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Muslim parties' foolishness helps BJP in Karnataka, CPIM in Kerala

[email protected] (Ashfaq Ahmed, Riyadh)
May 17, 2014
Mangalore, May 17: The petty politics and foolishness on part of minor parties led by Muslims have once again given adverse results in many Lok Sabha constituencies including Mysore and Bidar in Karnataka and Kasaragod in Kerala.

The political awareness created by Muslim dominant parties like Social Democratic Party of India and Welfare Party of India has proved to be beneficial only for communal forces so far in the region.

sdpiIn Kerala, Popular Front of India and its political arm Social Democratic Party of India always consider the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM) as their biggest rival. However, this time PFI and SDPI played a major role in the hat-trick victory of CPIM MP P Karunakaran in Kasaragod constituency.

Congress party's Muslim candidate and former Youth Congress president T Siddique, who secured 3,78,043 votes in Kasaragod was defeated by the CPIM candidate with a slight margin of 6,921 votes.

Had SDPI refrained from fielding its candidate N U Abdul Salam in Kasaragod constituency, a Muslim candidate would have easily defeated Mr Karunakaran. Division of Muslim votes played a crucial role in CPIM's victory.

In Karnataka's prestigious Mysore constituency too SDPI's foolishness and alliance with JD(S) resulted in the thumping victory of BJP candidate Pratap Simha, who had dedicated his journalistic career to promote Moditva and demonize Muslims in Karnataka. Mr. Simha polled 5,03,908 votes against 4,72,300 for Mr. Vishwanath and won by a margin of 31,608 votes. Chandrashekaraiah of the Janata Dal (Secular) polled 1,38,587 votes and finished third. SDPI had openly campaigned for the JD(S) candidate and had given a call to defeat Mr Vishwanath. On the other hand several JD(S) leaders, who were sure about their candidate's defeat had backed BJP candidate to defeat chief minister Siddaramaiah's closest ally.

On the other hand frustration of Muslim organizations in Bidar, where number of Muslim voters exceeds five lakhs, resulted in the victory of BJP candidate and political greenhorn Basvantrao Khuba against former chief minister N Dharam Singh of Congress.

The Karnataka Muslim Muttahida Mahaz (KMMM), an umbrella body of Muslims in Karnataka, had earlier demanded Congress to field a Muslim candidate in Bidar. However, when Congress refused to fulfill their demand many Muslims lost interest in polls. Moreover Welfare Party of India fielded its own candidate. The lack of collective decision among Muslims in Bidar ultimately helped BJP candidate.

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July 29,2020

New Delhi, July 29: The government of India today announced Unlock 3.0, lifting of night curfew from August 1 and opening of yoga institutes and gymnasiums from August 5 while educational institutes will remain closed throughout August.

According to the Unlock 3.0 guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the lockdown in containment zones will be extended until August 30. The new guidelines will be in effect from August 1.

The operation of Metro rail and international flights will remain suspended. Cinema halls, swimming pools, entertainment parks, theatres, bars, auditoriums, assembly halls and similar places will remain shut. Large gatherings are also prohibited.

Yoga institutes and gymnasiums will start operating from August 5 for which the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will be issuing Standard Operating Procedures. 

Independence Day celebrations will be held with social distancing norms in place.

Restrictions on the movement of individuals during the night (Night curfew between 10 PM and 5 AM) have been removed.

According to the order, states have been given powers to prohibit certain activities outside containment zones or impose such restrictions as deemed necessary based on their assessment of the situation.

"However, there shall be no restriction on inter-state and intra-state movement of persons and goods. No separate permission/approval/e-permit will be required for such movements," the order said. 

In the previous two Unlock guidelines, the government had substantially opened various activities.

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January 19,2020

New Delhi, Jan 19: Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday asserted that every state assembly has the constitutional right to pass a resolution and seek the amended Citizenship Act's withdrawal, but if the law is declared constitutional by the Supreme Court then it will be problematic to oppose it.

His remarks came a day after he had said there is no way a state can deny the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) when it is already passed by the Parliament.

"I believe the CAA is unconstitutional. Every State Assembly has the constitutional right to pass a resolution and seek its withdrawal. When and if the law is declared to be constitutional by the Supreme Court then it will be problematic to oppose it. The fight must go on!" Sibal said in a tweet.

His remarks on the CAA at the Kerala Literature Festival (KLF) on Saturday had caused a flutter as several non-BJP governments, including Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra, have voiced their disagreement with the CAA as well as National Register of Citizens (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR).

"If the CAA is passed no state can say 'I will not implement it'. It is not possible and is unconstitutional. You can oppose it, you can pass a resolution in the Assembly and ask the central government to withdraw it.

"But constitutionally saying that I won't implement, it is going to be problematic and going to create more difficulties," said the former minister of law and justice.

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May 18,2020

Udupi, May 18: G Jagadeesh, Deputy Commissioner of Udupi today warned that criminal cases would be filed, if people under quarantine roam around, as they put the lives of others in risk, by coming out.

He said: "There are more than 6,000 people under quarantine in hotels, hostels, schools etc in different parts of the district. They include those who returned from other countries and other states.”

“We have allowed them to return to the district. Now I am receiving complaints that many of them are violating quarantine guidelines and venturing out. This is unacceptable.”

“As it is a risk to the whole society, severe action will be taken against the neglect and apathy of the persons under quarantine,” he said.

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