Mangaluru: Rahul releases Cong manifesto for Karnataka polls; calls it people’s ‘Mann ki Baat’

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April 27, 2018

Mangaluru, Apr 27: Congress supremo Rahul Gandhi today released his party’s election manifesto for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections at the TMA Pai Convention Hall in the city.

The Congress has prepared separate manifestos for different regions of Karnataka, namely, Mysuru, Bengaluru, Belagavi and Kalburgi. All four manifestos were released together. Dakshina Kannada and Udupi fall under Mysuru region along with Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajnagar, Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan districts. 

Speaking on the occasion, he described the manifesto as the ‘Mann ki Baat’ of the people of Karnataka. “The Prime Minister tells people his 'Mann ki Baat'. We are speaking 'Mann Ki Baat' of people through our manifesto,” he said.

"I am proud to say this manifesto reflects the aspirations of every single person of the state... This manifesto has been prepared by leaders including M Veerappa Moily after meeting people of state. Leaders have prepared it after speaking to people across the state,” he added.

Targeting the BJP, he said its manifesto will be decided by a handful of people - from the RSS. Gandhi said the Congress, if voted to power, will deliver on its promises, just as it delivered 95 per cent of what was promised in its last manifesto. 

"Karnataka is a progressive state and this manifesto is a big step in taking the state to the next level. We will win the election and ensure that our Government will fulfill the promises made in the manifesto".

"Ours is unlike the manifesto of the BJP which will have the hidden interests of the RSS and Reddy brothers", he said.

Highlights

The promises in the manifesto include free education for girls at post-graduation level, one crore jobs in the state. committee to urban housing, urban slum development.improvement of social and economic status of minorities, water for every household among others.

The 105-page state manifesto has 16 sections including agriculture; education, sports and culture; energy; governance; health and nutrition; industrial development; IT and BT; infrastructure; irrigation; law and justice; rural development; skill and employment; social justice; tourism; urban development; transportation and environment sustainability; and women empowerment and child development.

 

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May 8,2020

Mangaluru, May 8: Twenty-two students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV), Mudipu on the outskirts of Mangalur city, stranded in Uttara Pradesh due to lock-down reached the campus on Friday morning.

These Class 9 students (12 girls and 10 boys) had studied at JNV Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, as part of an exchange programme, 21 students of Amroha campus studied in Mudipu. 

While Amroha students could return after completing their studies, the Mudipu students were among many JNV students who were unable to return because of the lock-down.

JNV Mudipu Principal V Srinivasan said the 22 students, along with escorts, reached the campus at 7.15 a.m today.

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January 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 30: Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who reached the national capital on Thursday, said he will discuss the much-awaited Ministry expansion with the BJP high command.

"It's been long that I visited Delhi. I will meet the party national president J P Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah and take their suggestions on the cabinet expansion," Yediyurappa told reporters.

The chief minister said he will also call on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and discuss about development issues related to Karnataka.

Yediyurappa has been anxiously waiting for the high command's nod to expand his ministry amid intense lobbying by the aspirants.

Opposition parties have been critical of the BJP and Yediyurappa over the delay in cabinet expansion, alleging that he was weak and that the administration had collapsed.

As the chief minister has already made it clear that 11 of the disqualified JDS-Congress MLAs who got re-elected in the bypolls on BJP tickets will be made ministers, lobbying has been on in the party for the remaining ministerial berths.

Currently, there are 18 Ministers, including the chief minister in the cabinet that has a sanctioned strength of 34. Sixteen berths are vacant.

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April 6,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 6: Even as the number of positive cases of Novel Coronovirus is on increase in this district, the ten-member medical team from Thiruvananthapuram on Monday will inspect and review modalities to convert the proposed Kasaragod medical college into a COVID-19 hospital.

Given the constraints being faced by the district hospital in Kanhangad near here, the 200-beded Kasaragod medical college hospital in Ukkinada near here would be equipped to cater to the Covid-19 patients on isolation.

The ten member medical experts who reached here late on Sunday, are on a special mission to immediately equip the hospital as to convert it as a Covid-19 centre.

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