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Many BJP leaders willing to join Cong; people with RSS background are not welcome: CM

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November 9, 2017

Hubballi, Nov 9: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said that several BJP leaders in state were in touch with Congress leaders and were willing to join the party.

He was replying to queries of presspersons during a stopover at Hubballi Airport on the way to Bagalkot. He said that he was not ready to welcome politicians with RSS mindset to the Congress.

“We are ready to accommodate the BJP leaders. But we are checking whether they have a RSS background. We will not take BJP leaders with RSS background because such leaders are communal”, he said.

Tipu Jayanti

Lambasting the BJP leaders for trying to demonize Tipu Sultan for political gains, the Chief Minister described former BJP chief ministers Jagadish Shettar, D V Sadananda Gowda and B.S. Yeddyurappa as ‘double tongued’.

“Previously Jagadish Shettar and Yeddyurappa have praised Tipu Sultan and taken part in the birth anniversary celebrations, and posed for photographs wearing the Tipu turban. As Chief Minister, Mr Jagadish Shettar has written the foreword for a book on Tipu Sultan, and now BJP leaders are opposing it for political reasons. They don’t have any moral right to oppose the birth anniversary. Sadananda Gowda too had vociferously praised Tipu”, he recalled.

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June 29,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 29: A hospital set up in 1848 in the Port City has to remain closed till July 5 as majority of the Doctors and Staff at Lady Goschen Government Hospital are quarantined after coming in contact with a COVID-19 infected person.

Hospital Medical Superintendent said that both in-patient and out-patient wings of the hospital will remain closed till July 5 as there is a need to fumigate and sanitise all the departments of the hospital. Patients for treatment under 'Ayushman Bharat – Arogya Karnataka' scheme will be sent to private medical colleges with the referral card from the hospital. The hospital will start functioning normally from July 6.

The Lady Goschen Government Hospital, earlier known as the maternity Hospital, is the oldest hospital in the district and dates back to 1848.

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January 4,2020

Udupi, Jan 4: A 37-year-old Udupi district JD(S) spokesperson allegedly committed suicide at his residence here last night, police said on Saturday.

It identified the deceased as Pradeep G Bailoor (37).

He was working as the District JD(S) spokesperson for many years.

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June 19,2020

Udupi, June 19: The coronavirus has claimed second life in the coastal district of Udupi. The victim is a 54-year-old person who had returned from Mumbai.

A resident of Tekkatte in Kundapur taluk of Udupi district, the person was among four travellers that returned together from Maharashtra on June 18. 

Even though all four were asymptomatic they were home quarantined separately as per norms. According to sources, all of a sudden he collapsed at home and died. His throat swabs tested positive for the coronavirus, according to deputy commissioner G Jagadish.

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