Pejwar seer urges Anna to withdraw fast, says meeting Aug 30 deadline is impossible

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August 24, 2011

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Udupi, August 24: Stating that there are several confusions in Jan Lokpal Bill, Pejawar Mutt pontiff Vishwesha Teertha Swamiji has urged the anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare to temporarily withdraw his fast.

In a letter to Mr Hazare the seer has opined that it is impossible to pass the Jan Lokpal Bill by August 30 as a thorough debate was necessary to clear those ambiguities.

“As Prime Minister comes under the jurisdiction of the Jan Lokpal Bill, there are possibilities of PM falling prey to the Bill very often even if he was not guilty. According to the experts, this may result in political instability in the nation” the seer wrote.

He also mentioned about the demands made by several experts to include Corporate, Religious and Educational institutions under this bill. It is not only politicians and government officials who are involved in corruption, he suggested.

“Is it possible for the proposed Jan Lokpal to look into hundreds of thousands of government officials, cabinet ministers, members of parliament and legislative assemblies and judges? Is it practical? How will we select the members for Jan Lokpal? What measures should be taken if Jan Lokpal members themselves turn out to be corrupt? All these questions should be judiciously analysed before we come to any hasty decision”, the Pejawar seer wrote.

He advised Mr Hazare not to be blown away by emotions before deciding on such an important bill. A discussion should be organised among the representatives of all sections of society to finalise the Bill.

In his letter, the Swamiji however acknowledged that the Lokpal bill passed by the parliament was weaker than the Bill that was proposed by Team Anna. But it was necessary to reconsider the Bill more carefully, he opined.

After the Quit India Movement by Gandhiji, Lok Satta Movement led by Jayaprakash Narayan and struggles during the emergency the present anti-corruption movement under the leadership of Hazare has has breathed new life into the youth of India, the seer said adding: “We are proud of the movement led by Anna.”

The seer expressed hope that Team Anna would consider his suggestions and act accordingly.

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May 30,2020

Bengaluru, May 31: The coronavirus related fatalities in Karnataka rose to 49 with the death of a 47-year-old woman while 141 new coronavirus cases were confirmed on Saturday taking the infection tally to 2,922, Karnataka minister S Suresh Kumar said.

Among the fresh cases, 90 are inter-state passengers, he told reporters.

The deceased woman from Bidar was admitted on May 24 and died on May 28 at a designated hospital in Bidar, Kumar, minister for primary and secondary education and spokesperson for Covid-19 in the state, said.

The woman was diagnosed with influenza like illness with a history of paralysis and was bed-ridden besides having hypertension and convulsions, Kumar said.

According to him, the total cases include 997 discharges, 1,874 active cases, 49 Covid-19 deaths and two non-Covid related deaths.

Of the total active cases, 15 are in the ICU, he added.

The new cases comprise 33 in Bengaluru, 18 in Yadagir, 14 in Dakshina Kannada, 13 each in Udupi and Hassan, 11 in Vijayapura, 10 in Bidar, six in Shivamogga, four each in Davangere and Haveri, three in Kolar, two each in Kalaburagi, Mysuru, Uttara Kannada, Dharwad, and one each in Belagavi, Chitradurga, Tumakuru and Bengaluru Rural, the health department said in its bulletin.

The minister said the government has issued an order regarding relaxation of curfew on Sundays.

According to the order issued by Chief Secretary T M Vijay Bhaskar, there will not be any curfew on Sundays throughout the day following requests from people.

As per the previous order, curfew was from 7 am to 7 pm on Sundays.

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April 25,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 25: Heavy rain lashed Mangaluru and surrounding areas on Saturday, providing the people respite from the sweltering heat, which they have been experiencing for the last few weeks. 

The rain, which started around 10.30 pm on Friday, lashed heavily after 2 am. Later, there was drizzle for sometime before it stopped raining around 8 am. 

People were seen walking towards the market to purchase essential commodities holding an umbrella and wearing a raincoat.

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July 26,2020

Udupi, Jul 26: Two persons including a lady doctor have been arrested by the Kaup police in Udupi district for trying to use fake salary documents to avail loan from a bank to buy a car. 

According to police, on July 24, the doctor had visited Bank of Baroda's branch office at Kaup Moodabettu. She had approached the branch manager for a car loan for herself and her brother. She claimed that her monthly salary is Rs 2.66 lakh.

The bank verified the details furnished along with the loan application. The bank found that even though the doctor had furnished salary slips of Manipal Academy of Higher Education, she was presently not employed there.

The bank manager has filed a complaint at Kaup police station, accusing the doctor of trying to cheat the bank by availing loan on the basis of fake documents.

The police registered a case and nabbed her when she visited the Katapady branch of the same bank today. The police also arrested a man, who according to the doctor, created fake documents for her.

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