Togadia promises Ram temple in two years, blasts Cong for saffron jibe

January 2, 2011

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Mangalore, January 2: Hardline Sangh Parivar leader Pravin Togadia on Sunday lashed out at Congress leaders including P Chidambaram, Rahul Gandhi and Digvijay Singh for their “support to Islamic terrorism” and declared that the Hindu organizations will build a grand Ram Mandir at Ayodhya within two years.

Addressing the Hindu Samajotsava here at Nehru Maidan, in his characteristically aggressive speech, Mr Togadia singled out Chidambaram for criticism and asked if the Union Home Minister was contesting the next election from Lahore instead of Tamil Nadu. "Is Chidambaram the Home Minister of India or is he the Home Minister of Pakistan?", the fire-brand orator asked in his inimitable style.

Lashing out at Chidambaram for his recent criticism of “saffron terrorism”, the international general secretary of the Vishwa Hindu Parishat claimed that not even a single Hindu has been convicted of terrorist offences in the country while more than 50 Muslims have been sentenced of the offence.

He then turned his ire at Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi, and said, if he is so worried about growing Hindu terrorism in the country why doesn't he migrate to his ancestral country Italy?

Mr Togadia also took exception to another Congress leader Digvijay Singh's statement on the killing of Hemanth Karkare and wanted to know if he was the brother of the Pakistanis who attacked Mumbai 26/11?

He also blasted “Shaithani Jihadi Musalman” in his rhetorical speech and warned that if the surge of Jihadis was not checked, it will lead to creation of more Pakistans in Assam, West Bengal and Kerala.

“In 1940s Jihadis resolved in Rawalpindi that they wanted a separate Pakistan. Today Gilani is saying Kashmir should be given independence. Today there may be just one party with the name Muslim League. But are one dozen political party league which is supporting Jihadis. While thousands of soldiers are being killed in Kashmir every day, the government is talking of giving jobs to the family of the slain terrorists,” Togadia said.

Amid roaring screams of Jai Sri Ram, Mr Togadia said, the Jihadis will be swept away in the waters of Ganga and Yamuna and said the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya will ensure that there will not be any more Mohammed Ali Jinnahs in the country.

“We demolished the mosque on December 6, 1992 because we wanted to guarantee that no more Babars are born in the country,” he claimed.

In his Hindu speech, punctuated repeatedly with roars of Vande Mataram and Jai Sri Ram, Mr Togadia spit venom at Muslims and claimed that the construction of Ram Mandir at Ayodhya will herald a new beginning and will pave the way to construct Ram Mandirs at Lahore and Rawalpindi in the years to come.

“One day we will also fly the saffron flags in Lahore and Kandahar. We will take revenge for the oppression meted out on Hindus for centuries,” he thundered.

On the construction of Ram temple he said it would be built within two years after the final clearance was given.

“In 1989 we had collected 8 crores through bricks. We had deposited the money in a nationalized bank. Now the fund has grown to 24 crores. We have kept the pillars and other carvings ready. We are confident of completing the construction within two years,” he said and claimed that the Hindu community does not want Ram Mandir to be built as a result of some people's generosity or through compromise. “This is the fight to protect country,” he said.

He ended his speech with slogans of “Ramlalla ham aayenge, Mandir vahin banayenge” and "Bharat hindu rashtr hai, yahi hamara kam hai”.

The event which has created lot of anxiety among the Mangaloreans ended peacefully, with district administration making massive security arrangements.

Dr P Dayananda Pai, Chairman, Century Builders, Bangalore presided over. Vishwesha Theertha, Seer of Pejavara Mutt, Ramananda Swamy of Kolya, Gurudevananda Swamy of Odiyoor, Rajashekharanda Swamy of Gurupura, KS Nithyananda of Chikmagalur and Rani Chandakantha of VHP were present on the dais.

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May 26,2020

Bengaluru, May 26: After Yogi Adityanath said that no state can take manpower from Uttar Pradesh without his government's permission, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar on Tuesday termed the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister's move as "unconstitutional" and "against the right to freedom of movement."

"Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's move to restrict hiring people of Uttar Pradesh is unconstitutional and goes against the right to freedom of movement. Mr Yogi, please note that UP is not the private property of your govt. The people of Uttar Pradesh don't need your government's permission to work anywhere in India," Shivakumar tweeted.

"Mr Yogi doesn't understand the basic rules of governance in a democracy. Such actions lack common sense and will only make the people of Uttar Pradesh suffer more. When it's convenient for BJP, it's One Nation, when it's not, it's different states and different people. Heights of hypocrisy," he added.

Adityanath had on Monday said that the state government will provide social security and insurance to labourers and no state can take manpower from Uttar Pradesh without his government's permission.

"If any state wants manpower, they cannot take our people from the state without our permission as there were reports of misbehaviour with them in other states. We are taking full responsibility for labourers' social security. We will provide every kind of security to them including insurance. Wherever they will go, we will always stand by them," Yogi said.

The Chief Minister said that skill mapping is being done in Uttar Pradesh and a commission will be set up for labourers to ensure employment for them.

On Sunday, Adityanath had ordered the formation of a 'Migration Commission' for the purpose of providing the workers, who have returned to the state during the lockdown phase, with employment suited to their skills.

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March 19,2020

Kodagu, Mar 19: One more person has tested positive for coronavirus in Kodagu on Thursday, taking the tally of confirmed cases in the state to 15.

The man has a travel history to Saudi Arabia.

"One person has tested positive for #COVID19 in Kodagu today; he has travel history to Saudi Arabia. He is being treated in an isolation hospital. Total number of positive cases reaches 15 in the state," said B Sriramulu, Karnataka Health Minister.

A total of 169 positive cases of coronavirus have been reported in India so far, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday.

Globally, the virus has infected more than 184,000 people and killed more than 7500, as per the data available on the World Health Organisation website.

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May 3,2020

Bengaluru, May 3: Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa requested his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray to release six TMC water from his state's reservoirs to rivers in Karnataka to meet acute drinking water shortage in North Karnataka.

Yediyurappa pointed out that the North Karnataka districts, namely Belagavi, Vijayapura, Bagalkot, Kalaburagi, Yadagiri and Raichur are facing acute shortage of drinking water due to onset of summer during early days of March this year.

"I request you to kindly direct the concerned authorities to release 3 TMC of water from Warna/Koyna reservoirs to Krishna river and 3 TMC of water from Ujjaini reservoir to Bhima river on humanitarian grounds for drinking purpose," Yediyurappa said in his letter.

He reminded Thackeray that even in the past the Maharashtra government had released water from its reservoirs to meet the drinking water needs of both human beings and livestock in drought-affected areas of Karnataka.

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