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Will Arathi Krishna contest Karnataka assembly polls?

coastaldigest.com news network
February 24, 2018

Arathi Krishna, Deputy Chairperson of NRI Forum of Karnataka government, who has been associated with non-resident Indians and persons of Indian origin for several years, is now considering to tread the path of her father by entering the state politics.

In a candid chat with coastaldigest.com during her visit to Jubail in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Ms Krishna said that she’s ready to contest the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls if the high command and chief minister want her to enter the poll fray.

Daughter of Begane Ramaiah, a veteran Congress leader and former rural development minister, an ever-smiling Ms Krishna considers former prime minister Indira Gandhi, whom she had met at the age of 10, as her role model.

Though she spent several years abroad, Ms Krishna is emotionally attached to her parental hometowns – her father Ramaiah hailed from Begane near Sringeri in Chikkamagaluru while her mother Seetha hailed from Kadthur in Shivamogga.

Ms Krishna holds a master degree in ‘political science’ from Mysore University, another master degree in ‘international commerce and public’ from George Mason University, Washington, and an honorary doctorate from Kuvempu University.

Earlier she worked as a Community Development Officer in the Indian Embassy in Washington DC, and as an Adviser in the India Development Foundation, Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs. She also has set up an NGO ‘Krishna Foundation’ to partake in socio-economic needs and provide improved educational facilities in remote villages of Karnataka.

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Tony Nellicken
 - 
Wednesday, 28 Feb 2018

Since i know her personally, i can say that she's a very focused and hardworking woman whom we rarely would come across, let alone any politician. She does not need to play any gimmicks to win a ticket, in her present portfolio. If she agree to contest, that would be a blessing for the people of Karnataka. We wish her all the best and like to see more achievements on her way.. 

 

It’s not good to call it political gimmick. There is nothing connection between Saudi visit and assembly ticket. To get ticket she has to lobby staying back in Bangaluru. We must appreciate her visiting labour camps in Saudi Arabia. 

Kannadiga
 - 
Sunday, 25 Feb 2018

Let her contest from D.K.

Salam Bava,Dubai
 - 
Sunday, 25 Feb 2018

All this gimmicks from her is just to catch up an assembly ticket. Karnataka Govt has done nothing to address neither the problems of Gulf Kannadiga’s nor a single word in this year’s budget about NRI’S. Just a NRI forum, which is toothless and only achievement of this forum is creating a dysfunctional website .Now as the election is nearing up she just woke up and requesting NRI'S to register with that dysfunctional website! Disguisting, taking poor Gulf Kannadigas for a ride.

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August 8,2020

Bengaluru, Aug 8: Congress is confused on the Ram Mandir issue and in dilemma to take a firm stand fearing loss of Muslim or Hindu votes, according to BJP leader and Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi.

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February 22,2020

Belagavi, Feb 22: A madrasa in Karnataka’s Belagavi district hosted a Hindu-Muslim mass marriage on its premises on Friday, sending a strong message of communal amity. As many as 76 Muslim couples and 25 Hindu couples entered marital life on the occasion.

Madarsa Al Arabia Anwarul Ulooma, an Islamic religious institute in Bailhongal, 50km from Belagavi district headquarters, played host to the event that was organised by Jamia Faizan-ul-Quran and Issa Foundation, which has conducted mass marriages on a bigger scale in Gujarat.

The mass marriage comes a month after the 100-year-old Cheravally Jamaat Masjid in Kerala’s Kayamkulam in Alappuzha hosted a Hindu wedding, complete with a vegetarian feast for 4,000 people. A Hindu priest led the rituals, and the couple sought the blessings of chief imam Riyasudeen Faizy of the mosque.

At Bailhongal, moulvis and pontiffs led the marriage proceedings and asked the couples to read passages from Quran and Bhagvad Gita.

The Hindu couples were gifted a copy of the Gita, and newly-married Muslim couples received a copy of Quran. The organisers provided each Hindu bride a mangalsutra. Bailhongal MLA Mahantesh Koujalagi blessed the couples at the event, which was attended by more than 4,000 people.

Mohammad Rafique A Naik, a member of Jamia Faizan-ul-Quran, said they have gifted each couple a refrigerator, an almirah and a tailoring machine. Ranjita Kalala, a bride who married a daily-wage labourer, said her family couldn’t afford the cost of a wedding, adding, “When we learnt about the Bailhongal madrassa’s plan, we agreed to sign up because it also sends out a message of communal harmony.”

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