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Party is firmly behind BS Yeddyurappa, says Srinivasa Prasad

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May 16, 2019

Mysuru, May 16: Against a backdrop of rifts within the JD(S)-Congress alliance, senior Dalit leader and vice-president of BJP’s Karnataka unit V Srinivasa Prasad said that the saffron party stood firmly behind the state party chief and former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa.

The ongoing spat between former CM Siddaramaiah and chief of the Karnataka unit of the JD(S) Adagooru H Vishwanath has thrown the faultlines among the ruling parties into stark relief. Prasad admitted to being curious about the sequel to the political squabble between senior leaders of the parties, which are ruling the state in coalition.

Dismissing charges of having prompted Vishwanath’s attack on Siddaramaiah – Vishwanath’s remarks against the former CM came close on the heels of his meeting with Prasad – the senior BJP leader said that he would not respond to the ‘war of words’ between the two leaders. “Vishwanath and I did not discuss about politics at all,” Prasad said.

Countering Siddaramaiah’s statements about differences in the BJP, the Dalit leader said that the whole party was firmly behind Yeddyurappa.

Prasad, however, denied being aware of those in the reckoning for the post of the president of Karnataka BJP. Queried about the possibility of a Dalit being nominated to the post, he said, “Aravind Limbavalli’s name has been doing the rounds. The party’s top brass will take a decision.”

Expressing dismay over incidents of poll-related violence reported in West Bengal, Prasad said, “When the Communists were in power in the state, it was Mamata Banerjee who fought against the prevalent political system in Bengal. Now, she is the CM of the state, but Mamata appears to have continued the tradition of violence. Such incidents have been reported nowhere else in the country but West Bengal.”

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March 13,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 13: Health Minister B Sriramulu on Thursday assured the House that the state government will recruit doctors in all Primary Health Centres across the state through direct recruitment by the end of April this year.

The minister was answering MLA A T Ramaswamy, who raised the issue of shortage of doctors on Thursday. Sriramulu said there are 2,359 primary health centres in Karnataka, of which 1,432 centres have permanent doctors, 436 have doctors on contract basis, 236 have Ayush doctors, 55 have doctors who work under rural service, and the rest work on contract basis under the National Health Mission.

Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, who had recently directed ministers to cancel KPSC recruitment and go for direct recruitment, expressed his anger  as it hasn’t been implemented even now. Sriramulu said, “I have directed the concerned District health officer to take action and go for direct recruitment. It will be done by end of April.”

He also said he is aware of the difference in salary between doctors working under the health department and those working under the medical education department. “This will also be rectified,’’ he assured.

Meanwhile, Sriramulu said that a hospital that he had inaugurated recently in Mysuru, has been shut due to the lack of doctors and furniture. “This will be sorted out soon,’’ he assured.

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July 22,2020

Bengaluru,  Jul 22: Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said that the state government should give details of the amount it spent on migrants and labourers during the coronavirus crisis if it is transparent.

"The image of Karnataka has come to a very rotten position. We all know that Karnataka has failed in sorting out the problem. Let them (the state government) tell what has been the amount spent on the labour, migrants, food kits on the health department. We want an account (of the expenditure) if they are so transparent," Shivakumar said.

He said that the state government should have approached the hospitals for treating COVID-19 patients and if any hospital refused, a message should have been given that the government would take it over.

He also accused the state government of corruption.

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August 1,2020

Mysuru, Aug 1: A young covid-19 warrior and activist has become the latest victim of novel coronavirus in Karnataka’s Mysuru district. 

The deceased is Khaleel ur Rahman (27), who was the office manager at Farooqia College of Pharmacy. 

During Covid-19 lockdown, he was working as a volunteer and was part of Mysuru City Corporation team also which is involved in the covid related work. 

Khaleel was also part of the team formed by IAS officer P Manivannan, who led the crucial Covid-19 relief efforts across Karnataka. He was also an activist of Social Democratic Party of India.

During the lockdown, he was distributing groceries and other necessary things among poor and migrants in Mysuru. 

Recently he fell ill and admitted to a private hospital. He was suffering from breathing difficulties. He breathed his last in the hospital without responding to any treatment.

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