Togadia promises Ram temple in two years, blasts Cong for saffron jibe

January 2, 2011

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Mangalore, January 2: Hardline Sangh Parivar leader Pravin Togadia on Sunday lashed out at Congress leaders including P Chidambaram, Rahul Gandhi and Digvijay Singh for their “support to Islamic terrorism” and declared that the Hindu organizations will build a grand Ram Mandir at Ayodhya within two years.

Addressing the Hindu Samajotsava here at Nehru Maidan, in his characteristically aggressive speech, Mr Togadia singled out Chidambaram for criticism and asked if the Union Home Minister was contesting the next election from Lahore instead of Tamil Nadu. "Is Chidambaram the Home Minister of India or is he the Home Minister of Pakistan?", the fire-brand orator asked in his inimitable style.

Lashing out at Chidambaram for his recent criticism of “saffron terrorism”, the international general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishat claimed that not even a single Hindu has been convicted of terrorist offences in the country while more than 50 Muslims have been sentenced of the offence.

He then turned his ire at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, and said, if he is so worried about growing Hindu terrorism in the country why doesn't he migrate to his ancestral country Italy?

Mr Togadia also took exception to another Congress leader Digvijay Singh's statement on the killing of Hemanth Karkare and wanted to know if he was the brother of the Pakistanis who attacked Mumbai 26/11?

He also blasted “Shaithani Jihadi Musalman” in his rhetorical speech and warned that if the surge of Jihadis was not checked, it will lead to creation of more Pakistans in Assam, West Bengal and Kerala.

“In 1940s Jihadis resolved in Rawalpindi that they wanted a separate Pakistan. Today Gilani is saying Kashmir should be given independence. Today there may be just one party with the name Muslim League. But are one dozen political party league which is supporting Jihadis. While thousands of soldiers are being killed in Kashmir every day, the government is talking of giving jobs to the family of the slain terrorists,” Togadia said.

Amid roaring screams of Jai Sri Ram, Mr Togadia said, the Jihadis will be swept away in the waters of Ganga and Yamuna and said the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya will ensure that there will not be any more Mohammed Ali Jinnahs in the country.

“We demolished the mosque on December 6, 1992 because we wanted to guarantee that no more Babars are born in the country,” he claimed.

In his Hindu speech, punctuated repeatedly with roars of Vande Mataram and Jai Sri Ram, Mr Togadia spit venom at Muslims and claimed that the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya will herald a new beginning and will pave the way to construct Ram Mandirs at Lahore and Rawalpindi in the years to come.

“One day we will also fly the saffron flags in Lahore and Kandahar. We will take revenge for the oppression meted out on Hindus for centuries,” he thundered.

On the construction of Ram temple he said it would be built within two years after the final clearance was given.

“In 1989 we had collected 8 crores through bricks. We had deposited the money in a nationalized bank. Now the fund has grown to 24 crores. We have kept the pillars and other carvings ready. We are confident of completing the construction within two years,” he said and claimed that the Hindu community does not want Ram Mandir to be built as a result of some people's generosity or through compromise. “This is the fight to protect country,” he said.

He ended his speech with slogans of “Ramlalla ham aayenge, Mandir vahin banayenge” and "Bharat hindu rashtr hai, yahi hamara kam hai”.

The event which has created lot of anxiety among the Mangaloreans ended peacefully, with district administration making massive security arrangements.

Dr P Dayananda Pai, Chairman, Century Builders, Bangalore presided over. Vishwesha Theertha, Seer of Pejavara Mutt, Ramananda Swamy of Kolya, Gurudevananda Swamy of Odiyoor, Rajashekharanda Swamy of Gurupura, KS Nithyananda of Chikmagalur and Rani Chandakantha of VHP were present on the dais.

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May 28,2020

Bengaluru, May 28: As many as 115 new coronavirus cases were reported in Karnataka on Thursday taking the infection count to 2,533, Karnataka Minister S Suresh said.

The total coronavirus cases include 834 discharges, 1,650 active cases, 47 deaths so far due to the disease and two deaths due non-COVID causes, Suresh Kumar, who is minister for primary and secondary education, said during the daily COVID-19 briefing.

According to him, 29 cases were reported in Udupi on Thursday, followed by 24 in Dakshina Kannada district, 13 in Hassan, 12 in Bidar, nine in Bengaluru Urban, seven in Yadagiri, six in Chitradurga, five in Kalaburagi, four in Haveri, three in Chikkamagaluru, two in Vijayapura and one in Raichur.

The minister said among the new cases, 95 are inter-state passengers and two international passengers.

According to the health department, 84 infected people have returned from Maharashtra and eight from Tamil Nadu.

Among those discharged today, 13 are in Davangere, 12 in Dakshina Kannada, nine each in Yadagiri and Vijayapura, five in Gadag, three in Belagavi, one each in Mysuru and Bagalkote.

Two are severe acute respiratory infection cases.

There were, however, no coronavirus related deaths in the state today, the minister said.

Kumar said the government has issued another circular making changes in the quarantine rules.

"A person who has completed seven days of institutional quarantine and is asymptomatic can be permitted for home quarantine without a COVID test, subject to undergoing medical check-up," the minister said.

According to the circular, all elderly people of above 60 years of age and those with comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, asthma, heart ailment and renal diseases, are required to be clinically evaluated diligently prior to shifting them to home quarantine.

Such people will be under mandatory home quarantine for seven days, the circular read.

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March 30,2020

Mangaluru, Mar 30: In continuing cases of tipplers in the southern states ending their lives due to non-availability of liquor during the lockdown, two men committed suicide in Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada district.

The two suicides were reported in Kadaba taluk on Saturday, police said.

Tomy Thomas (50), a rubber tapping labourer in an estate at Kutrupadi village of the taluk, was found hanging at his rented house on Saturday. Thomas, a native of Kottayam in Kerala, had joined at the estate here a month ago.

Local people said he was desperately moving around in the last few days asking about places where he can get liquor. He had also not reported to work in these days. The body has been kept at the mortuary of a hospital at Deralakatte.

In another incident, a 70-year old man, belonging to Kodimbala village in the taluk, allegedly hanged himself from the branch of a tree near his house at Nakur.

The deceased has been identified as Thomas, who had left his family here 30 years ago and had been working in Kerala. He had returned here only a few years back.

Sources said Thomas, an alcohol addict, was having health problems related to withdrawal. He has been living on pavements at Kadaba without going home.

Kadaba police has registered cases in connection with the two incidents.

Incidents of tipplers committing suicide have been reported in Kerala and Telangana in the past few days. Two men ended their lives in Kerala today while a 50-year old daily wage worker jumped to death from a building in Hyderabad on Friday.

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April 1,2020

Mysore,  Apr 1: A team of the state Health Ministry on Monday visited the pharmaceuticals company whose several employees were tested positive for COVID-19.

The team asked the remaining employees to stay under quarantine in separate rooms.

"The department is investigating whether this company has got any connection with China or received any object which might have brought coronavirus with it," said Jawaid Akhtar, principal secretary of the health department.

Karnataka Health Minister on Wednesday confirmed that the current COVID-19 positive cases in the state stood at 101.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases have reached 1,637 in India, including 1,466 active cases, 133 cured/discharged/migrated people and 38 deaths.

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