Is Ivan D 'Souza a victim of Catholic politics ' in Congress?

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June 18, 2014

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Mangalore, Jun 18: The long-cherished hopes of Congress leader Ivan D 'Souza of being nominated as a Member of Legislative Council seem to have been dashed due to the intense lobbying by delegations led by fellow party leaders against his nomination.

Although Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had reportedly finalised the nomination of Mr D 'Souza, a Catholic leader, as an MLC, the nomination list had to be amended on the recommendation of party supremo Sonia Gandhi after certain local party leaders belonging to same community opposed the nomination.

It is said that delegations led by AICC general secretary Oscar Fernandes and Mangalore South MLA J R Lobo had opposed the nomination of Ivan D 'Souza as an MLC.

Despite assurances by Siddaramaiah, who had approved nominating Mr D 'Souza as an MLC apparently due to their shared connection in the past as members of Janata Parivar, the latter had to forego his dream to be nominated to the legislative council.

Mr D 'Souza had previously contested from Dakshina Kannada in the assembly elections in 2008 and had lost. Having denied the ticket in the next assembly elections in 2013, he had been aspiring to rise to a prominent position in the party by being nominated to the legislative council.

However, no sooner than his name had been doing the rounds to be nominated as an MLC, the faction of party workers led by J R Lobo paid a visit to the state in-charge Digvijay Singh urging him to consider nominating a Congress leader from the Hindu or Jain community.

A disheartened Ivan D 'Souza said that he had been robbed of an opportunity to serve the people of Dakshina Kannada due to inner politics in the party.

Meanwhile, Mr Lobo denied that he and fellow party workers had lobbied against the nomination of Ivan D 'Souza. “Rather, we have urged the state in-charge of party affairs Digvijay Singh and former minister Oscar Fernandes to consider the names of deserving party leaders such as former MLA Vijaykumar Shetty and Suresh Ballal for the legislative council,” he said, indicating that it had nothing to do with communities.

Meanwhile, sources within the Congress party in Mangalore said that few prominent Catholic political leaders in coastal Karnataka were trying to curb alternative political leadership in their community. The Janata Parivar link of Mr D 'Souza is also said to be one of the reasons for other local Congress leaders ' effort to isolate him in the party.

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francis
 - 
Sunday, 12 Jun 2016

Holy Father
You are the tree and cardinal bishops are trunk and we are branches.Then why we lay people rights are not considered by Mumbai church
From last several years I am fighting for transparency in Funds collected by Church .Mumbai Church is full of news about land selling to builders,demanding donations,Not giving records of fund collected
Why Holy Father instead of giving instruction does not come heavily on those who go against Church teachings.Why we are tutored like child that God is merciful and we can go on sinning The first trunk part that will crack is Mumbai archdiocese.
My Church Nativity of Lord kandivali east Mumbai collects building fund of rs two lacks from public every month .The priest refuses to give balance sheet showing where cores from last seven years or more kept .We want to know which banks hold this money .We want expenditure /income details from start of fund.This father has completed five years then why he is not transferred .Should I believe their are God Father?Our Church is closed full day on Monday ,No mass.Why one assistant not given to this church as we have seven hundred families.
The contribution to fund is volantary but they hane made cumpolsary by closing nose saying no minority/baptism /mariage certificate be given unless latest reciept of contribution to fund is shown
Holy father has to act against Arch bishop as my letters fall on deaf ear

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June 28,2020

Mangaluru, June 28: In his apparent bid to win the hearts of the people of Tulu Nadu while leaving this coastal city, Dr P S Harsha, the outgoing Mangaluru city police commissioner, today took to social media and thanked the people. The language he chose for his prolonged Facebook post and one paragraph tweet was Tulu.

“Loveable people of Kudla! I have received the transfer order after serving as the Commissioner of Police of Mangaluru City for 11 months. (During this period) I worked with utmost honesty and pro-people approach with the complete cooperation of my department. I wholeheartedly thank all those who supported me,” tweeted Dr Harsha, who is now posted in Bengaluru as the Deputy Inspector General and Commissioner of Information and Public Relations.

In his Facebook post, Dr Harsha claimed that thanks to his initiative “My Beat My Pride”, the policing in the coastal city has strengthened. 

“My only intention was to put an end to rowdyism and illegal activities. I had given priority to curb the drug mafia. ‘My Beat My Pride’ became a successful initiative thanks to public support,” he said. 

The IPS officer went on to claim that with the with the co-operation of the senior officers, the police department managed to efficiently handle situations during anti-CAA and pro-CAA agitations in the city, detection of explosives at Mangaluru International Airport and also during the covid-19 pandemic. 

However, he did not mention about the death of two people in random police firing following a baton charge during anti-CAA protests in the city on December 19.

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MP
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Tuesday, 30 Jun 2020

power is not permenant. 2 innocents were killed in mangalore,  if it was in USA the cop would have been in jail.

 

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March 29,2020

Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 29: Twenty more people were

detected with coronavirus in Kerala on Saturday, taking the total number of those undergoing treatment for the deadly infection to 181, Health Minister K K Shailaja said.

While Kannur reported eight cases, Kasaragod 7, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernkulam, Thrissur, Palakad and Malappuram reported one case each, Shailaja said in a statement here.

Of the 20 people, 18 had come from abroad and two others had been infected through contact.

The man found positive here was in the isolation ICU of the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College hospital, while one positive case from Ernakulam was a health worker.

The samples of four persons who were under treatment at Pathnamthitta were found negative.

At least, 1,41,211 people are under observation across the state, the Minister addd.

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March 31,2020

Kasaragod, Mar 31: The latest incidents of critically-ill patients dying due to lack of medical attention has been a cause of concern for the people here who had largely been depended on hospitals in Mangalore.

However the lock down has hindered follow-up treatment for these critically ill as the Karnataka authorities has been steadfast in restricting entry into their land.

The people of Kasaragod has been largely depended on the medical facilities in Mangalore for critical illness care. It was the gross inadequacies in critical healthcare in the district besides rather-easy proximity to nearby and bigger town that many residing on the north-east of the district have since long been making it to Mangalore for treatment of critical illness like cancer, dialysis and the alike.

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