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Keep criminals and EVMs away from 2019 Lok Sabha polls: SDPI

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July 4, 2018

Bengaluru, Jul 4: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has asked the Election Commission to take necessary steps to keep Electronic Voting Machines and candidates with criminal background away from the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in India.

Addressing a press meet here today, Elyas Muhammad, the newly elected state president of the organization, said that the country should go back to ballot system to ensure free and fair polls as the EVMs are highly vulnerable and can be manipulated.

He gave the details of the ‘State Representative Council’ meeting held in Mysuru on July 1 and 2 wherein new office bearers and members of state committee were elected.

Following are the resolutions passed by SDPI state representative council:

Those with clean image only should become parliamentarians

Political parties are in look out for candidates for the looming Lok Sabha elections. About 25% of the present public representatives have various criminal cases against them. Supreme Court has warned that criminals shouldn’t become public representatives and that the criminal cases against them be disposed of at the earliest.

Certain politicians are busy raising the issues pertaining to religion, caste, language and border aiming at creating a rift among the citizenry. Politicians are indulged in land mafia, sand mafia, mining mafia and several other corrupt practices. The candidates who would be contesting in the Parliamentary elections should be of clean hands, honest and of good character.

They have looted the taxpayers’ money and have allegations of corruption. Some politicians are seen showing their stand of being communal and spreading hate. No political party should field any such candidates in the upcoming Parliamentary election. Particularly BJP, Congress and JD(S) should keenly consider towards this subject as more number of elected Parliamentarians are from these three political parties.

Those who can safeguard our land’s language, culture, resources and work towards the development of the state and its citizenry irrespective of their religion, caste and language and can bring maximum schemes and grants from the central government to the state should become Parliamentarians.

People should take up the responsibility of creating pressure enabling the candidates to pay importance towards the welfare of the people rather than their parties.

In this regard, SDPI has been holding pro-people struggles for the past 9 years.

Have control over education mafia

Karnataka has earned accolades from across the world in the education field. From Nursery to Higher education fields, students from other states and foreign countries too are carrying out their studies contributing a special share towards the state’s economy.

But the exploitation harassment by private deemed universities, higher educational institutions, convent and English medium schools is increasing day by day. Mysterious and unnatural deaths of students inside campuses and hostels, menace of huge donations, fake certificates, lack of basic amenities, rampant religious/casteist discrimination, educational institutions under the ownership of politicians, violation of departmental rules and with such other issues the education system is very perturbed and is lurching.

The state government should take initiative and restructure and reform the government educational institutions of their shortcomings. All students, including those coming for studies from out of the states and foreign countries should get superior education.

EVMs should not be used in elections in future

Electronic Voting Machines should not be used in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, assembly elections and Karnataka local body elections.

There have been serious allegations against the use of EVM as the machines are highly vulnerable to tampering and that there are several cases against the use of EVMs in different High Courts and the Supreme Court. In the recently concluded assembly elections in Karnataka, a dozen cases have been filed against EVM with the High Court.

We hereby urge the Election Commission and Central Government to return to the traditional Ballot system of voting as the justified and fair election is what our Constitution guarantees us in upholding the democracy.

Government should hold census prior to budget

Social, economic and religion wise data census should be revealed immediately. It should be carried out before the Chief Minister presents the new budget as crores taxpayers’ money is spent for it. There has been pressure from the general public for Census since decades. Accomplishment of Census and its disclosure earlier will ease the release of subsidies and schemes to the benefit of socially, economically and deprived classes and ensure that the facilities and grants would reach state’s all communities equally aiming their overall development. The Census carried out in the state could be an example to the country. SDPI urges for immediate disclosure of the Census and fulfil the demand.

The new government should disclose the caste and economic census carried out by the Karnataka government before the budget is presented.

The socio-economic and educational census of the people of Karnataka has been prepared by spending huge taxpayers’ money and with an investment of a lot of human resources. Then what’s really the purpose of carrying out the said Census?

With the socio-economic and educational survey, this Census would be of help plan and present the budget based on the socio-economic conditions of the people thus ensuring that the people get thee social justice.

The newly elected Karnataka state committee of SDPI is as follows:

President: Elyas Muhammad Thumbe

Vice Presidents: Devanooru Puttananjayya, Abdul Majeed Mysuru

General Secretaries: Abdul Hannan Ramanagar, Mohammad Riyaz Farangipet

Secretaries: Akram Hassan Ullal, Alfonso Franco Belthangady, Afsar Kodlipet, Ashraf Machar

Treasurer: Javed Azam Bengaluru

Members: Abdul Lathif Puttur, Abdul Rahim Patel Gulbarga, Abdul Jaleel Krishnapura, Mujahid Pasha, Adv. Abdul Majeed Khan Puttur, Abrar Ahmad Chamrajnagara, Kumaraswamy Mysuru, Amjad Khan Mysore, Fayaz Ahmad Bangalore, Amin Mohsin Madikeri, Mohammad Samiulla Bengaluru.

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sharief Mangalore
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Wednesday, 4 Jul 2018

Mkae balance with all communities,  Get some Dalit Hindus and Christians.

 

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March 10,2020

Pathnamthitta, Mar 10: A man under observation for suspected coronavirus infection at the isolation ward of the district hospital here fled, but was tracked and brought back within hours. The man was among those who had interacted with the three-member family who returned from Italy and have tested positive for the virus.

Pathnamthitta district collector PB Nooh said one person, who was under observation at the general hospital had escaped but was later tracked and brought back. "If even a single person under observation goes out, it is a threat. This is a public hazard".

The one excercise which the health authorities have to undertake on Tuesday is to see how many people had come incontact with this person after he left the hospital. There is need to isolate those people with whom he mayhave come into contact, the collector said "This is the timeto behave in a very socially responsible manner".

With six positive cases being reported, the state government has already warned that stringent action would be taken against those flouting the directions of the health department. Health Minister K K Shailaja has warned that those coming from COVID19 affected nations, should report to authorities on arrival in the state, failing which a case would be registered against them under the Public Health Act.

A 3-member family, which had come from Italy recently and had tested positive along with two of their relatives had not reported their arrival to the authorities, health officials said.

At least 733 people who had come in contact with them have been tracked, the collector said and have been placed under observation. While 18 have been admitted to isolation wards in hospital the remaining are under home surveillance.

A two-year-old child is among those under obsevation at the isolation ward, health department sources said. The tracking excercise would continue on Wednesday also.

Meanwhile, an awareness class was held for migrant workers at Pathnamthitta district this morning. However, no directions have been issued to workers fromother states to leave the state. "We are planning to give extra care to migrant workerswith labour officer visiting their colonies and as part of theawareness drive and speaking to them in a language theyunderstand," he said.

A three-year-old boy, who arrived with his parents in Kochi from Italy, tested positive on Monday, a day after three people, also with travel history from the European nation,were declared positive for the virus along with two of their relatives.

The Health Minister has said surveillance system would be stregthened with the support of ASHA workers, civic authorities and ward members and resident associations. Presently, 1,116 people are under surveillance in thestate for the corona virus, 967 in home quarantine and 149 in isolation wards of hospitals. Two 90-year-old relatives of the Pathnamthitta family, who tested positive, have been admitted to Kottayam medicalcollege hospital and their samples have been sent for testing, she said. "If they test positive for the virus, it would be highlyrisky", she had said.

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March 11,2020

New Delhi, Mar 11: In the wake of the ongoing political crisis in Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy on Wednesday said that Bharatiya Janata Party is using Jyotiraditya Scindia to usurp power in the state and that the former Congress leader has "fallen into the trap."

"#BJP is enacting the strategy the way they did in #Karnataka. It is murder of democracy #JyotiradityaScindia has fallen into the trap. He will realise the himalayan blunder very shortly. BJP after using #Scindia will through (throw) him out. I am confident Shri Kamalnath prove majority," he tweeted.

The Chief Minister's comments came at a time of political turmoil in Madhya Pradesh after Scindia and 22 MLAs resigned from the party on Tuesday.

Scindia is likely to join the BJP today.

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, July 28: Former prime minister and JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda today threatened to launch a state-wide agitation in against the amendments made to the Karnataka Land Reforms Act.

Gowda’s opposition to the new law comes even as Congress leader Siddaramaiah is also doggedly pursuing it.

Demanding that the state government immediately rollback the ordinance empowering these amendments, the octogenarian leader said he personally would take to streets if the government failed to budge.

The B S Yediyurappa government has liberalised the land reforms law by removing restrictions on non-agriculturists from purchasing and owning farm lands.

The government has also amended the APMC Act and has tweaked labour laws, which are all “against the interest of the state and must be rolled back,” Gowda said.

Speaking to reporters here, Gowda stated that he had already written thrice to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in this regard. "The ordinances have to be taken back. The amendments to Karnataka Land Reforms Act, by repealing sections 79-A, B and C, is an anti-farmer move. The APMC Act amendment, too, is against the interest of the state. The government has failed to speak about the impact of these amendments," said Gowda, who is now a Rajya Sabha member.

Elaborating on the amendment to the Land Reform Act, the JD(S) patriarch opined that by throwing open agricultural land ownership to anybody at all, the government was only helping real estate developers while pushing farmers into a “vulnerable” situation.

Amidst all this, there are now reports of funds misappropriation in Covid-19 relief measures and in procurement of medical equipment, he said, adding that it seemed like only the corrupt became stronger over time.

Further, Gowda lambasted both national parties for creating political unrest, referring to the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan and the recent developments in Madhya Pradesh. However, he added that he would not wish to dwell on it much, while emphasising that his focus was primarily on strengthening his own party at this point in time.

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