Will you turn your Mutt into Mosque or Church: BJP MP asks seer

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August 28, 2017

Belagavi, Aug 28: BJP leader and Member of Parliament Suresh Angadi has triggered a controversy by asking Sri Siddarama Swami of Nagnur Rudrakshi Mutt whether the latter would turn the mutt into a mosque or a church.

The seer is spearheading an agitation seeking recognition to Lingayat religion. “Nagnur Mutt senior seer Sri Shiva Basava Swami baptised me when I was a child. He is no more now. All my life, my parents told me that I was a Hindu. I believed that I have lived according to my belief. But his junior Sri Siddarama Swami is now heading a movement to carve out Lingayatism as a religion, by dividing Hindus. If the Nagnur Mutt seer claims that he is not a Hindu, will he turn Nagnur Rudrakshi Mutt into a mosque or a church?” the MP asked.

He termed some Lingayat leaders as “vested interests who were trying to divide society, and were doing a disservice to Basaveshwara who had united 790 castes and sub-castes back in the 12th Century”.

Mr. Angadi reiterated that the rally to seek religion status in Belagavi on Tuesday was a Congress rally and not a Lingayat rally. “That is why I stayed away from it,” he said. It was the BJP that introduced Basaveshwara to the world. “We supported the efforts to put up Basaveshwara’s bust in London,” he said.

But the Congress is misleading the community and its leaders. It is a serious issue and all religious and political leaders should sit and discuss it before taking a decision, he said.

The MP maintained that he was a Hindu and asked the Nagnur seer to clarify whether he was a Hindu.

“But then, we are all Indians first. The BJP believes in the unity of all Indians, but the Congress does not. It has been dividing people on religious lines. The party was behind the agitations by Patels in Gujarat, Jats in Rajasthan and Marathas in Maharashtra. All this was because the Congress is trying to destabilise the country. Similarly, it is playing a political game in Karnataka, by provoking Lingayats to rise against the Union government,” he alleged.

He also alleged that Lingayat leaders who organised the rally in the Lingaraj College Grounds had given false information about the purpose of the convention. They said that it was for a convention and got permission to hold the rally, he said and clarified that he was not invited to the rally.

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wellwisher
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Monday, 28 Aug 2017

Sir,

Why these religious matters you are raising in assembly session... Mutt, Mandir ;Swamy and all religious matters should  be far way from your political goons hand. We don't want to see any political goons involement or intervention in such religious issue. There are well educated;qualified religious dignitaires to discuss and solve the matter. Your Israely policy will not work out in KARNATAKA. If have any capacity knowledge to  develop our state like Sir Bharat Ratna Visweshrayya then come in front and do. Or wearing KHADI and a Panga nama on your forehead will not change  qualified Kannadigas mind set.

So be Hushaar .

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February 21,2020

Bengaluru, Feb 21: The Supreme Court in its interim order on Thursday allowed the plea of the Karnataka government for implementation of the final award by a tribunal for sharing of water between Goa, Karnataka and Maharashtra from the Mahadayi river.

The interim order was passed by a bench comprising Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice Hemant Gupta after hearing the counsel from the three states. The bench said the final hearing in the matter will take place in July.

It also said the interim order is subject to the final outcome of the petitions filed by the three states against the tribunal's award.

The Mahadayi Water Dispute tribunal had passed the order on August 14, 2018, allocating 13.42 TMC ( Thousand Million Cubic Feet.) water (including 3.9 TMC for diversion into the depleted Malaprabha river basin) from the Mahadayi river basin to Karnataka.

Maharashtra was allotted 1.33 TMC water while Goa was given 24 TMC in the final decision of the tribunal. The UPA-2 government had constituted Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal in 2010.

Karnataka government, which has locked horns with the neighbouring Goa on the larger issue of sharing Mahadayi River water between both the states, had petitioned the tribunal seeking the release of 7.56 tmcft of water for the Kalasa-Banduri Nala project.

The Kalasa-Banduri Nala (diversion) project, which will utilise 7.56 tmcft of water from the inter-state Mahadayi river, is being undertaken by Karnataka to improve drinking water supply to the twin cities of Hubballi-Dharwad and the districts of Belagavi and Gadag.

It involves building barrages across Kalasa and Banduri, the tributaries of the Mahadayi River, to divert 7.56 tmc water to the Malaprabha river which fulfils the drinking water needs of the twin cities.

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June 24,2020

Mangaluru, Jun 24: An elderly woman who was tested positive for coronavirus yesterday, breathed her last at the designated covid hospital in the city today. 

The deceased 57-year-old woman from Ullal. Her final rites were held as per the guidelines issued by the district administration. 

According to sources, she was admitted to a private hospital in Thokkottu due to diarrhoea. She was treated in that hospital for eight days. 

Meanwhile, her throat swabs were sent for covid test. She received positive report yesterday. Hence she was shifted to covid hospital where she breathed her last without responding to treatment.

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June 24,2020

Bengaluru, June 24: City-based I Monetary Advisory (IMA), which duped thousands of families, mostly Muslims, in the name of halal investment, has become a bitter reality of "we were robbed by our own people". All the accused except its CEO Mohammad Mansoor Khan have been released on bail in this ponzi scam worth thousands of crores of rupees.

The scam has not only been investigated by SIT and CBI, but it has reverberated many times in the Assembly, corridors of power, and in the courts.

Around 80,000 investors are in trouble after the Monetary Advisory (IMA) scam came to light. Many investors have left this world, many families have split, many marriages have broken down and many have become unemployed, homeless, helpless and hapless. One of the senior IAS office, who had faced arrest in the scam, reportedly killed himself just a day ago.

It has been more than a year since this multi-billion scam came to light. But the affected families still do not see any ray of hope. The government, led by senior IAS officer Harsh Gupta, has set up a special competent authority to address investor grievances in the matter.

According to information provided by Harsh Gupta, investors have to be paid Rs 2,900 crore. But the value of the company's assets seized so far could be around Rs 450 crore. The process of auctioning the assets has not started yet. The authority has developed an online portal for submission of claim forms from investors. But the process of taking applications has not started yet. Syed Gulab, a social worker overseeing the case, says that after all the claim forms have been submitted, we will get a clear picture about the exact number of investors and the total amount of arrears. But this process may take a few more months to complete.

Senior journalist Maqbool Ahmed Siraj says that IMA has systematically deceived people in the name of halal investment through capital scheme. In 2006, Muhammad Mansoor Khan, a one-time small businessman, set up a company. He began to attract large number of investors by creating the greed for more profit among middle class and poor people.

By 2015, the company had received money from more than 12,000 investors and continued to pay monthly profits. By the time the company closed in 2019, 80,000 people had invested their hard-earned money here. In Bengaluru, the company expanded its reach by investing in two major gold showrooms, hospitals, schools, several medical stores, a publishing center, a supermarket, and real estate firm.

Mr Siraj says that Mansoor Khan and his team not only lured the poor and middle class to pursue their own interests but also created a favourable atmosphere for their so called business by winning the hearts of politicians, government officials, clerics, religious institutions and media.

Unsuspecting people invested their money in a bid to make more profit in less time. When the company stopped making profits and Mansoor Khan suddenly fled on June 9, 2019, the investors woke up the to the reality.

Apart from residents of Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka, people from Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra other states also have invested their money.

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