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Vidhana Soudha jubilee fete: JDS legislators skip photo session with President

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October 25, 2017

Bengaluru, Oct 25: Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs stayed away from the photo session of legislators of both the houses with President Ram Nath Kovind in protest against not including the regional party leaders’ names in his speech during the diamond jubilee celebration of the Vidhana Soudha on Wednesday.

Photo session was an important event in the series of programmes planned by the State Legislature on occasion of the Diamond Jubilee celebration of state's seat of power - Vidhana Soudha.

Not referring names of former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy irked the JD(S) leaders. President Ram Nath Kovind, who referred to several former chief ministers in his speech, later spontaneously mentioned the name of Mr. Deve Gowda, though it was omitted in the written speech. 

This was taken note by JD(S) legislator Y.S.V. Datta, who expressed his displeasure over the omission of Mr. Deve Gowda’s name in the written speech. Responding to this, the President said: “Mr. Deve Gowda is my good friend.”

Senior legislator Basavaraj Horatti was also upset that protocol had not been followed, while allocating seats for the photo session. JD(S) leaders decided against taking part in the photo session. JD(S) leaders were upset from the beginning. They strongly protested against the State legislature's plan to distribute gold biscuits to all legislators commemorating the jubilee celebrations. They also decided against taking part in the lunch organised at Banquet Hall in Vidhana Soudha. This was following the direction of the party's state president Mr. Kumaraswamy.

Accusing the Speaker and Chairman of Legislative Assembly and Council respectively of not following the protocol, Mr. Horatti told media persons that while the President mentioned names of all the chief ministers, including that of Jagadish Shettar, in the address of Joint Session, Mr. Kumaraswamy was omitted. “How can the name of a former prime minister from Karnataka be omitted in the written speech?” he asked.

Mr. Horatti said: “We have not boycotted the photo session... we stayed away just to express our discontent over the treatment meted to JD(S) and its leaders.”

JD(S) MLC Ramesh Babu said that the organisers did not have the courtesy to offer a chair to former chief minister Mr. Kumaraswamy, following which the disgruntled party legislators “decided to boycott the photo session”.

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April 10,2020

Kasaragod, Apr 10: Eleven people died so far in Kerala's northern district Kasargod as they could not access medical facilities in Mangaloru since the border roads were blocked by the Karnataka Government, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.

Addressing a press conference at the Government Secretariat here, the Chief Minister said, "It is really unfortunate that people from Kasargod district in Kerala are still being denied treatment in hospitals at Mangalore in Karnataka State."

"We will improve the medical facilities in Kasargod and if necessary, patients will be airlifted to the neighbouring districts in Kerala to provide emergency medical assistance," he added.

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June 19,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 19: Congress leaders BK Hariprasad and Naseer Ahmed filed their nominations as party candidates for Legislative Council elections in Bengaluru and KPCC chief DK Shivakumar said that the two leaders have been given ticket to strengthen the party with their guidance.

"The Legislative Council means the Upper House and the Elders House. We have unanimously agreed to select and send these two senior leaders to discuss the party organization and various issues of the state in Legislative Council. There were plenty of aspirants to enter the Upper House. But it is decided to elect these two leaders and they will contest the election," Shivakumar said.

"We need seniority to guide us... That's the reason we are selecting these leaders... The high command has given these senior leaders the opportunity to discuss with all our leaders about strengthening the party," he added.

The elections are scheduled to be held on June 29.

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July 29,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 29: Schools will remain closed and are expected to be opened in the month of August or September in the view of rising COVID-19 cases in Karnataka, said S Suresh Kumar, Minister of Primary and Secondary Education and Sakala of Karnataka on Tuesday.

Speaking on the issue, Kumar said, "Schools would not open for the time being. The children will be taught through media."

"The state is also working on the new schemes to improve the learning process for the students," he added.

As many as 5,536 new COVID-19 cases and 102 deaths were reported in Karnataka on Tuesday, according to the State Health Department.

The total number of positive cases in the state stands at 1,07,001 including 64,434 active cases, 40,504 discharges and 2,055 deaths.

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