Yeddyurappa hosts lunch to 102 Dalits at his house, gifts them sarees, dhoties

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August 29, 2017

Bengaluru, Aug 29: An elated Shobha showed off her shining new red saree. “I’ve been walking around wearing old sarees. I have a new one now, ” she said. The 57-year-old woman from Hubballi was among 102 Dalits who had lunch with BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa at his posh Dollars Colony home here on Monday.

The Dalit families Yeddyurappa hosted were those whose homes he visited for breakfast and lunch during his Jan Sampark Abhiyan between May and June this year. Not only did Yeddyurappa personally serve them lunch, he also gave away parting gifts - two pairs of sarees for women and two pairs of dhoti-shalya and shirts for men.

Dalits make up one of the largest chunks of voters. Even the Congress and JD(S) are drawing up plans to reach out to them ahead of the 2018 Assembly polls.

“I have specific plans for the upliftment of the marginalised communities. I will tell you what they are once I return to power,” Yeddyurappa told the Dalit families. “My visit to your homes is afresh in my eyes. Many homes didn’t have proper kitchens and rooms. Still, you invited me despite facing opposition. I will never forget it.”

Hitting out at Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President G Parameshwara for criticising his outreach effort, Yeddyurappa said: “I want to ask them, have you invited Dalits to your home? Have you visited Dalit mohallas? There is an awakening among Dalits now and they will teach the Congress a lesson.”

The families were accompanied by some Dalit faces of the BJP - former ministers Govind M Karjol and A Narayanaswamy, legislator D Veeraiah, former IAS officer Shivaram and party state general secretary N Ravi Kumar.

Transportation arranged

BJP district units were made responsible to ensure travel arrangement of the Dalit families and ensure they reached Yeddyurappa’s Dollar Colony home on Monday morning. Post lunch, two buses were arranged to take the families on a tour of the Vidhana Soudha, ISKCON temple, Cubbon Park and Lalbagh. “Four-fifths of the families have never visited Bengaluru,” Yeddyurappa said.

Dalit seer Madara Chennaiah Swami from Chitradurga was also present. “Contrary to popular belief, Dalits face atrocities at the hands of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and not Veerashaiva Lingayats or Vokkaligas,” he said.

“Senior IAS officer Ratna Prabha was not made Chief Secretary. Who was responsible for that,” he asked.

Comments

TR
 - 
Tuesday, 29 Aug 2017

ಮಾಡಿದ ಪಾಪ ಪರಿಹಾರ ಕೋಸ್ಕರ ಯಾಹ್ತ್ನಿಸುತಿದ್ದರಾಯ್.

 

ಯೆಡ್ಯೂರಪ್ಪ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಕಲಾ ಮಿಂಚಿ ಹೋಗಿದ್ಯ ಯಾವದಾದ್ರು ಮಠ ನೋಡ್ಕೊಳ್ಳಿ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ.

Raghav
 - 
Tuesday, 29 Aug 2017

There is an untouchability complaint against BJP chief and former CM BS Yeddyurappa. The complainant has said that though he posed to be eating at a Dalit home, the fact is that the food was from a hotel and not the one prepared by the Dalit family. A Dalit has filed a complaint with Mandya district police against Yedurappa. Yedurappa has been accused of practising untouchability.

ali
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Tuesday, 29 Aug 2017

YAddis drama for just vote bank>>> just see his cunning face haha fraud number 1

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May 19,2020

Bengaluru, May 19: Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has begun booking of tickets from May 18. Ticket counters have been opened after implementation of new guidelines for the fourth phase of COVID-19 nationwide lockdown.

People seeking to travel can book the tickets through KSRTC booking counters, authorised franchises booking counters and online, mobile booking, according to a release.

The advanced booking has started for Bengaluru-Shivamogga, Bengaluru-Mysuru, Bengaluru-Mangaluru routes, among others.

Bookings can be made upto 30 days in advance, as per the release.

Amid COVID-19, Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation has restricted the operation services of the bus between 7 AM to 7 PM, said the release.

Passengers are permitted to travel with social distancing measures while the transport corporation will follow the standard operating procedure issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The MHA had issued updated guidelines after the implementation of the fourth phase of nationwide lockdown on May 17th.

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Kasaragod, Apr 1: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday announced a special action plan for Kasargod district where more people testing positive to the Coronovirous.

"The northern most district of the State has become the hot bed of Coronavirus infection with the maximum number of positive cases confirmed in Kerala," the Chief Minister told a press conference at the Government Secretariat.

“A special action plan will be implemented in Kasargod. Currently, Kasargod district has the maximum number of positive cases and also the highest number of people under hospital observation. Data from the panchayats in the district will be used to test people with symptoms and also to identify people in contact with them," he said.

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April 25,2020

Mangaluru, Apr 25: The Kasturba medical college hospital at Manipal in Udupi district has decided to resume normal outpatient department services for all specialities from Monday.

In a release, hospital medical superintendent Avinash Shetty said the services will be made available from 8.30 am to 1 pm.

The services had been suspended in view of the nationwide lockdown.

Those visiting the hospital should visit the temporary screening kiosk set up outside the hospital, from where they will be shifted to the respective departments.

Mask is essential for all patients and their attenders.

Only one attender is allowed along with a patient.

Doctor's consultation through telemedicine service is also available from 9 am to 4 pm.

Trauma and emergency services will function as usual, the release said.

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