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Lingayat religion issue a closed chapter, says Sharan Patil

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September 16, 2017

Bengaluru, Sept 16: Medical Education Minister Dr Sharan Prakash Patil on Friday said the separate Lingayat religion issue was “a closed chapter” as he chose to draw the curtains over the controversy that has raged on for several weeks now.

“The separate religion issue - whether it has to be Lingayat or Veerashaiva-Lingayat - is a closed chapter now. Members of the community will now come together and take a decision,” Dr Patil told reporters after a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.

“An expert committee will be formed to take the matter forward,” he said, clearly indicating his retreat.

Dr Patil also said the row involving Water Resources Minister M B Patil and the Siddaganga Mutt seer Shivakumara Swami had been settled. “(M B Patil) has already met the pontiff to clear the air on the confusion,” he said.

The demand for a separate religion tag for the Lingayat faith had divided the ruling Congress into two groups. M B Patil belonged to the group that demanded a separate religion called Lingayat. The group also included Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy. Another group, which demanded a religion named Veerashaiva-Lingayat, comprised veteran leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa, his son and Horticulture Minister S S Mallikarjun and Municipal Administration Minister Eshwar B Khandre.

Revenue Minister Kagodu Thimmappa, meanwhile, said the idea of a separate Lingayat religion was “an illusion” and critiqued the way the campaign was headed. “If you want a religion as envisioned by Basavanna, you must hit the streets to demand abolition of the caste system. Instead, it will simply get restricted to speeches,” he told reporters.

'No Hindu religion'

Asked why his office did not sport a Basavanna portrait as mandated, Thimmappa replied: “I’m not into that madness. I’ve been involved in the socialist movement for the past five decades.”

Thimmappa went on to question the very existence of the Hindu religion. “There are only castes in India. People are leading lives based on caste beliefs. Who founded Hindu religion? What is the basis to call it a religion? Everybody is talking about Hindu unity, but there’s no such thing,” he said.

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Ganesh
 - 
Saturday, 16 Sep 2017

Everything can be solved through proper meeting of two sides. At the same time should avoid unwanted statements. Media will catch those things and sensationalise the issue

Kumar
 - 
Saturday, 16 Sep 2017

Seperate Ligayat religion is good. divisions helps to improve and grow the specific community

Ramesh
 - 
Saturday, 16 Sep 2017

Why seperate religion. People should unite and make only one

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August 9,2020

Shivamogga, Aug 9: Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi on Saturday virtually inaugurated Malgudi Museum at Arasalu in Karantaka's Shivamogga.

The old station building at Arasalu has been converted into museum.
BJP MP from Shivamogga BY Raghavendra said that the old station building at Arasalu has been renovated keeping with 'Malgudi' theme in mind.

"It is a tribute to the makers of the popular television serial 'Malgudi Days' as the station features predominantly in the episodes which broadcast on Doordarshan in the 1980s," he said.

The museum has been designed by a famous artist John Devraj, who was the part of the serial Malgudi Days. The Mysore Divisional Railway funded the museum.

"The approach road and station area wear a new transformed look. The innovative idea of having a tea-shop in a narrow gauge coach at Arasalu station adds charm to the green surroundings," the MP said.

"Popular and internationally acclaimed serial Malgudi Days was shot here in Arasalu. The SWR Mysore division manager Aparna Garg helped to transform the station to fictional village Malgudi," he added.

The museum is about 30 km from Shivamogga city. It has steam engines and bogies besides collections of photographs hanging on the wall taken during the time of shooting for Malgudi Days.

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May 9,2020

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Hebbar said that the proposal has not been discussed and it may come for final deliberations next week. He also noted that some States have already extended the working hours. More than extending working hours, there should be employment to be given. If there are no jobs what can be done by extending working hours? If it is done (working hours extended to 12 hours), it would neither benefit workers nor industries. Let's see what happens, he said.

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He urged the Centre to offer a relief package to the MSME sector, saying it is facing very difficult times due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19-induced lockdown, and also noting its role in generating large-scale employment and feeding large industries.

The BJP-led government has done whatever within its limitations to help the MSMEs, he said. Earlier this week, the Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa announced that the monthly fixed charges of electricity bills of MSMEs would be waived for two months. MSMEs have suffered huge production losses due to the lockdown. It takes some time for them to revive, Yediyurappa had said. The Chief Minister had also said payment of fixed charges in the electricity bills of the large industries will be deferred without penalty and interest for a period of two months.

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