Karnataka BJP celebrates SC verdict on rebel MLAs’ plea

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July 17, 2019

Bengaluru, Jul 17: A resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party's Karnataka unit on Thursday hailed the Supreme Court verdict on the joint petitions of the Congress-JD(S) rebel legislators for directing the assembly speaker to decide on their resignations and allowing them to skip the session on Thursday for the trust vote, to be moved by chief minister HD Kumaraswamy.

"We welcome the verdict, which is a victory for democracy and the Constitution. It is better Kumaraswamy resigns forthwith than seek a trust vote in the assembly when his coalition government has no numbers to prove majority," BJP's state unit president BS Yeddyurappa told reporters in Bengaluru.

In view of the apex court's order leaving the choice of attending the assembly to the rebels and that they cannot be compelled to participate in the trust vote, Yeddyurappa said even if the ruling allies (Congress and JD-S) issue a whip to be present in the house and vote in favour of the confidence motion, it will not apply to the 15 rebels who sought the top court's permission to abstain.

"The whip won't apply to the 15 MLAs who have resigned. They can't be coerced into attending the assembly session," asserted Yeddyurappa.

In the event that the 15 rebel lawmakers, including 12 of the Congress and 3 of the JD-S, abstain from the assembly as declared by them on Wednesday in Mumbai after the apex court's interim order, the strength of the house will come down to 209 from 224 elected members.

If Congress rebel legislator R Ramalinga Reddy, who resigned on July 6, also skips the session, the house strength will reduce further to 208, with 105 as the new halfway mark for a simple majority.

With the ruling combine's strength reduced to 101, including one of the BSP as against 107 of the BJP with the support of two Independents, the motion of confidence is bound to be defeated if Kumaraswamy goes for a floor test in the House.

"As the coalition government is reduced to minority and lost the mandate of 18 legislators, including 16 rebels and two Independents, Kumaraswamy has no moral right to continue after the Supreme Court's landmark verdict," reiterated Yeddyurappa.

Echoing Yeddyurappa's views, BJP's former chief minister Jagadish Shettar said that the shaky coalition government was causing anarchy in the state by clinging to power even after 16 of its legislators resigned.

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HDK demands formation of House Committee to probe into Mangaluru violence

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January 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 10: Demanding the setting up of a House Committee to probe the Mangaluru violence, former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday released multiple videos of the clashes that broke out during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest that claimed two lives on December 19.

Janata Dal-Secular leader further demanded suspension of Police Commissioner PS Harsha and insisted that House Committee consisting of members of all the parties should be formed to probe into Mangaluru violence and said that magisterial inquiry ordered by the state government cannot be trusted.

"Constitute a House committee and produce the fact. The main culprit is the commissioner of Mangaluru, remove the officer as he is the main culprit. I am going to take this issue on the floor of the House." Kumaraswamy said during a press conference here.

Two people were killed in Mangaluru in the alleged police firing after protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act turned violent.

The Act grants Indian citizenship to refugees from Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi communities fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh who entered India on or before 31, 2014.

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Karnataka intensifies screening of passengers from abroad

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March 15,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 15: The Karnataka government has intensified screening all international passengers at airports by classifying them into three risk categories.

Passengers, who are symptomatic on arrival fall under risk category 1, those aged above 60 and have Symptoms fall under category 2. Those who fall in both these categories are being quarantined at designated facilities for 14 days from arrival.

Asymptomatic passengers arriving from any of the COVID-19 affected countries will fall under category 3 and will be advised to be under strict home quarantine for 14 days, Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar said here on Sunday.

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Team Be Human statiates the hunger of Mangaluru's civic workers amidst lockdown

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April 19,2020

Mangaluru, May 19: Team Be Human, a city based group of philanthropists, has taken commendable initiative to satiate the hunger of the civic workers of Mangaluru City Corporation that are endangering their lives to keep the city clean amidst covid-19 lockdown.

On Friday, April 18, gorcesary kits were distributed among around 180 civic workers at Eidgah Maidan in Light House Hill in the presence of Corporator Abdul Raoof Bajal, Mansoor Ahmed Azad, Aina group Ashraf, Ceco Asif, Advocate Abdul Shukoor, U B Saleem, Sahil Zaheer, Rash Beary, Munna Kammaradi and Abdul Muttalib.

The Team swung into action on hearing the civic workers' plight due to the delay in payment of their wages by the Antony Waste Management firm. The Team was helped by the alumni of the St Aloysius College, Mangaluru (batch 1989).

This is not the first time the Team Be Human distributing kits among the needy. Amidst lockdown it has already distributed around 1200 grocery kits among the poor people including the daily wage workers, migrant labourers in Dakshina Kannada district with help of Ahnaf Deals, Altaf, Shameem, Basha, Pradeep, Vincent, Shiyaz Deals, Nawaz and Haneef.

In its next step the Team Be Human is planning to distribute the kits among civic workers in Urva and Suratkal region, said Asif Deals, founder president of Team Be Human. He called upon the youth and students to come forward to help the needy and poor people who are deprived of basic facilities.