Cong leaders lack courage to fight discrimination against Dalits'

August 16, 2011

Mangalore, August 16: Dissatisfaction of the participants was clearly visible at the DK District Congress SC/ST Cell meet due to a delayed start and a rushed conclusion of the meeting at DK District Congress Office here on Tuesday.

Dalit representatives of the Party, who had attended the meeting from various parts of the District, were discontented at the haste exhibited by the senior Congress leaders. “I have travelled over 80 kilometres for this meet. There is no point in attending if they conclude the meet abruptly without giving us a chance to express our opinions”, a Dalit member of the party complained.

Janardhan Chantimar, President, Bantwal Block Congress SC/ST Cell questioned the leaders present in the meeting about how many Dalit leaders have grown in the Congress party. Referring to Padmanabha Naringana, President, Dakshin Kannada Congress SC/ST cell, he said, though Padmanabha has served the Congress longer than the prominent leaders in the district, he is still ignored.

Stating that discrimination has not stopped even after independence, he said: “Congress leaders lack courage to fight against the continued discrimination against Dalits and minorities by some organisations in the district”.

Presiding over the meeting, N Manjunath, President, Karnataka State Congress SC/ST cell reminded the gathering about the benefits the party has provided for the oppressed classes of society.

He lamented about the disinterest exhibited by the former Chief Minister Yeddyurappa in forming a vigilance committee to solve the problems endured by the Dalits. He was critical against the fake caste certificate issue and demanded the government to dismiss the officials who had issued them.

Mangalore MLA U T Khader and senior Congress leaders of the district Ivan D'souza and P V Mohan also addressed the gathering.

Ibrahim Kodijal, Vice President, Dakshina Kannada District Congress, Appi, Vice President, Dakshina Kannada Congress SC/ST cell, Mamatha Gatti, President, Dakshina Kannada Mahila Congress were present among others in the meeting.

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Covid-19: Karnataka police raids 120 shops black marketing food grains

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April 15,2020

Bengaluru, Apr 15: Police on Wednesday conducted surprise raids at nearly 120 shops in Bengaluru following complaints of black marketing and sale of foodgrains above the MRP rate.

Sandip Patil, Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime, Bengaluru in a tweet said that action has been initiated against these shopkeepers.

Though the government has maintained the supply chain of essential items, few shopkeepers have used the lockdown opportunity to charge higher prices for essential items.

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Need tough punishment.

Instead of helping with lesser price, troubling the people. These are cruels.

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Shettar warns officials of strict action over bribe

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January 5,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 5: Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shettar warned of strict action against officers who demand bribe from farmers while acquiring land.

Mr Shettar, who paid a surprise visit to defense, aerospace hi-tech industry layout in Haraluru, Devanahalli in Bengaluru Rural district, warned the officials who demand a bribe for sanctioning compensation funds.

He said, 'Lands have been acquired from farmers for the development of the industrial area. It's the duty of state government to provide compensation to these farmers. Complaints must be registered against officials who demand a bribe for functioning compensation funds.'

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Karnataka flower vendor shocked after Rs 30 cr credited to wife's account

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February 6,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 6: A flower vendor from Channapatna town in Karnataka got a shock of his life when he found a credit of Rs 30 crore in his wife's bank account. This happened when Syed Malik Burhan was struggling to meet expenses for a medical emergency in the family.

According to reports, bank officials knocked on his doors on December 2 asking him to explain how the money came to his account.

"On December 2, they came searching our house. They only said a huge amount has been deposited in my wife's (Rehana) account and then asked me to come to the Bank along with my wife carrying Aadhaar card," Mr Burhan said.

He claimed that the Bank staff sought to exert pressure on him to sign on a document but he refused. Mr Burhan recalled that he had purchased a saree through an online portal following which he received a call seeking his bank details which, he was told, were needed as he had won a car.

"Since then, we are running from pillars to post to find out how the money came to our account. We had only Rs 60 but suddenly such huge money came, which we are unable to understand," said Mr Burhan.

Mr Burhan said he had lodged a complaint with the Income Tax department, which he claimed was not keen on investigating it initially. Based on his complaint, the Channapatna town police in Ramanagara district registered a case of forgery and impersonation under the IPC besides the Information Technology Act for cheating and impersonation on January nine.

According to police, there were many financial transactions, which Mr Burhan may be unaware of. "We are trying to find out what these transactions mean. We will arrest whoever is behind it. We will not spare them," said a police officer in Channapatna.

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