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Anant Kumar Hegde’s Rs 40,000 cr claim is false, says Fadnavis

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December 2, 2019

Mumbai, Dec 2: Rejecting Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Anant Kumar Hedge's claim, former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said no money was returned to the Centre and that he did not take any such decision as caretaker chief minister.

Hegde, the MP for Uttara Kannada (Karnataka), said on Saturday that his party colleague Devendra Fadnavis was made Maharashtra chief minister, despite lacking majority, to prevent misuse of central funds to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore by the opposition coalition led by the Shiv Sena.

In his reply, Fadnavis said, "No money has been returned to the Centre and no policy decision was taken by him as caretaker chief minister."

"This claim is completely false. No such incident occurred. As far as the bullet train project is concerned, the Maharashtra government has no role except land acquisition."

He further clarified that neither did central government ask for any money nor did the Maharashtra government honour any such request.

Earlier on Saturday, Anant Kumar said Fadnavis just took 15 hours to move the money and that all of it (Rs 40,000 crore) was returned to the central government. He added that the BJP had staged a "drama" just to save the funds.

Sources close to Devendra Fadnavis rubbished Hedge's comments and added his remarks were based on a message forwarded on WhatsApp.

They added that the only decision taken by Fadnavis administration during the short-lived tenure was the release of aid for farmers.

Also Read: Fadnavis made CM to 'protect' Rs 40k crore funds: Anant Kumar Hegde

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April 23,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 23: Nine new COVID-19 positive cases have been reported in Karnataka in the last 24 hours.

Out of these nine coronavirus positive cases, five have been reported from Kalaburagi and two each from Mysuru and Bengaluru.

According to the government of Karnataka, the total number of positive cases in the State now stands at 427 including 131 cured or discharged cases and 17 deaths.

The total number of positive coronavirus cases across the country are 19,984, including 15,474 active cases of the virus. So far, 3,869 patients have either been cured or discharged while 640 deaths have been recorded in the country, as per data provided by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

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January 24,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 24: After the visit of fact finding committee members to the spot, the Christian community here decided to submit a report to the state government urging to install a 114-ft. statue of Jesus Christ at Kapala Betta in Kanakapura taluk of Ramanagaram district, Congress MLC Ivan D’souza said here on Thursday.

While talking to media, Mr D’souza said the committee would submit the report to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and Revenue Minster R. Ashok and urge the government to construct the statue at the earliest.

The RSS and other BJP outfits have strongly opposed the installation, following which the government ordered suspension of the work. A few days ago, Kalladka Prabhakar, RSS ideologue, took out a rally in Kanakapura opposing the installation.

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May 8,2020

Bengaluru, May 8: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Friday held a meeting with opposition parties at his office here over COVID-19 situation in the state.

Former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Congress leaders SR Patil and DK Shivakumar participated in the meeting. From Janata Dal (Secular), former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy and HD Revanna were present.

"Congress legislative party leader Siddaramaiah and DK Shivkumar have arranged the Chief Minister to request the central government to announce a special package of Rs 50,000 crore to Karnataka to fight coronavirus and also special packages requested for small and medium scale industries," said Siddaramaiah's media secretary.

Meanwhile, Yediyurappa has announced a special package for those involved in leather works, especially those who work on the roadside.

The special package has been announced for cobblers and leather workers, who work on the roadside.

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