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Politicising Lingayat religion issue will not yield results in polls: BSY

DHNS
December 19, 2017

Bengaluru Dec 19: BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Monday said any effort to politicise separate Lingayat religion demand will not yield results ahead of the Assembly polls in Karnataka.

Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Yeddyurappa said the BJP will abide by the decisions taken by Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha and Siddaganga Mutt seer Shivakumara swami on the issue. "There is no change in our stand. We will abide by the decisions taken by the Mahasabha and swamiji," he said.

Yeddyurappa has accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of politicising the demand for separate religion tag for Lingayat community for electoral gains. The BJP leader said that AICC president Rahul Gandhi's efforts to divide the state on caste and community lines in Gujarat for the sake of votes had failed miserably.

To a query, whether the BJP was apprehensive whether the Congress will adopt Rahul's "temple visit" strategy in Gujarat to cut into Hindu votes in Karnataka, Yeddyurappa said, "At least for the sake of election, he (Rahul) visited temples. I hope Siddaramaiah, on the same pretext, visits Sri Krishna temple at Udupi". Yeddyurappa was referring to Siddaramaiah skipping entering Sri Krishna Temple during his visits to Udupi.

With the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh elections over, Yeddyurappa said that he will request BJP national President Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to spend more time in Karnataka and address party conventions ahead of the next year's Assembly elections.

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April 1,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 1: The Opposition Congress leader in the Karnataka Assembly, and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has appealed the party legislators and MPs to contribute a minimum rupees one lakh each, towards the KPCC's Corona relief fund.

In a statement, here on Tuesday, Siddaramaiah had stated that the COVID-19 disease had created a havoc among the people of the state, and had thrown thousands of people jobless and struggling to get access to the food grains as well as to medical aid.

The people of the state, who had battered from the unprecedented rains and floods recently, had to face another daunting challenge of the spread of COVID-19 virus across the state.

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May 2,2020

Udupi, May 2: All the 18 people who were advised self-quarantine in connection with the Thekkatte petrol bunk incident have been tested negative, however, they were asked to continue the 14-day quarantine, said DHO Sudhirchandra Suda on Saturday.

the petrol bunk at Thekkatte was sealed after a Covid infected person had food and took bath at the petrol bunk, while he was travelling from Mumbai to Mandya.

The employees and the owner of the petrol bunk along with the six employees at Sasthana toll gate were asked to quarantine themselves for 14 days.

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April 3,2020

Udupi/Mangaluru, Apr 3: As many as 11 liquor addicts in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts have committed suicide, due to non-availability of liquor.

It is said that the District administration, in association with Psychiatrists, have taken the initiative to provide counselling services, along with telemedicine, to the addicts.

Deputy Commissioner G Jagadeesh said on Thursday that arrangements will be made to provide treatments and personal counselling for the liquor addicts.

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