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Swachh Bharat special: Union minister urinates in full public view

coastaldigest.com web desk
June 30, 2017

Patna, Jun 30: A picture of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh urinating in public has gone viral on social media, with trolls mocking the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi amid much fanfare.

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Mr Singh is a fourth-term MP from Motihari in the East Champaran district of Bihar. In the picture, he is seen urinating in public on the wall of a building even as his security guards and others are present around. The time, date and location where the picture was taken is not yet clear.

As part of Swachh Bharat mission, the union government aims to make India an open defecation free country in a few years. The government also claims that thousands of villages across the country have already become open defecation free since Modi government came to power in 2014.

However, this viral pic of the Union minister shows that making India a ‘swachh’ (clean) country is not an easy task and the leaders need to lead from the front. If this viral pic is authentic, Radha Mohan Singh has certainly mocked PM Modi’s cleanliness mission.

AAP leader and Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia retweeted the viral pic and asked if any media house would hold a debate on this on TV.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) tweeted: Kadi suraksha ke beech kendriya krishi mantri sookha prabhavit kshetr mein sinchai yojna ki shuruwat karte hue. Unhone Swacch Bharat Abhiyan ko bhi gati di (‘amid tight security, Union Agriculture Minister kicking off irrigation programme in a drought affected area…he also speeded up the Swacch Bharat Abhiyan).

This was later re-tweeted by party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. His younger son and Bihar’s Deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav also posted the controversial picture, asking people to “search [for the] red beacon in the photo”.

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April 17,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 17: Nikhil Kumaraswamy, son of former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, married Revathi, grand-niece of former Congress Minister for Housing, M Krishnappa, on Friday.

According to sources, more than 100 people participated in the marriage ceremony held at Kumaraswamy's farmhouse in Kethaganahally, Ramanagara.

There were around 50-60 members from former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's family and more than 30 people participated from Revathi's family, sources added.

This comes in the middle of a nationwide lockdown which has been imposed to deal with the coronavirus threat.

Earlier, HD Kumaraswamy had said that the marriage ceremony would be held behind closed doors in the presence of family members.

Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who contested the Lok Sabha election from Mandya, is also the national youth wing president of Janata Dal-Secular.

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August 6,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 6: With rains in several parts of Karnataka amid Covid-19 pandemic, state Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar on Thursday asked the people to maintain caution and contact the Health department helpline in case of any symptoms.

"There is heavy rain in several districts of the state's coastal, Malnad and north interior regions. People have to observe utmost caution during these rains amid corona infections. In case of any symptoms like fever, cough and cold immediately call the health department helpline 104," Sudhakar tweeted.

As of August 5 evening, cumulatively 1,51,449 Covid-19 positive cases have been confirmed in the state, which includes 2,804 deaths and 74,679 discharges.

Among the districts where the new cases were reported, Bengaluru urban tops the list accounting for 64,881 cases.

Regarding Bengaluru, Sudhakar said, there are 4,276 beds across 11 Covid care centres in Bengaluru.

"As of today morning, 936 of them i.e., 27.79 percent are vacant. Out of the 3,346 patients, 306 patients are due for discharge today," he said in another tweet.

Aimed at availing beds at Covid-19 hospitals for symptomatic patients and those in need, the government had decided to shift all asymptomatic patients to Covid care centres.

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July 2,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 2: A BJP MLA in Dakshina Kannada has tested positive for covid-19.

Dr Bharat Shetty, who represents Mangaluru North Assembly constituency, took to Twitter to confirm the news.

“I have been tested covid-19 positive. With all your blessings, I'm recovering and will be under treatment for few days,” he tweeted. 

He also requested the people to maintain social distancing, wear masks while going out and wash hands frequently.

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