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JD(S) tears into Siddaramaiah-led govt with 15-point charge sheet

DHNS
April 30, 2018

Bengaluru, Apr 30: The JD(S) on Sunday released a 15-point charge sheet against the Congress, with party president H D Kumaraswamy launching a sharp attack against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for indulging in “devious” and “divisive” politics.

Demanding that Siddaramaiah stop targeting his political opponent and fight a ‘clean and fair’ elections, Kumaraswamy raised several questions about the Congress’ conduct in the last five years.

Though the ruling party has tried to camouflage its wrongdoings by misusing the state power, the JD(S) would expose the party’s misdeeds through the charge sheet, he said.

Questioning the Congress’s secular credentials, Kumaraswamy said that the party’s intent had been revealed after it decided to split the Lingayat community. Calling out the Congress’ “appeasement” politics, Kumaraswamy charged that the party continued to use the Muslim community merely as a vote bank.

The party had also failed to protect proponents of secularism like M M Kalburgi and Gauri Lankesh, he said.

The Congress had not only rendered the Lokayukta toothless to safeguard its own interests, but had also not ensured the safety of Lokayukta Justice Vishwanath Shetty, he added.

Attacking Siddaramaiah for “dividing” the JD(S), Kumaraswamy charged that the Congress leader had poached the regional party MLAs to further his politics. The chief minister had also resorted to misusing the Speaker’s office.

With leaders like K C Venugopal, who is accused of rape, at the forefront of party affairs, the party has no moral right to insist that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should speak up on the Kathua and Unnao rape cases, he said.

Kumaraswamy said that the party’s intent to siphon off money to the Congress high command had become apparent through the controversial steel bridge project and the discovery of suspicious entries in MLC Govindaraju’s diary. 

The charge sheet also highlighted hooliganism by party leaders like Hungund MLA Vijayanand Kashappanavar, minister Vinay Kulkarni, Mohammed Nalapad Haris and Siddaramaiah’s close aides like MLA Byrathi Basavaraj.

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April 29,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 29: As many as 11 more people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours in Karnataka, said the State's Health Department on Wednesday.

According to an official statement, 11 new COVID-19 positive cases were reported from 5 pm on April 28 to 5 pm on April 29.

"With this, the total number of positive coronavirus cases in the state has mounted to 534, of which 20 deaths have been reported and 215 people have recovered," added the statement.

Of 20 coronavirus patients who died, one death was due to the non-COVID cause, the statement further said.

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April 27,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 27: A 50-year old coronavirus patient allegedly committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of a hospital building here on Monday, police said.

The patient jumped from the trauma ward of the Victoria Hospital, a senior police official said.

According to hospital sources, the man, who was admitted with acute respiratory problem on Friday, was also suffering from kidney problems.

This morning, he jumped off the fifth floor of the building, they said.

Further investigations are on, police said.

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March 23,2020

Kasaragod, Mar 23: The district administration on Monday decided to abandon efforts to map out the movement details of the NRI who came from Dubai recently and came into contact with many in North Kerala.

The district has been completely locked down since Monday morning, on the directive of the Central Government. Prohibitory orders have been slapped in the district since Sunday night to restrict socialisation of the people.

As the person now in isolation have allegedly been non-cooperative, the authorities were finding it difficult to sketch out a rote map as his movement and socialisation has been so vast and wide since his arrival here on March 12.

The middle aged and popular NRI who landed at Karipur airpprt on March 11 had been in Calicut till midnight prior to boarding the Maveli Express to make it to his hometown Kasaragod, which is 160 kms away from Calicut. He had come into contact with very many, including two MLAs of the district, prior to getting tested positive and getting isolated in the hospital.

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