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No Ahinda push in Congress manifesto, says Moily

DHNS
October 25, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 25: With the ruling Congress looking to expand its vote base ahead of the 2018 Assembly polls, the party’s manifesto is likely to be more broad-based without reflecting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s Ahinda focus.

Ahinda is a Kannada acronym for minorities, backward classes and dalits.

“Social justice pervades many sections of people cutting across caste and community,” Karnataka Pradesh Congress Manifesto Committee chairman and MP M Veerappa Moily told DH on Tuesday. “Nobody should feel let down. Everyone has to feel a sense of belonging to the Congress party and its ideology,” he said.

Siddaramaiah is widely considered an Ahinda leader. Since coming to power, the state government has launched several welfare schemes in line with its Ahinda focus.

The state government’s yet-to-be-published caste census report is likely to be discussed at the maiden meeting of the manifesto committee on October 29, Moily said.

Moily, a former Union minister, was convener of the committee that drafted the Congress manifesto for the 2009 Lok Sabha elections in which the UPA came back to power.

As part of the manifesto preparation process for the 2018 Assembly polls, Moily said several subject groups will be formed with focus areas. “One group will be tasked with reviewing the government’s performance. Sincerity is an important backdrop,” the former chief minister said.

The manifesto committee will tour the state and reach out to stakeholders so that discussions are not confined to party workers.

“We have to maintain an equal balance. Urban areas, too, have vulnerable sections,” he said. Party units in each district will be asked to send in suggestions “so that the manifesto will have a flavour of the ground,” he said.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Moily gave full marks to the Siddaramaiah-led government.

“It’s the best government in India right now,” he said. He went on to slam the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre for its “inexperience” and “misgovernance” of the economy, holding demonetisation and GST as examples.

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March 5,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 5: Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday admitted in the legislative assembly that corruption was deep-rooted in government offices and held transfer racket as the root cause of the graft menace.

“Unless we root it out from the system, we can never uphold the spirit of the Constitution and ensure equitable justice to people. If legislators lend support (to this cause), then we can weed out this menace,” Yediyurappa said during a special discussion on the Constitution.

Successive governments have been accused by opposition parties of running a transfer racket, but there’s very little done to institute a probe or order a crackdown following the allegations.

The chief minister’s candid admission came after senior Congress MLA HK Patil, quoting a report from Amnesty International, said 63% of people in Karnataka give bribe to get their work done in government offices. The CM said he agreed with the report in toto.

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February 6,2020

Shivamogga, Feb 6: A youth, who allegedly uploaded pornography and inappropriate videos of children on social media, was arrested by the district CEN police after a tip-off from the CyberTipline.

The accused is a resident of Sorab taluk and is said to be below 18 years. He uploaded the objectionable content during April and May last year. He was traced based on the IP address of his computer and the mobile call records shared by the investigating agencies.

He was arrested in January under the provisions of the Information Technology Act 2000 and sent to judicial custody, said police sources.

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May 2,2020

Mangaluru, May 2:  Fishermen in the coastal districts fear that the fishing season ending on May 31 every year might be rescheduled early this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a statement department of fisheries on sturday said fishing season is closed for 61 days every year before the arrival of the monsoon.

As per the data with the Fisheries Department, this year the number of fishes caught has set a record.

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