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My battle is to bring JD(S) back to power: former PM Gowda in Mangalore

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November 20, 2011

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Mangalore, November 20: “My battle is to bring Janata Dal (Secular) back to power and I will tour all the districts in the state to strengthen the party keeping in the mind the upcoming elections”, said former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda.

He was addressing to media persons during a small stop at Kavoor on the outskirts of the city, on his way to Udupi.

“Though I want to spend playful time with my grandchildren I don't do it,” said 78-year-old leader.

Clarifying that JD(S) is neither going to support BJP nor Congress in Bellary bypoll, Mr Gowda said if the district unit of the party wants it can support an independent candidate.

“JD(S) distances itself from both Congress and BJP as they are two faces of the same coin. Except Hindutva philosophy, Congress follows the same path of BJP in economic policies of the country”, he said.

He said the reason behind the decision of JD(S) not to field a candidate in Bellary bypoll, was that the party and the candidate did not want to waste the limited small resources. “It was my decision not to field candidate in Bellary as well as in Koppal because ruling party has advantage of spending money more”, he reasoned.

He said that it was not possible to support B Sriramulu openly. However, he said, he was the last person to take advantage of internal conflict of other parties.

Mr Gowda said that the Bellary bypoll may cause ripples in national level politics as national parties obviously want the support of regional parties for their survival before or after the election.

He also expressed his concern over the 'negligence of UPA government' to agricultural sector. He said that Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh himself had admitted that the agriculture sector was being neglected during his tenure.

Illegal Mining

Mr Gowda said, it was JD(S) which included the establishment of Special Court for the inquiry of illegalities in mining in its election manifesto in 2004. “But we lost the election and the matter went in vain”, he added.

Y S V Datta, JD(S) spokeperson, Deviprasad Shetty, President of Belapu Gram Panchayat, S N Bojegowda, Vasanth Poojary, M B Sadashiva and others were present.

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April 24,2020

Udupi, Apr 24: While several state governments and NGOs are actively working to provide essentials to the needy amid the COVID-19 lockdown, a fisherwoman in Karnataka's Udupi has proved that even a small gesture of help for others can make a huge difference in the society.
A fisherwoman, Sharadakka, distributed rice to 140 needy families in her neighbourhood during the ongoing lockdown. The contribution was made by spending all her life savings amounting to Rs 30,000. The amount was saved by her over a period of time in an effort to build a house for herself.
On Thursday Udupi Deputy Commissioner G. Jagadeesh visited her and ensured help to build her house.
"Spending her meagre earnings, Sharadakka generously filled many empty stomachs amid the nation-wide lockdown, which is a matter of pride," said the Deputy Commissioner.

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July 30,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 30: As the protest by Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers entered the 20th day, Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu on Wednesday assured them that he would take up their demands with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.

The ASHA workers are sitting in protests with a number of demands that include a minimum salary of Rs 12,000 per month.

Assuring that their matter will be taken up, Karnataka Health Minister B Sriramulu said while speaking to reporters, "We know how hard ASHA workers have been working as frontline warriors in the fight against COVID-19. I will discuss with CM about their demand for a minimum wage of Rs 12,000 per month and the final decision will be taken soon."

"We went to the police to allow us to protest. Officials then took us to the CM. During the meeting, he demanded some time to sort out our issues. 

We told him we are protesting for the past 20 days and that it was he who needs to call a meeting with us. Only then will he know the problems being faced by ASHA workers," an ASHA worker said clad in her signature pink sari.

"When asked as to why salaries of ASHA workers were not hiked, while it was done for doctors and other healthcare officials, the CM requested for time to look into the matter. 

We are not much happy now, but will if he comes in front of the media and promises to sort out our issues, then we will listen to him", she added.

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March 28,2020

Kasaragod, Mar 28: A pregnant Bihari migrant woman in labour gave birth in an ambulance after the Karnataka police allegedly refused to allow the ambulance carrying her to cross the border road to Mangaluru to reach her hospital.

The border road was shut due to the lockdown. The woman used to consult a doctor in Mangaluru across the border.

As Karnataka police stopped the vehicle at the border in Talapady, saying no vehicle, including ambulances from Kerala, could be permitted to their state, the drivers decided to take the woman was taken to the general hospital here, but she went into labour and delivered a baby girl in the vehicle

Both the mother and baby are doing fine, authorities said.

Hailing from Patna in Bihar, 25-year-old Gowri Devi and her husband were working in a local plywood factory in this north Kerala district, from where the maximum number of coronavirus cases have been reported so far in the state.

Those living in the border towns and villages of Kasaragod are dependent on the hospitals in Mangaluru as it is nearer, local people said.

The ambulance drivers- Aslam and Musthafa- said they stopped the vehicle by the wayside, making it safe for the woman. The baby girl and the mother were soon shifted to the government general hospital here and both of them are safe and healthy, they said.

Local people complained that not only pregnant women, but even patients requiring daily dialysis and emergency cardiac and cancer treatment were being sent back by Karnataka.

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