‘335 girls went missing from Dakshina Kannada in 3 years'

Belgaum, Nov 27: The Legislature Committee on Women and Child Welfare in its report has sought a high-level inquiry into the large number of girls going missing from?Dakshina Kannada district during the last three years.

The report of the committee headed by Congress MLA?T Shakuntala Shetty was tabled in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. The report reveals that as many as 335 girls went missing from Dakshina Kannada district alone during the last three years and the local police had failed to investigate the matter.

The committee said all the incidents of suicide, murder, rape, kidnapping and atrocities committed against women in the district should be probed. A toll-free helpline facility for women and senior citizens should be extended throughout the State, it has recommended.

The panel has taken exception to funds remaining unutilised in various labour welfare boards, including the Karnataka State Labour Welfare Board, Karnataka Construction?Workers' Labour Welfare Board, among others. It has stated that the Labour department has not put in any efforts to get members registered to the welfare boards. Lapses in the functioning of the department had been pointed out by a previous legislature committee.

However, the department had taken no steps to rectify the lapses, the panel stated. It has also suggested amendments to the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation)?Act for effective implementation of the legislation.

The Committee has recommended that licences of drug stores selling substandard medicines should be cancelled and criminal cases be booked against their owners. The committee, in an inspection drive, found poor quality medicines in several shops in 10 districts, the report stated.

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JD(S) leader G T Devegowda backs CM Siddaramaiah in MUDA row, taunts HDK

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October 4,2024

Mysuru: Chairman of JD(S) core committee and Chamundeshwari constituency MLA G T Devegowda on Thursday expressed his solidarity with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah saying the latter need not resign, while lambasting leaders of his own party and alliance partner BJP, including Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy.

In his speech during Mysuru Dasara inauguration he said that if persons against whom FIR is registered have to resign, many leaders from all the three parties, including Opposition Leader R Ashoka, will have to resign.

“All are sitting in glass houses... Since I know Siddaramaiah well, I am talking about him. At a time when mines and real estate are ruling politics, Siddaramaiah has survived in politics. He has never done any favour,” Devegowda said.

He added, “Allegations against Siddaramaiah are unexpected and accidental. If the Governor and Chief Justice order an investigation, it does not mean that he should resign."

He continued, asking, "Have they told Siddaramaiah to resign or have they asked to imprison him? When a person becomes a Central minister, he or she should realise their dignity and responsibility. Instead of recognising the good work done by Siddaramaiah, they ask him to resign. Will Kumarswamy (facing an FIR) resign? Should Siddaramaiah, who has become CM with a support of 135 MLAs, resign?"

"Opposition leaders are not remembering the good work of earlier CMs Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Veerendra Patil, Ramakrishna Hegde, H D Deve Gowda or S M Krishna. Karnataka is a model state. It is a bad trend to topple an elected government which is doing good work,” he further said.

Devegowda added, “Siddaramaiah is Goddess Chamundeshwari’s ‘Varaputra’ and hence has her blessings during tough times. He won the election in Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, when the BJP-JD(S) government was in power in 2006. With the blessings of the Goddess, he has held varied positions right from becoming an MLA for the first time in 1983. He presented 15 budgets and has become CM for a second time. He took H C Mahadevappa, a Dalit leader to the state level. Siddaramaiah has the support of Deputy CM D K Shivakumar as ‘Jodeththu’. Blessings of the beneficiaries of guarantee schemes are with him (Siddaramaiah).”

Siddaramaiah said, “Devegowda was a MUDA member. He knows the truth. Hence, he is saying this. His words have filled strength in me. ‘Satyameva Jayate’, Truth will always triumph.”

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