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Suspected Bajarang Dal activists attack auto driver and his Dalit friend

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February 6, 2011

Vittal, February 6: Two youth belonging to different faiths have been attacked by a group of six suspected activists of Bajarang Dal at Serkala near here in the night of Saturday, February 5.


The victims have been identified as Abdul Khader (22), an auto-rickshaw driver and his Dalit friend Yogish (19), a house driver- both residents of Salethur.


The incident occurred when Yogish was returning to a programme after dropping his three cousin sisters to their house in Khader's rickshaw in Serkala.


Background:

At around 10 pm on Saturday, when both the victims were together in a programme at Salethur, someone hired Khader's auto-rickshaw to Serkala to attend a Yakshagana programme.


Yogish too accompanied Khader to Serkala along with the passenger. Coincidentally, Yogish met his three cousin sisters, who were watching Yakshagana there. When they requested him to drop them to their house, Yogish asked Khader to start his rickshaw.


When Khader and Yogish were returning back to the programme after dropping the girls to their house, a group of miscreants stopped their vehicle and attacked them after abusing them, sources said.


According to Yogish, the reason for miscreants' anger was that he dropped his cousin sisters' to their house by an auto-rickshaw belonging to a Muslim man.


“There were six people and they were looking like goons of Bajaranga Dal. They beat me and Khader brutally. When, I tried to convince them that the girls were my cousin sisters and we dropped them to their house as per their request, they continued to assault us asking me why I hired a rickshaw belonging to a Muslim driver”, said an injured Yogish.


Khader, who identified five of the assailants as Karna, Sujeer, Suresh, Mahabala and Bhaskar, said when he requested the miscreants repeatedly not to assault but they turned more violent and damaged his vehicle also.


Khader has sustained injuries on his head and back. Both the victims have been admitted to Government Hospital in Vittal.


According to the sources, the assailants are planning to cover up the issue by pushing for a compromise formula with the victims.

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March 9,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 9: The BJP government in Karnataka on Monday scrapped the Shaadi Bhagya Scheme that was launched by Congress government in the state in 2013.

Under the scheme, Rs 50,000 was given to Muslim brides for marriage expenses after they submitted their Aadhar and BPL cards.

While the previous coalition government had allocated Rs 60 crore budget for the scheme, the BJP government decided to discontinue the scheme. Congress called the move by the state government as "anti-minority".

"They have launched a scheme for the majority community. I welcome that. But why are you discontinuing one scheme? It is a small scheme where marginalized people get a little help from the government," Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad told reporters.

"He (Karnataka Chief Minister) has wilfully reduced the money allotted to all the schemes," he added.

BJP MLA Basavana Gowda Patil Yantal welcomed the decision of the Karnataka Government to scrap the scheme.

"The minority does not need appeasement because equal citizenship needs to apply to all in this country. I wholeheartedly welcome this move by the Karnataka Government," Yantal told reporters.

"Should we not give the majority people anything in India? India not giving anything to the majority, is that secular? We have already given them Pakistan," he said.

The MLAs from the minority community in the state have demanded a meeting with the Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa.

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June 20,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 20: A 56-year-old head constable, who had tested positive for the coronavirus infection a couple of days ago and was undergoing treatment, died on Saturday, police said.

The deceased, attached to the Kalasipalya police station, was being treated at Victoria Hospital here, they said.

This the second death of a policeman in the state due to COVID-19. The first one was an assistant sub-inspector attached to the V V Puram traffic police station.

Officials said the deceased constable was among nine others who had tested positive for COVID-19.

Meanwhile, an ASI with the Wilson Garden traffic police station here has also reportedly tested positive. According to sources, the ASI is undergoing treatment at a designated hospital and the station has been sanitised. His contacts are being quarantined. 

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Karnataka Congress President DK Shivakumar on Tuesday criticised BJP-led Karnataka government for limiting or omitting various topics including chapters on 18th century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan and his father Hyder Ali.

Speaking to media here at Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) office, Shivakumar said Congress will not allow BJP government in Karnataka to "divert history".

"Tipu Sultan does not belong to one caste or a class. He is part of the history of this country. BJP government has removed chapters related to him for its political advantage. It is their decision whether they celebrate Tipu Sultan Jayanti or not, but he is part of our history. 

The President of this country Ramnath Kovind came to the Vidhan Sabha and praised Tipu's patriotism during a joint session," Shivakumar said.

"The BJP government has come to power today. Our history should not change. We will not let these people to covert or dilute history. This is the stand of the Congress party. Our experts will study the pros and cons of this decision," he added.

Shivakumar further said many countries around the world have praised the Constitution, Indian history and expressed their willingness to "adapt it".

"But the BJP is trying to curtail this. We need to educate our children. Our team will also study this and we will not let this happen," he said.
The Karnataka government, in a bid to reduce the syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent, has limited or omitted various topics including chapters on Mysuru rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the class 7 social science textbook.

The reduction in syllabus comes as schools are closed to prevent the spread of coronavirus in the state, and classes have been moved online.
The Department of Public Instruction of the Karnataka government also limited or removed various other topics from the syllabus of class 6 to 10 as they were repeated or can be alternatively taught.

Earlier, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) had revised the syllabus for the classes IX to XII for the academic session 2020-21 in a "one-time measure" owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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