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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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July 23,2020

Mangaluru, July 23: Lavanya Ballal, national co-coordinator for social media department of Indian National Congress, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of destroying the nation by misleading the youth.

In an interview with a regional Kannada news paper, the Dakshina Kannada based activist, lamented that instead of using social media for the welfare of the nation, BJP leaders used it to spread lies for their political gains. 

On one hand BJP fooled people through false promises and colourful dialogues, while on the other hand it misled crores of youth by spreading fake news, twisted facts and false information, she said.

Ms Ballal went on to accuse BJP of following the footsteps of the British. “BJP is following all the methods employed by the British invaders to divide the people of India and make them hate each other,” she said.

She said that Congress always used the social media for the benefit of the country. If the new generation realises this fact, the country will once again turn its direction towards development, she asserted.

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July 7,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Former Health minister and Congress MLA UT Khader has alleged that the state government has purchased coronavirus equipment for more than twice the actual price.

"Rs 500 sanitizers have been purchased for Rs 900 and Rs 9,000 has been paid to Rs 1200 for the thermal metre by the government. Instead of asking to allow him to work, Mr B Sriramulu, being health minister he must work for the people," he said.

He said that three months have passed since the pandemic started but the state government is still struggling to send ambulances to needy patients.

"Instead of ambulance it is sending final rights vehicle to needy people," Khader said.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 23,474 coronavirus cases in Karnataka including 13,255 and 372 deaths.

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April 9,2020

Gadag, Apr 9: An 80-year-old woman who tested positive for COVID-19 passed away on Thursday due to cardiac arrest in Gadag, the district's Deputy Commissioner said.

She also had a history of Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). Her body was disposed of as per the protocol, officials said.

According to the Karnataka Government, 10 new positive cases have been reported in the State today, taking the total COVID-19 cases to 191, including 28 discharged patients and six deaths.

With an increase of 540 positive COVID-19 cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's tally of coronavirus cases has risen to 5,734, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

Out of the 5,734 cases, 5,095 are active COVID-19 cases and 472 patients have recovered while 166 have died.

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