MLC Veena shocked as Cong leader grabs her hand in full public view

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August 19, 2017

Madikeri, Aug 19: A video of Congress MLC S Veena Achaiah pushing away the hand of Kodagu district Congress committee former president TP Ramesh who tried to hold her hand during the Independence Day celebrations here, has gone viral creating a new controversy.

Achaiah said her family was hurt by Ramesh’s actions and condemned his "mean mentality".  Achaiah said her family, after watching the video clipping on news channels, asked her and she was ashamed to narrate the incident.

"He may talk of having brotherly feel ings for me, but what he has done in full public view is not brotherly and only condemnable. I have informed KPCC chief G Parameshwara and working president Dinesh Gundu Rao. I will raise the issue at the district party meeting on Saturday,'' she said.

Meanwhile, Achaiah's native village Makkanduru is enraged by the incident, and Makkanduru Kodava Samaj president Napanda Ravi Kalappa said they will orga nize a protest against Ramesh.

 On his part, Ramesh admitted to holding her hand and described Achaiah as his sister."Veena Achaiah and I are from the same district, and she is like my sister. We were only discussing health issues. Recently, I had undergone treatment at the Dharmasthala naturopathy centre, and suggested that she go there too. She underwent therapy and we were meeting for the first time on Independence Day."

Ramesh said he casually asked her about her experience at the naturopathy centre, and touched her hand as a gesture of brotherly affection.

"I agree that she lifted my hand from her hand. My intention was not to touch her inappropriately. The video is being shared to defame me and I will not hesitate to apologize if it has hurt her family," he added.

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January 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 5: BJP leader and Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa once again blamed the Congress of creating 'confusion' among the Muslim community over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act-2019 while launching a door to door campaign to dispel such rumors.

Yediyurappa was on a door-to-door campaign to make people aware of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and to allay their fears.

"Unnecessarily, the members of Congress are creating confusion among the Muslim community. I assure you that not a single Muslim will be affected because of CAA," said B. S. Yediyurappa.

"Almost all previous Prime Ministers have supported it, now Congress is creating a problem so as to create confusion among Muslims. That's why we are out on the door-to-door campaign," he said.

The Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, seeks to grant Indian citizenship to Hindu, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist and Parsi refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh and who entered India on or before December 31, 2014.

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U may confuse people with such statements but WE MUSLIMS, DALITS and some of our other HINDU Brothers are not in any Confusion on the chronology of NPR, CAA and NCR..  WE are firm that we will never allow you to go ahead with these discriminatining laws

 People are NOT FOOLS to believe all your JUMLAS

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January 11,2020

Shivamogga, Jan 11: Members of Karnataka Congress women's wing staged a protest in Shivamogga on Friday against the rise in onion prices and domestic LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) cylinders.

As a mark of protest, the demonstrators wore garlands made of onions, drew rangoli on the road and cooked food with firewood. The protestors also carried posters comparing the price of cylinders in Congress and BJP-led government in the Centre.

The price of non-subsidised LPG was hiked by Rs 19 per cylinder from January 1, 2020.

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July 17,2020

Lukung, Jul 17: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday assured that not an inch of our land can be taken by any power in the world while he interacted with the Indian Army and ITBP personnel at Lukung.

Referring to the India-China border standoff, he said, "Talks are underway to resolve the border dispute but to what extent it can be resolved I cannot guarantee. I can assure you, not one inch of our land can be taken by any power in the world."

Emphasising on finding a diplomatic solution to the standoff, he further said, "If a solution can be found by talks, there is nothing better."
"Recently what happened between troops of India and China at PP14, how some of our personnel sacrificed their lives protecting our border. I am happy to meet you all but also saddened because of their loss. I pay my tributes to them," he added.

Singh interacted with the Army and Paramilitary troops here along with Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General MM Naravane.

Earlier today, the Defence Minister witnessed para dropping and scoping weapons here. He also inspected a Pika machine gun.

Indian Army T-90 tanks and BMP infantry combat vehicles carried out the exercise at Stakna, Leh in presence of Singh, Chief of Defence Staff and Army Chief.

Defence Minister is on a two-day visit to Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir. He will take stock of the situation at both the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the Line of Control (LOC).

While Pakistan constantly violates ceasefire from across the LoC, China has continued to intrude into Indian territory in Ladakh region in recent past, escalating tensions between India and its eastern neighbour.

On June 15, twenty Indian soldiers laid out their lives during combat with Chinese forces in Galwan valley, leading to tensions between both nations. Chinese soldiers subsequently started moving back following dialogues between two countries through the military level and diplomatic level.

Singh was accompanied by the Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief General MM Naravane.

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