Surjewala: Defeat in Karnataka will herald BJP's 'vanvaas'

DHNS
April 13, 2018

Bengaluru, Apr 13: The BJP's nationwide fast led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will result in the saffron party's sanyaas (renunciation) in the Karnataka Assembly elections followed by vanvaas (exile) in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, AICC national spokesperson Randeep S Surjewala said on Thursday.

"The time for upvas (fasting) is over. The time for sanyaas from seat of power begins with a defeat in Karnataka and culminate in vanvaas in 2019," Surjewala told reporters here.

He was reacting to BJP Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members observing a fast all over India on Thursday to condemn the disruption of Parliament sessions by the Congress. BJP president Amit Shah, who was campaigning in the Bombay-Karnataka region, held a fast in Dharwad.

"It's an absurd drama of photo-ops because Modi had breakfast on-board his flight and Shah had lunch after upvas. For a party that disrupted 66.88% of the total functioning time of the previous Lok Sabha (2009-14) and wasted 250 functioning hours of the Budget session by engineering disruptions, Modi and the BJP should tender an unconditional apology for dishonouring democracy," Surjewala said.

The AICC communications chief also lambasted Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Bangalore South MP Ananth Kumar. "Why was the Finance Bill passed in just 18 minutes with 218 amendments and funding for 99 ministries? Is this a mockery of Parliament?" he asked Ananth Kumar. Surjewala also pointed out that four no-confidence motions were not allowed because the BJP was "scared of defeat in a series of elections lined up."

Defending the Congress government's decision to grant the 'religious minority' tag to the Lingayats, Surjewala said: "It was a genuine, bona fide and historically-proven aspirational demand that was addressed."

Surjewala steered clear when asked if Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was the party's chief ministerial face. "He's the captain of the team and our opening batsman. It is under his leadership that the Congress will fight the May 12 polls."

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March 23,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 23: Film producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur V K Mohan committed suicide by hanging himself in a hotel in the city on Monday, police said.

Mohan, who hailed from Kundapur Taluk, Udupi District, was a famous film producer and hotelier.

According to police, Mohan arrived at the hotel on Sunday night and when he did not open the door of his room on Monday, hotel staffs, grew suspicious and peeped through the room window, found him hanging.

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May 23,2020

Udupi, May 23: Five more persons tested positive for coronavirus in the coastal district of Udupi today. 

They include three men aged 37, 55, 31 and two women aged 48 and 34. 

Among them four are returnees from Mumbai and one is foreign returnee.

With this the total number of covid-19 cases in the district rose to 55.

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July 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 19: A man protested in front of Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's residence on Saturday alleging lack of medical care claimed the life of his one-month-old infant girl, police said on Saturday.

Venkatesh sat with the baby's photograph in front of the Chief Minister's house, saying the girl developed health issues on July 11 and he rushed her to a hospital, but it turned him away, the police said.

He said he had approached about a dozen hospitals and all of them refused to provide the baby any medical care. Eventually, the baby died.

This forced Venkatesh to hold a protest to draw the Chief Minister's attention to the issue, the police said.

The demonstration drew public attention and a few people joined him in the protest, they said.

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