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Can Jayaprakash Hegde be JDS-Cong candidate from Udupi-Ckm in 2019?

coastaldigest.com web desk
December 8, 2018

Udupi, Dec 8: Speculations are rife in political circles that former minister K Jayaprakash Hegde, who is currently lodged in Bharatiya Janata Party, may migrate to Janata Dal (Secular), if the ruling party of Karnataka assures him of ticket from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Mr Hegde, who was elected to the parliament in 2012 bypoll to Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency as a Congress candidate, later lost the constituency to BJP’s Shobha Karandlaje in 2014 general polls.

He joined the saffron party in March 2017, almost one and a half year after he was expelled from the Congress for contesting the state legislative council polls as a rebel candidate. Prior to becoming an MP, he was elected thrice to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Brahmavara constituency and served as minister holding various portfolios.

Sources say that Mr Hegde is not happy with the way BJP leaders treating him for past one and a half year. Though Mr Hegde, has not publicly expressed his dissatisfaction so far, sources say that he has been silently working towards taking a big step ahead of looming Lok Sabha polls.

On the other hand, chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, who wants to strengthen JD(S) in coastal Karnataka, is also reportedly considering to welcome Mr Hegede, who has a large number of supporters in the region.

JD(S) requires green signal from Congress before fielding any candidate in 2019 polls if the two parties formally enter a seat sharing agreement. Congress may face rebellion from its local leaders in Udupi and Chikkamagaluru districts if it allows JD(S) to field candidate in the constituency, where regional party is currently in third position after BJP and Congress.

If BJP agrees to field Mr Hegde from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru constituency, both Congress and JD(S) may face a tough challenge. However, political pundits believe that BJP may think twice before finalising candidate as it has to give priority to “original” Hindutva leaders over “migrants” to avoid rebellion within the party.

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Kannadiga
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Saturday, 8 Dec 2018

South Kanara not require such indecent multi tangue politicians. This fellow is misues our voting right.Keep on changing his colour like chameleon. 

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July 14,2020

Mangaluru / Dammam, July 14: As many as 180 NRIs from Karnataka who were stranded in Saudi Arabia amid Covid 19 crisis today reached their home country by a flight charted by a Jubail based company KMT.

The Indigo flight carrying 174 adult passengers and 6 infants took off from King Fahad Airport, Dammam at 6:30 a.m. and landed at Mangaluru International Airport at 1:30 p.m.

Pregnant women, people with serious ailments and those who lost jobs are among the passengers. KMT has provided free ticket for some of the passengers who were in dire need of support.

KMT is a company which is head quartered in Jubail, Saudi Arabia was formed by natives of Addoor, Dakshin Kannada -  Shoukath, Abdul Razaq, Siddique and Abdul Rahman.

The CEO of KMT, Mr. Abdul Razaq has thanked Dr. Arathi Krishna, former president of KNRI Forum for her support to KMT in chartering flight.

He has also has expressed his gratitude to D.K district administration, director of SACO  company Mr. Althaf Ullal and KMT operation Manager Mr. Sadiq Ahmed and his team for their cooperation.

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February 9,2020

Mangaluru, Feb 9: A youth, native of Dakshina Kannada, was kidnapped and later robbed and then abandoned by a group of criminals, after he landed at the Karipur International Airport in Kerala early on Sunday morning.

In a complaint filed with the Kondotty police, the victim identified as Abdul Nazar Shamsad, said he was kidnapped while he was travelling in a shared auto from the airport to Calicut town. The kidnappers took him to an unknown destination where they tortured him.

Shamshad was reportedly subjected to physical assault and was asked to hand over the gold that he carried with him. It is learnt that the kidnappers had mistaken the youth for a gold smuggler and tortured him in order to get hold of the smuggled gold. They also stole his money and documents before abandoning him.

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April 16,2020

Madikeri, Apr 16: A man from Ketumotte in Virajpet, who was cured of COVID-19 and returned to his home, has again been admitted to the hospital, following a complaint of fever, on Wednesday noon.

The man, who voluntarily got admitted to the hospital, is being treated in the isolation ward of the Covid-19 hospital. His throat swab and blood samples have been sent for testing. The report is likely to be out by Thursday morning.

After getting discharged from the hospital on April 7, he was home quarantined. After a week, he developed fever again. The person has not moved out of his house and the people need not fear, said Deputy Commissioner Annies Kanmani Joy.

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