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Mahasabha should decide on separate Veerashaiva-Lingayat religion: BSY

DHNS
July 24, 2017

Bengaluru, Jul 24: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday said it is for the Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha to take a final call on declaring Veerashaiva- Lingayat dharma a separate religion.bsy

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a felicitation event organised by the

Akhila Karnataka Vishwakarma Mahasabha for the BJP leaders here, Yeddyurappa

said, “Let anybody say anything.... But, there is no difference between Veerashaivas and Lingayats. The decision of the Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha on whether the community should have a separate religion is final,” he said.

He was responding to a section of Lingayat community recently reviving the demand for the formation of a separate religion for the community. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had responded positively to their demand stating that if required he will take it up with the Centre.

Speaking at the function, Yeddyurappa said the Congress is trying to divide the people on caste lines.

“Other Backward Classes do not comprise two or three communities. The government should render justice to all, but the present dispensation is doing exactly the opposite,” he charged.

The former chief minister said the Congress regime had failed on all fronts and people were hoping and praying that the government loses power at the earliest. He said if Siddaramaiah stopped travelling in helicopter and interacted with people, he will realise

that they were cursing the government for its maladministration.

He said the BJP will give prominent positions and responsibilities to members of the Vishwakarma community in the party. The BJP will also ensure that all the demands of the community are met once it comes to power in the state, he added.

Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly Jagadish Shettar blamed the state government for misusing state funds to organise a party event, referring to the three-day B R Ambedkar International conference that concluded in Bengaluru on Sunday.

Kaalahastendra swami of Anegundi Mutt said KPCC president G Parameshwara had sworn in the name of Goddess Chamundi that Ahkila Bharatha Vishwakarma Mahasabha President K P Nanjundi will be made an MLC.

“Parameshwara did not keep his words. At the same time, the Congress betrayed the Vishwakarma community by not making any effort to fulfil its demands,” he said.

Nanjundi, who recently joined the BJP after quitting the Congress, said he will tour all the districts to mobilise the support of the Vishwakarma community for the BJP.

“Already 80% of the community members support the BJP,” he said.

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July 2,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 2: Karnataka government has issued a show-cause notice to 18 private hospitals for refusing to admit a 52-year-old patient with influenza-like illness (ILI) symptoms, who later died.

According to the notice dated on June 30, a 52-years patient named Bhawarlal Sujani died after he was denied admission by 18 private hospitals.

The patient was taken to these hospitals on Saturday and Sunday for admission on observing some ILI like symptoms. But none of these hospitals admitted in on the pretext of unavailability of bed/ventilators, read the notice.

This is a clear violation of providing medical assistance and admission necessitated under the agreed provision of KPME Registration. They should strictly adhere to the provisions under Sections 11 & 11 A of KPME Act 2017. Private Medical Establishments cannot deny/ refuse/ avoid treatment to patients with Covid-19 and Covid-19 like symptoms, the state Health Department said.

By denying the admission to the deceased patient, your hospitals have violated the provisions of the above-said act. You are liable for legal action in this regard, as per the notice.

The state Health department asked the hospitals to reply as to why action should not be initiated under the relevant Acts. 

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March 28,2020

Gadag, Mar 28: At a time when the adminsitration is insisting on social diatancing due to COVID-19 outbreak, scores of people gathered in large numbers at an Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) market in Gadag district to buy essential commodities.

Both men and women could be seen standing in large groups near the vendors to buy fruits and vegetables. Some of the customers were also heard bargaining with the sellers in the morning today.

A couple of days back, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasised that social distancing is the only way to counter the spread of COVID-19, saying the virus does not discriminate and it can infect anyone.

Interacting with the people of Varanasi through video conferencing, the Prime Minister had stated that some people, despite being empowered with knowledge, are not pay heed to warning which is unfortunate.

He said the 'Mahabharata' war was won in 18 days and the war against coronavirus will take 21 days and the aim is to win it.

According to the Union Health Ministry, there are 873 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India.

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July 31,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 31: The Karnataka government on Wednesday put on hold a controversial proposal to drop certain chapters, including on Islam, Christianity, Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali, from social science textbooks to reduce the 2020-21 syllabi for students in classes 1-10.

Citing the COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption caused to the academic calendar of the year, the government had earlier dropped the chapter on Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali from the Class 7 social science textbook, saying chapters on Tipu Sultan have been retained in the Class 6 and 10 textbooks.

The move did not go down well with the opposition, which saw certain ulterior motives behind the decision.

Apparently under sharp criticism, the Department of Public Instruction issued a new notification on Wednesday "on the directions of the Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar".

There is a delay in opening the schools during the academic year 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic, said the latest order.

In this context, the order said, chapters were dropped to fit in 120 days of the academic year for classes 1 to 10 and the same was published in the department's website.

"However, on the directions of the Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, the decision to drop certain chapters has been put on hold. A review will be done following which the deleted chapters will be uploaded in the website," the order read.

Earlier in the day, Mr Kumar had issued a statement, saying that the decision to truncate the syllabus has not been finalised yet. He also made it clear that his department would not remove chapters unnecessarily.

Former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah had attacked the government on the issue.

"The government, which has failed to control the spread of coronavirus, is using it as an opportunity to push its clandestine agenda of saffronising the textbooks," Siddaramaiah tweeted.

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