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Those who shamed party in past may miss BJP ticket now

DHNS
January 25, 2018

Bengaluru, Jan 25: The BJP central leadership, virtually taking over the state unit ahead of the Assembly polls, has made several leaders, especially those who have embarrassed the party in the past, jittery.

These leaders, including several legislators, apprehend that they may not be able to secure the ticket to contest the polls, if the process is controlled by the central leadership. At the same time, a section of leaders, who feel that they can win due to their personal clout, are resisting the direction of the central leaders to strengthen the party at the grassroot.

They are of the view that they know how to emerge victorious in the elections on their own without taking up the tasks set by central leadership such as constituting booth committees. Their fear is that they might lose their hold over the constituencies if the booth-level committees are strengthened.

When in power, the BJP had to face embarrassment several times due to its own legislators. As many as 11 MLAs rebelled against the then chief minister B S Yeddyurappa.

They were disqualified and later reinstated on the direction of the Supreme Court. They include Balachandra Jarkiholi, Beluru Gopalakrishna, Anand Asnotikar, Sarvabhauma Bagali, V Nagaraju, Raju Kage, Y Sampangi, Nanjundaswamy, S K Bellubbi, H S Shankaralinge Gowda and Shivanagouda Naik.

Except Shankaralinge Gowda, who passed away, and Asnotikar, who quit the party, the remaining are still in the party and are ticket aspirants. Then there are those leaders who put the party in a spot by finding themselves in awkward situation - Hartal Halappa (rape charges), M P Renukacharya and S A Ramdas (both were accused by women of exploiting them), Lakshman Savadi, C C Patil (caught watching porn in Assembly on a phone belonging to another leader Krishna Palemar).

Again, all are aspiring for the ticket. The central leadership has made it clear that tickets will be issued after three rounds of survey, extensive consultation with local functionaries and the RSS. The apprehension is that those who embarrassed the party in the past may not make it to the final list. The feeling is that these leaders could stand a chance if the process is handed over to the state unit. However, the sources said the central leadership will have a final say.

The vice-like grip of the central leadership over the state unit has also disgruntled some leaders. Vijayanagara (Hosapete) MLA B Anand Singh, who has distanced himself from the party, is a case in point. Singh kept away from the Navakarnataka Nirmana Parivarthana Yatra. He was issued a notice for participating in Tipu Jayanti. He is now planning to join the Congress.

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Danish
 - 
Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

Shame on you BJP people. Yeddy blames siddaramaiah on this. Now these people only stating that BJP people are opportunists

Kumar
 - 
Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

All BJP leaders are opportunists

Hari
 - 
Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

LOL... In BJP all are shameless people. 

Abu Muhammad
 - 
Thursday, 25 Jan 2018

BJP itself is the SHAME of India, funny news!!!

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July 28,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 28: After the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) reduced the syllabi for Classes 9 to 12 due to COVID-19 pandemic, the Karnataka government has followed the suit. The Department of Public Instruction has omitted the chapters on legendary south Indian rulers Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan from the textbooks of Class 7 in their attempt to reduce syllabus for state board schools by 30 per cent. 

The department, however, has decided to retain similar chapters on Tipu Sultan in 6th and 10th Classes, though the syllabus in text books for all classes from 1 to 10th has been trimmed. 

The trimmed textbooks uploaded on the website of the Department of State Education Research and Training (DSERT) by Karnataka state Textbook Society revealed removal of chapters on Tipu Sultan for the seventh grade.

Justifying the decision, officials said, "students study similar chapters in Class 6 and more in the 10th grade." Yet another senior official from the Text Book Society said, "Trimming does not mean we have removed half of the syllabus from textbooks. It is only keeping in mind the repetition we have condensed the chapters. In case students study about a particular dynasty in higher grades, then the same had been removed from lower grades."

A few months ago, there was an uproar over dropping of content on Tipu Sultan and MLAs from the ruling BJP also demanded the same and petitioned to the Chief Minister. Even an expert committee led by Prof Baraguru Ramachandrappa suggested to not drop any content on the historic figure. However, the department still decided to drop lessons from one of the classes while keeping the syllabus short for the next 120 active academic days.

Earlier this month, a controversy had erupted over the CBSE's decision to omit topics like federalism, secularism, citizenship, etc while reducing the syllabus for Classes 9 to 12. The education board had issued a detailed clarification later, stating that topics claimed to be dropped "are either being covered by the rationalised syllabus or in the Alternative Academic Calendar of NCERT".

"The rationalisation of syllabus up to 30 per cent has been undertaken by the Board for nearly 190 subjects of class 9 to 12 for the academic session 2020-21 as a one-time measure only. The objective is to reduce the exam stress of students due to the prevailing health emergency situation and prevent learning gaps," it said.

Last week, the Congress in Uttar Pradesh expressed its concern over 'deliberate and systematic' deletions of chapters related to the freedom struggle and the party's role in it from the Class 10-12 syllabi of the Secondary Education Board.

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March 19,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 19: Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar on Wednesday said that the government is increasing the number of labs for COVID-19.

"For the last two months, screening has been done at airports. Quarantine is also being done. The situation was reviewed by the state cabinet. All passengers from abroad will be home quarantined or they can stay at government facilities or budget hotels or resorts or private hospitals," Sudhakar said in the Assembly.

"We have issued many advisories. Until 31st March, pubs, and hotels, religious events, should not have an assembly of more than 100 persons. Two bulletins will be issued twice a day. All those who arrive from abroad will be stamped that they have arrived from abroad. Covid-19 is growing at a phenomenal pace. We need not panic but we need to be cautious," he said.

Sudhakar continued: "There are 54 labs in the country. Karnataka has five labs, the most among all states. We are increasing the number of labs. In our country, we have tested less than 10 per cent. In Karnataka, we should conduct test on more people."

The minister said the government will devise a way to be able to track down all those home quarantined through their mobile phones.

"Karnataka stands fourth after Maharashtra, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh. We are in the second stage. The next 2-3 weeks are detrimental. This is a pandemic situation. People have to also take responsibility. Social distancing is the real solution and key to eradicating this COVID-19. In the larger interest of the health of the state, we have to take drastic measures," he said.

"We are now in the 2nd stage. The next 3 weeks are very important. If we take care, the state can escape what's happening worldwide," he said.

Congress MLA UT Khader demanded action against those people who do not follow rules.

"Only shutting airports will not help. What about domestic passengers? Coronavirus must come under Ayushman Bharat. Keep isolated patients away from normal people in the ICU in government hospitals. Take action against those who do not follow the rules," he said.

Congress MLA Dr Yathindras said that screening is not enough and travelers need to be lab tested.

A total of 151 positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in India so far, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday.

Thirteen positive cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Karnataka till today.

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April 16,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 16: The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday has identified eight districts from Karnataka as COVID-19 hotspots.

Districts that have reported a higher number of cases are classified as hotspots, the districts where cases have been reported as non-hotspots, and green zones where no cases have been reported.

Bangalore Urban, Mysuru, Belagavi, Dakshina Kannada, Bidar, Kalaburgi, Bagalokote and Dharwad have been identified as Covid-19 hotspots by Union Health Ministry, tweeted the state health department on Wednesday.

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