With polls in mind, govt to go all out to sell Siddaramaiah's schemes to people

May 13, 2017

Bengaluru, May 13: With less than a year to go for the Karnataka Assembly elections, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has begun to aggressively promote the schemes he has launched over the past four years keeping the rural masses as the focal point.

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The government has organised a public function ‘Soulabhya Vitaraneye Sambhrama’ (distribution of benefits is a celebration) in Chitradurga on May 13 to mark the completion of its four years in power. It is meant to remind people about what his government has done for them over the years. The party will bring workers from various districts to the programme where a few of them would turn into beneficiaries of the welfare schemes.

It has strategically chosen Chitradurga, which is reeling under severe drought, to send a message that it is empathising with people, in particular farmers. The government had announced that it was not inclined to celebrate the occasion because of drought. But finally, the chief minister, it seems, is in no mood to miss an opportunity to talk about his schemes and programmes.

Siddaramaiah, since he came to power in 2013, has mainly focused on implementing welfare schemes. And Ahinda (Kannada acronym for minorities, backward classes and Dalits) has been the priority of all five budgets he has presented. Now, efforts to consolidate his position have begun, sources in the party observed.

The Congress has decided to fight the next Assembly elections under Siddaramaiah’s leadership. The party high command is also likely to give him a lot of freedom in chalking out the election strategy — the way Amarinder Singh in Punjab fought the elections recently. Siddaramaiah has emerged stronger in the Congress after the party’s impressive victory in Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly byelections recently. But much depends on who would head the party in the election year.

If Siddaramaiah has to remain active and aggressive, then the party should be headed by a person of his choice, the party insiders said.

The chief minister has been claiming that of the 165 election promises his party made, 155 have been implemented. But many of those related to urban areas, especially Bengaluru, have remained unfulfilled.

For instance, the promise to improve governance in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike by dividing it into two or smaller corporations remains on paper. Besides, no major infrastructure project pertaining to easing traffic has been implemented.

Govt’s achievements according to CM

8 Bhagya schemes — Anna, Ksheera, Krishi, Vasati, Rajiv Arogya, Soura, Nirmala, Pashu — introduced.Indira Canteens in B’luru (yet to be opened).B’luru emerges as Startup Capital of India.Law preventing diversion of SC/ST welfare funds.Law to regularise land in favour of farm labourers.Setting up of Skill Development Department.Pension to widows of farmers who committed suicide.Launched Vidya Siri (students), Mansvini (women), Ksheeradhare (farmers) schemes.

Oppn’s charges against govt

Has not effectively handled droughtFailed to waive farm loans.Has not effectively handled PDS.Pro-minorities/Dalits.Law & Order situation has worsened.Corruption unabated; Lokayukta weakened.Failed to check illegal sand mining.Did not initiate big infrastructure projects.Unable to ensure ease of doing business.

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March 28,2024

Mangaluru, Mar 28: Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP has warned the individuals and political parties against the poll code violations during private events. 
 
“Private events such as marriages, birthdays, housewarming ceremonies, and other non-political programmes do not require any permission. However, one should ensure that there is no violation of the model code of conduct (MCC) at these functions. Permission is needed if the events are attended by politicians or candidates,” the DC said. 

He said that these gatherings will be under the surveillance of MCC teams, as there are chances of luring voters by campaigning and supplying food, said the DC. The district has 38,386 new voters, of which, 19,619 are men.

He said that the notification of election in Dakshina Kannada Lok Sabha constituency will be issued soon, and the filing of nominations will be held between 11 am and 3 pm till April 4. 

Only five persons, including the candidate, will be allowed to enter the returning officer’s chamber to submit the nominations. A facilitation centre will be opened at the DC’s office. 

The expenditure of the candidate will be counted from the day the candidate files the nomination.

The DC said that the district is not an expenditure-sensitive constituency. Assistant expenditure observers and expenditure observers will monitor the expenditure of the candidates. An expenditure book will be provided to the candidate to record expenditure incurred, he explained.

Further, he said that no election materials can be printed without the name and address of the publishers, and the number of copies printed. Separate permission should be availed for procession prior to the submission of nomination papers from the ARO office, through the single-window system.

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March 17,2024

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Beltangady, Mar 17: A three-year-old boy was crushed to death under the wheels of an auto-rickshaw in front of his house at Panakaje Mundadi in Belthangady taluk of Dakshina Kannada. 

The gut-wrenching tragedy took place on Saturday, March 16 morning when the boy ran out of home to the road. 

The victim has been identified as Kaushik, the son of Chandrashekhar and Usha couple. Their home is situated adjacent to the main road at Panakaje.

It is learnt that the auto-rickshaw failed to notice the boy who suddenly darted towards the road and hit him. 

Even though the injured boy was rushed to a private hospital in Ujire and later to Mangaluru, he breathed his last. 

The Beltangady traffic police have registered a case in connection with the incident.

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March 27,2024

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At least seven people have been killed when Israeli warplanes bombed an emergency center in southern Lebanon near the border with the 1948 Israeli-occupied territories with air-to-surface missiles, according to Lebanese security sources.

Two sources, speaking on condition of anonymity said early on Wednesday that the strike targeted the Islamic Group’s emergency and relief center in Lebanon’s southern village of Habbariyeh.

Jamaa Islamiya, a Lebanese group closely linked to the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, said in a statement that “a number” of people had been killed, and called the strike a “heinous crime.”

An official from the group said “seven rescuers” were killed in the aerial assault.

Another Jamaa Islamiya official, also requesting anonymity, said a dozen medical staff were in the emergency center at the time of the strike, adding that bodies were being pulled from the rubble.

Lebanese lawmaker Hassan Mrad said “the Israeli aggression on Habbariyeh adds to the long list of Israeli crimes.”

Israel has been launching air strikes against Lebanon since the beginning of its onslaught against the Gaza Strip in early October.

An Israeli strike knocked down part of a building in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatiyeh on February 14, killing seven members of the same family, including a child, Lebanon’s official National News Agency said. A boy initially reported missing was found alive under the rubble.

In a separate Israeli attack, a woman and her two children were killed in the village of as-Sawana in southern Lebanon.

The Israeli regime launched its devastating hostilities in the Gaza Strip on October 7 after the territory’s Hamas-led Palestinian resistance groups carried out a surprise retaliatory attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, against the occupying entity.

Israel's raids have resulted in retaliatory strikes from Hezbollah in support of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.

The movement has vowed to keep up its retaliatory operations as long as the Tel Aviv regime continues its onslaught on Gaza.

The Israeli campaign in Gaza has killed at least 32,414 people, most of them women and children. Another 74,787 individuals have also been wounded.

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