Karnataka polls last opportunity to end politics of hate: Shashi Tharoor

DHNS
May 6, 2018

Bengaluru, May 6: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday termed the May 12 Assembly elections the last opportunity to end the politics of hatred even as he slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for spreading ‘unpleasant propaganda’ about Bengaluru.

“Calling Bengaluru with names like garbage city and sin city is an insult to people. The city and its people must be above petty politics. People deserve support of the central government, not insult,” Tharoor told a press conference here.

The Thiruvananthapuram MP gave full marks to the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government. “There’s clearly a positive spirit, and it’s time to reward the government for its performance. For the first time in decades, a government has completed its full term and has delivered on its promises.”

Tharoor targeted Modi over the ‘recklessly irresponsible demonetisation’ which he said was a bad idea, badly implemented. He added that the GST was a good idea, but badly implemented. “The Karnataka government is a lodestar of good economic management.”

He said the Karnataka elections is the last opportunity to help continue the momentum of ‘forces of freedom and progress.’

AICC spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said there was not a single achievement of the BJP that Modi could showcase in Karnataka.

Singhvi laid out statistics to claim that Karnataka topped in terms of investments, manufacturing, IT exports and that the state was ahead of BJP-ruled states in key health, education indicators. “On every single important criterion, BJP-ruled states perform the worst, yet Modi has the sheer audacity to spew lies and say that BJP states perform better than Congress-ruled Karnataka.”

'Tipu must be praised'

Shashi Tharoor hailed erstwhile Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan, when asked about the Government of Pakistan’s tweet on Friday to mark his death anniversary.  “Tipu is a hero to some and villain to some. He fought the British and also raided other kingdoms. The Congress’ stand is that Tipu did things that should be recognized and praised,” he told reporters. Tipu is a controversial figure with historians divided on his image. The BJP had opposed the Congress government’s decision to celebrate Tipu Jayanti. “Let the BJP dwell in the past. The Congress wants to focus on the future.”

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April 16,2020

Hubballi, Apr 16: Police have seized a vehicle carrying nine members of a family from Dharwad for misusing the travel pass issued by the district administration in Narendra Village and sent them for Quarantine.

Deputy SP Ravi Nayak and his team stopped the vehicle at Narendra village, in the outskirts of the city and found out that they were from Uppina Betagiri village returning from a wedding function using government pass issued for medical reasons.

The police seized the vehicle and sent them to KIMS hospital for a medical check-up. Their swab samples have been collected and sent for testing. The police have asked them to go for a compulsory home quarantine for 14 days.

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March 4,2020

Vijayapura, Mar 4: Despite strict measures to prevent any kind of embarrassing incidents during II PU board exams, the first three pages of Physics question paper was doing rounds on social media within an hour of commencement.

According to sources, “after removing the question papers from the sealed paper envelope, one of the supervisors is suspected to have taken photographs of it and circulated to the various social networking sites and Whatsapp. In an hour it spread across the district and the incident is said to be happened at Shanteshwar Pre-University College at Indi town.”

As many as 27,359 students were enrolled for the PU Board exams and among them 7,984 students have registered for Science. On the first-day, Physics for Science and History for Arts examinations were held in 41 centres of the district.

Confirming the question papers are being circulated over social networking applications, Deputy Commissioner YS Patil told TNIE that: “According to the Karnataka Education Act 24 (a) it cannot be considered as the question paper leak.”

“Even we have contacted the head office of the PU Board they also collecting the primary details denied to claim it as question paper leak. However, a committee will investigate and will also visit the college in the earliest. If any of the supervisors found guilty an action will be initiated against them. It is not a question paper leak instead it might be lapse of duty from the supervisors and investigation will be made,” stated DC Patil.

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April 24,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 24: The Karnataka Health Department is likely to shift the 119 accused in Padarayanapura violence to Bengaluru's Haj Bhavan from Ramnagar Jail.

This comes after two accused out of 121, who were shifted to Ramnagar jail, tested positive for coronavirus. They have been shifted to Victoria Hospital.

A ruckus erupted in Padarayanapura on Sunday allegedly over the shifting of 15 secondary contacts of corona positive patients to a quarantine facility by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials.

Padarayanapura is recognised as a 'red zone'. When BBMP officials went to shift the suspected COVID-19 patients, some people created a ruckus, broke a barricade and removed the police post in the area.

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