January 10,2020

Chikkamagaluru, Jan 10: At least 15 RSS activists protesting against the 16th Chikkamagaluru District Kannada Sahitya Sammelan at Sringeri were detained, Police said here on Friday.

The Sangh Parivar activists gathered near the entrance of the hall where the event was being held and started sloganeering against the election of the leftist Kalkuli Vittal Hegde as the president of the literary gathering. The police then interfered and detained several protesters to bring situation under control.

Despite protests from the right wing organisations, the event went ahead and began as per the schedule.

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