MLC outshines eight influential BJP MLAs of twin districts

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July 12, 2012

Udupi, July 12: MLC Kota Srinivasa Poojary has emerged as the only representative from twin districts to get a ministerial berth in Jagadish Shettar led BJP government.

Though eight out of 13 MLAs in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi belong to the BJP, the new Chief Minister has preferred 50-year-old MLC.

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New Minister Kota Srinivasa Pujari was the last to arrive for swearing in ceremony of Jagadish Shettar's ministry at Raj Bhava in Bangalore on Thursday

An expert in Panchayath Raj affairs, Poojary started his political career in 1993, as a member of Kotathattu Gram Panchayat. He also has served as member of Taluk Panchayat and Udupi Zilla Panchayat.

In the beginning Poojary was a supporter of Late Bangarappa and Devraj Urs. He was actively involved in Kranti Ranga, the party set up by Bangarappa and Devaraj Urs.

When Kranti Ranga breathed its last when Bangarappa joining the Congress, Mr Poojary entred BJP and subsequently became the president of the Udupi unit of the saffron party.

He was elected as the member of Legislative Council in 2008 and again in 2010, from the local bodies' constituency.

Coming from an agriculturalist family in Kotathattu village in Kundapur taluk, Kota Srinivas Poojary was born in 1960 to Annappa Poojary and Lacchi Poojarthi couple. Poojary and his wife Shantha have three children - Swathi, Shashidhar and Shruthi.



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June 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 18: As many as 210 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths have been reported in Karnataka, taking the total cases to 7,944 and death toll to 114, said State Health Department.

Today, 179 persons have been discharged across the State while 4,983 persons have been discharged so far.

The number of total active cases in Karnataka stands at 2,843.

The COVID-19 count in India has reached 3,66,946 on Thursday, according to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry (MoHFW).

The death toll due to COVID-19 has now reached 12,237. The COVID-19 count includes 1,60,384 active cases, while 1,94,325 patients have been cured and discharged or migrated so far.

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July 22,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 22: A total of 4,764 new COVID-19 cases and 55 deaths were reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours.

Out of the new cases, 2,050 cases were reported in Bengaluru on Wednesday.

The total number of active cases stands at 47,069, said the state Health Department.

Death toll rises to 1,519 in the state.

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February 10,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 10: Senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar on Sunday hit out at the BJP and RSS for taking out a route march in Ramanagara against the controversial Jesus Christ statue.

“Just because the BJP won 25 seats in the Lok Sabha polls, Congress workers need not lose hope. If the Congress and JD(S) had worked out a better strategy, the BJP would not have won even 10 seats. We will correct our mistakes,” the former Congress minister said.

After the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP has failed to do well in assembly polls and has been losing power in many states. People are hitting the streets protesting against its policies such as CAA and NRC, he said.

Accusing the BJP and RSS of not being able to digest Congress’ victory in the Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha segment in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, he said that the BJP is trying hard to make inroads into the constituency represented by his brother D K Suresh. “Let them take out route march, we don’t care,” he said.

“We all know what the BJP did during the Lok Sabha elections, and the media reported how much money they spent in the elections. What was the Election Commission doing? Was the Income Tax Department sitting with its eyes closed? Why did they conduct raids only in Hassan, Shivamogga and Mandya districts,” he asked.

He alleged that false cases were slapped when him and other leaders, including H D Kumaraswamy, Siddaramaiah, G Parameshwara and Dinesh Gundurao.

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