JD(S) will form govt, says Gowda; you can’t win more than 25 seats, replies Siddaramaiah

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April 3, 2018

Hassan/Mysuru, Apr 3: Janata Dal (S) supremo H D Deve Gowda has exuded confidence that his party will prove that it is the 'A' team and form the government in the state defeating both the national parties, the Congress and the BJP.

Addressing a gathering as part of 'Vikasa Parva' rally in Hassan on Monday, the former prime minister attacked All India Congress Congress president Rahul Gandhi who had called the JD(S) the 'B' team of the BJP, and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

"Rahul Gandhi reads out the speech prepared by local leaders, condemning the JD(S). He has not given any assurance to coconut, arecaunut and potato growers of the district," Gowda he said.

"Siddaramaiah, who began his political journey from the Janata Parivar, became chief minister. But, he has been declaring a war against the JD(S), to destroy the party. The people would teach him a befitting lesson in the elections," he warned.

Former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy said the party will form the government on May 18, the birthday of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda. Both, the Congress and the BJP have been betraying the people of the state, he stated.JD(S) leaders P G R Sindhia, A H Vishwanath and H D Revanna were among those addrssed the well-attended rally.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah continued his tirade against the Janata Dal (Secular) while campaigning in the Chamundeshwari constituency on Monday by saying that it would not win more than 25 seats in the Assembly elections. He sought votes on the basis of his five-year track record.

Addressing the public at Jayapura, Mr. Siddaramaiah said the Congress would sweep the polls. “Yeddyurappa and Kumaraswamy are dreaming of coming to power, but it is me who will become Chief Minister again,” he said. The JD(S) won 40 seats in the last elections and this time it would not win more than 25 seats, Mr. Siddaramaiah said. “I have travelled all over Karnataka and there is a surge in the Congress popularity owing to development works taken up in the last five years, which has benefited all sections of society,” he added.

Standing on a goods vehicle, fitted with microphone to address the gathering, Mr. Siddaramaiah said he started his political career from this constituency in 1983 and wanted to contest from the same constituency one last time.

But his plea for votes on the basis of development programmes was also laced with an emotional appeal as he repeatedly sought to remind them that it was his last election.

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June 8,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 8: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief DK Shivakumar on Sunday said that Congress is a secular party and they clearly do not want any third candidate from BJP to win the Rajya Sabha elections.

Speaking to news agency, Shivakumar said, "We are a secular party. We are very clear that we don't want any BJP third candidate to win the Rajya Sabha election. My leader, Sonia Gandhi will take a call on it."
"My party leaders have taken a call on HD Devegowda Ji, very soon they will come with an announcement," he added.

Shivakumar had on Saturday said that the party has decided to field one candidate for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections.

He said the party would soon take a decision on the issue of support to former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's candidature to the Upper House.
The elections to fill the vacant 18 Rajya Sabha seats from seven states will be held on June 19.

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July 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 10: Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers under the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) on Friday held protests in different parts of Karnataka, demanding personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and a salary of at least Rs 12,000 per month.

According to Madhu Kumari, an ASHA worker from Kalaburgi, ASHA workers currently receive a salary of Rs 3,000 per month.

"Our demand is to increase our wages to at least Rs 12,000 per month. We have been making this demand for the last six months but we have not received any response from the authorities. We will not go back to work until we are given an appropriate response. We did not want to create a difficult situation but the government has given us no choice," Kumari told ANI.

Clad in their signature pink saris, the women were holding posters in their hands and raising slogans to demand appropriate salary for their work and the necessary equipment to protect themselves from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Farhana, an ASHA worker protesting in Shivamogga, said that the women have been making demands for PPE kits since June 30. "We have been taking care of COVID patients for the last few weeks but have not received adequate PPE kits. A few of us received some in the beginning but they were not enough. We are not even given hand sanitiser or masks to protect ourselves," she added.

"We have sent letters to the District Commissioner's Office and to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare but our pleas have gone unheard. We are protesting to get the attention of the concerned authorities," she added.

They also demanded that authorities to conduct their COVID-19 tests as they have to deal with patients infected with the virus.

Sajida, an ASHA worker in Kalaburagi said, "We are very stressed about the COVID situation. We take care of sick people day in and day out, but no one is there to take care of us. We want the government to conduct COVID tests for all ASHA workers in the state."

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Angry bakth
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Sunday, 12 Jul 2020

ASHA worker its better to sleep in home instead of working and risking your life, 3000 rupes is nothing...who can work home....government of indian is one of the namarad and currupt, you wont get any hike...

 

poor people will survive this COVID but not the rich currupt politician, let them die like dog

 

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April 10,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 10: Complaints have been registered after it came to light that the conditional permission to enter the Dakshina Kannada district for non-COVID-19 patients from Kerala has been misused on two occasions.

Police said on Friday that the Patients are allowed into the district after filling an online form and getting it authorised from the medical officer from Kasargod district hospital.

On April 9, a patient had arrvived at the district hospital complaining of head ache. After preliminary check up by the physician he left in an ambulance that had arrived from Kasargod earlier carrying another patient without informing the physician.

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