Mamata seeks Modi's ouster, 'national govt' under Advani

January 6, 2017

Kolkata, Jan 6: Locked in a bitter feud with the Centre over demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today sought resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and mooted a "national government" headed by BJP veteran L K Advani, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley or Home Minister Rajnath Singh.

mamathaThe TMC supremo, who has declared an all out war against the Modi dispensation over demonetisation and arrest of her party MPs in chit fund scam, sought President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention to "save the country from Narendra Modi".

"All opposition parties should forget their differences and come together to save the nation. "It's high time the President intervened and saved the country. That person (Modi) can't lead the nation. He should step down. There should be a national government," she said, suggesting the names of Advani, Jaitley and Singh to replace Modi.

She appreciated Mukherjee's yesterday's statement that demonetisation could lead to a temporary slowdown of the economy. "I have never seen such a vindictive government at the Centre. They are breaking age-old institutions like the Planning Commission and others. They are breaking the backbone of the government," she told reporters.

The Chief Minister claimed West Bengal had lost Rs 5,500 crore following demonetisation and accused the Centre of "letting loose a reign of terror" on Opposition parties. A combative Banerjee also dared the BJP leaders to "touch her" when she visits the party-ruled Jharkhand.

"Two of my ministers and party leaders will visit Jharkhand and meet the tribal whose land has been forcibly taken away by the state government. After they come back and give me a report, I will visit Jharkhand. They (BJP) have said they will beat me up, If I visit a BJP-ruled state. I want to see if they can even touch me," Banerjee said.

Her comments followed BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya's recent warning to the TMC to "mend its ways or face consequences" after a string of attacks on party offices and leaders following the arrest of Sudip Bandyopadhyay, Trinamool Congress' leader in the Lok Sabha, in a chit fund scam case.

Vijayvargiya had wondered whether TMC MPs and even Mamata Banerjee would be able to go around the country and enter New Delhi if his party started protesting against them.

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Saleem
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Sunday, 8 Jan 2017

Mr. Naren, I have nothing more to explain to you. Please don't bring daesh or Isis to Islamic fold, they are dogs of hell and those vultures fed and led by an anti Islamic administration which is a naked truth. When you said Modi, putin n trumph are your godfathers, thats enough for me. Let us wait and watch. Truth has come and falsehood has perished. Indeed falsehood is ever perishing and bound to perish.

Naren kotian
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Sunday, 8 Jan 2017

Saleem thanks for your hidaya( hrudaya) poorvaka maathugalu ...:) .let me inform you that I am not a practising Hindu either .embraced Buddhism long back .our views are nationalistic in nature .any leader who strongly endorses nationalism above religion ...we will stand behind ...of course I was trained by RSS since childhood and we owe allegiance to it ..just like one particular terror sect owes allegiance to daesh ....we consider jihadists are threat to our national unity as they think religion ummah first and they rush to give chummah for them .medieval history has proved that how non Muslims were treated in bad manners ..what Isis doing today . .it happened in India for almost 800 years. So we don't forget the history ....we truly love this Indian soil and wow allegiance to ultra nationalist ....in this case sangh parivar. .. Religion is last priority . and religion for me is a very personal matter and me strong believer in Buddhist way of life .. Buddhist are basically very much peaceful people avara pitta ne netti ge iro haage maadirbekaadre jihadi galu yaava range nalli third rated irbeku ...u travel in non Islamic world and see the real reaction ...bhaavi inda aache banni ...its the reason nationalist leaders like Narendra modi ,trump and Putin type leaders are getting born ....

Naren kotian
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Sunday, 8 Jan 2017

Saleem thanks for your hidaya( hrudaya) poorvaka maathugalu ...:) .let me inform you that I am not a practising Hindu either .embraced Buddhism long back .our views are nationalistic in nature .any leader who strongly endorses nationalism above religion ...we will stand behind ...of course I was trained by RSS since childhood and we owe allegiance to it ..just like one particular terror sect owes allegiance to daesh ....we consider jihadists are threat to our national unity as they think religion ummah first and they rush to give chummah for them .medieval history has proved that how non Muslims were treated in bad manners ..what Isis doing today . .it happened in India for almost 800 years. So we don't forget the history ....we truly love this Indian soil and wow allegiance to ultra nationalist ....in this case sangh parivar. .. Religion is last priority . and religion for me is a very personal matter and me strong believer in Buddhist way of life .. Buddhist are basically very much peaceful people avara pitta ne netti ge iro haage maadirbekaadre jihadi galu yaava range nalli third rated irbeku ...u travel in non Islamic world and see the real reaction ...bhaavi inda aache banni ...its the reason nationalist leaders like Narendra modi ,trump and Putin type leaders are getting born ....

Saleem
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Sunday, 8 Jan 2017

Naren, you are such a good man. Whenever you write its always provocative and anti Islamic. But I welcome your approach, I don't know what makes Islam is so hatred to you. Islam is the only religion on the face of the earth that teaches and shows what is true love, peace and mercy. The most worst part is that you are mixing politics with religion. Whenever you speak you bring jihadis n militants r Muslims, I don't cares whom you support in Indian politics, my only request just try to read holy Quran once with understanding. If you're one of those whom Allah almighty chosen for guidance you will. We pray for your hidaya (guidance from Allah).

Naren Bhatt
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Friday, 6 Jan 2017

Manuist Naren Kotian is abusing a true Hindu woman. Those who dont respect women and suspect their own mothers and sisters are shameless creatures.

Naren kotian
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Friday, 6 Jan 2017

Haha ...this lady who is a darling of jihadis wants to oust sarva shakthimaan modi ....modi has cult image and he is ruthless when dealing with opponents. Central govt couldn't crush him when he was cm .do you think anybody can cut his wings now ...millennium joke ...here concept is simple ...jihadi mafias are pressurising this bitch and kejri to show some opposition as their network is in bad shape and lobbying has come to ground zero ....mercilessly we must crush this lady ....hara hara modi ...jai jai modi ...para para jihadi

Naren kotian
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Friday, 6 Jan 2017

Haha ...this lady who is a darling of jihadis wants to oust sarva shakthimaan modi ....modi has cult image and he is ruthless when dealing with opponents. Central govt couldn't crush him when he was cm .do you think anybody can cut his wings now ...millennium joke ...here concept is simple ...jihadi mafias are pressurising this bitch and kejri to show some opposition as their network is in bad shape and lobbying has come to ground zero ....mercilessly we must crush this lady ....hara hara modi ...jai jai modi ...para para jihadi

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: The Karnataka government on Wednesday identified 14 departments as essential and asked all its employees to attend work during the extended period of lockdown to check coronavirus spread in the state.

According to a circular issued by Chief Secretary TM Vijay Bhaskar, all classes of officials/employees in these departments must attend to their work.

The departments are: Health and Family Welfare, Medical Education, Home, Revenue, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj, Urban Development, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Information and Public Relations, Transport, Energy, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (e-Governance), Finance (including treasuries), Animal Husbandry and Fisheries and Forest, Ecology and Environment.

In all other departments, only Group-A officers have been directed to report for duty.

However, those visually-impaired or physically-

handicapped are exempt from work, the circular said, adding that this norms will be valid till April 19.

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February 27,2020

Benagluru, Feb 27: The sudden hike in bus fares by the state-run transport corporation has triggered a public outrage and protests by the opposition Congress and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in Karnataka.

Terming the hike as anti-people and inflationary, the Congress urged the ruling BJP to withdraw it forthwith and spare the commuters from the additional burden.

"KSRTC and its affiliates should not further burden the people when the cost of living has gone up and its bus service is used by the majority in the absence of trains in many regions of the state," said Ravi Gowda of the Congress.

In a surprise announcement on Tuesday night, the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) and its two affiliates -- North Eastern Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NEKSRTC )and North Western Karnataka Road Transport Corporation (NWKSRTC) -- increased bus fares by 12% with effect from Wednesday, drawing the ire of commuters and opposition parties alike.

Condemning the fare hike, JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy urged the KSRTC to roll back the revised fares and give relief to the common man reeling under price rise due to CGST, SGST and food inflation.

"The BJP government has deliberately increased the bus fare ahead of the state budget for 2020-21 fiscal on March 2, catching people unawares. Though student passes have been spared from the hike, regular passengers are forced to pay Rs 5-32 more instead of getting better efficiency, management and productivity," Kumaraswamy said in a statement in Bengaluru.

It's an additional burden on us, said Bengaluru resident K. Venkatesh, while adding,

"The 12 percent hike in bus fares by the KSRTC and its north-east and north-west affiliates from Wednesday will hit passengers hard and make commuting costly.”

"The fare hike will negate the state government's efforts to encourage public transport service and force passengers to travel on the train, which is cheaper, faster and safer," asserted Venugopal Gupta, a cloth merchant in the city.

Justifying the hike, KSRTC Managing Director Shivayogi Kalasad told media that the hike was inevitable due to the steady increase in diesel price, dearness allowance in staff salary and overall cost of operations.

"Since the last fare revision came in May 2014, the operational cost has gone up substantially due to Rs 11.27 per litre hike in diesel price, increase in DA to employees and repairing, maintenance and fleet management costs," Kalasad said.

The financial burden due to fuel price hike is Rs 261 crore, DA Rs 341 crore and operational cost Rs 601 crore per annum for KSRTC alone, he said.

"For the benefit of rural passengers, fares have been reduced to Rs 5 from Rs 7 for the first 3 km. There is no increase in fares for the first 12 km and up to first 6 km in express service," Kalasad added.

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May 5,2020

Bengaluru, May 5: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Tuesday said that the coronavirus situation in the state is "under control" as compared to several other states in the country.

He also hinted that soon the construction and industrial activities would be allowed in the state except in the red zones.

"Coronavirus situation in the state is under control as compared to other states. Due to this, travel of migrant workers was prohibited. Now, trade, construction and industrial activities need to restart, except in the red zones," he told reporters.

According to the Karnataka Health Department, the state has so far recorded 659 COVID-19 cases, including 324 discharged and 28 deaths.

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