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Now, pressure on Siddaramaiah to contest from North Karnataka

DHNS
September 19, 2017

Bengaluru, Sept 19: A section of Congress leaders is said to be mounting pressure on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to contest from North Karnataka region in the next Assembly polls to counter the BJP, which is planning to field its chief ministerial candidate B S Yeddyurappa from the region.

Excise Minister R B Timmapura has reportedly urged Siddaramaiah to contest from any of the constituencies in Bagalkot district. Similarly, senior leader and former minister Satish Jharkiholi is learnt to have requested Siddaramaiah to contest from Athani constituency in Belagavi district.

The leaders are of the view that Siddaramaiah contesting from North Karnataka will not only help the party counter Yeddyurappa if the he decides to contest from a constituency in North Karnataka but also boosts the morale of the Congress workers in the region. The party high command has already declared that the next election will be fought under Siddaramaiah’s leadership.

Congress sources said Siddaramaiah had been planning to contest from the Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysuru district in the next polls, leaving the Varuna seat to his son Dr Yatindra. It is also speculated that the party may ask him to contest from two places – one from south and another from North Karnataka. Currently, Siddaramaiah is a MLA from Varuna.

Speaking to reporters on Monday, KPCC working president S R Patil said the party workers are demanding that Siddaramaiah should contest from a constituency in Bagalkot district in the next election. But nothing has been finalised yet, he added.

Patil also said the BJP’s decision to field Yeddyurappa from North Karnataka will not have any impact on the Congress in the election. “Why Yeddyurappa? Let both Modi (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) and Amit Shah (BJP national president) contest from North Karnataka. The Congress is not worried,” he stated.

Ready contest from anywhere: CM

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday that he was open to the idea of contesting the next Assembly election from north Karnataka.

“Many people have invited me to contest from North Karnataka. Once in the past, I contested the Lok Sabha elections from Koppal. I’m ready to contest from any part of the state. The final decision will be taken by the party high command,” Siddaramaiah told reporters in Chikkaballapur where he inaugurated various developmental works.

In the 1991 Lok Sabha polls, Siddaramaiah, then a Janata Dal candidate, lost to the Congress’ Basavaraj Patil Anwari from Koppal.

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Manjunath
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Tuesday, 19 Sep 2017

Conning-ress does not want to be left behind any Band Wagon, always says we too have done it, like it falsely stated about Surgical Strikes

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March 27,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 27: Karnataka has so far witnessed 62 Covid-19 positive cases including 3 deaths and five discharges, according to mid-day bulletin released by the Department of Health and Family Welfare.

The state on Friday witnessed a sudden spike in the number of Covid-19 cases with the officials confirming seven new positive cases overnight (26 March 5:00 pm to 27 March 8:00 am) across the state including a 10-month-old baby boy becoming the youngest Covid-19 patient in Karnataka and second youngest patient in India after 8-month-old baby in Jammu and Kashmir.

According to mid-day bulletin released by the Department of Health and Family Welfare on Friday, Karnataka witnessed 62 Covid-19 positive cases including 3 deaths and five discharges. The 10-month-old baby (P56) even though had no travel history to any of the Covid-19 affected countries, officials revealed that the family members had taken the baby to Kerala and six primary contacts have been established and put under home quarantine.

This apart, a 20-year-old male (P57) who returned from Colombo, a 25-year-old female (P58) who returned from London have also been tested positive for Covid-19. Further, a 35-year-old female (P59) and 33-year-old female (P61) said to be the primary contacts of P25 (House Maid) have also been tested positive according to the officials

Besides, a 60-year-old male (P60) who returned to Sira in Tumakuru by train from New Delhi died on Friday morning also tested positive. His primary contacts, including health care professionals have been put under house quarantine. According to officials a 22-year-old male (P62) from Uttara Kannada with travel history to Dubai has also been tested positive for Covid 19 on Friday.

According to bulletin, all the patients barring P60 are being treated at designated isolation hospitals in Mangaluru, Bengaluru and Uttara Kannada. In the meantime, P1 and P3 from Bengaluru have been discharged from RGICD, according to officials.

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May 23,2020

Mangaluru, May 23: Two more persons tested positive for covid-19 in Dakshina Kannada today taking the district's tally to 65.

One among them is a 30-year-old man who had returned from Maharashtra and was under quarantine. He underwent test at a private lab and was tested positive.

The other one is a 41-year-old woman who is a resident of Shirlalu in Beltangady and had symptoms of influenza-like illness. 

She was urged by residents in the surroundings of her house to go for a test. She was shifted to Wenlock COVID hospital in the morning on Saturday.

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April 20,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 20: The Dakshina Kannada district administration had declared certain areas in the district as containment zones after COVID-19 positive cases were detected from there.

A seal down has been declared in these zones, completely banning all movement of the people including leaving their houses.

In Ajjavara, Sullia taluk a one-kilometre containment zone has been set up on April 19.

The zone stretches from Ankotimar Road and includes Forest agriculture land and the residences of Savera and Achar.

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