Mangalore: BJP stages stir against ban on areca

January 2, 2014

Mangalore, Dec 2: District Committee of Bharatiya Janata Party staged a protest against the proposed ban on areca.

The protesters took out a massive rally from Jyoti Circle to Deputy Commissioner's office on Thursday and organized a public meet.

Former chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda addressing the protesters said that the Congress government which has failed to even table the Gorakh Singh Committee report in the parliament, has let down the areca growers.

The Congress government has also withdrawn the team of senior advocates appointed by the BJP government.

“There are 12 main areas across the nation where areca is being grown. A romping 65 per cent of the total areca production of the country comes from Karnataka. As many as 25 lakh people are dependent on areca cultivation. Banning such an important commercial crops can be devastating not just on the lives of the growers but on the economy of the country as well,” said Mr Gowda adding that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah must appoint lawyers to argue for the growers.

“The government must convince the Supreme Court about the medicinal properties of areca. An Areca Board too must be formed to safeguard the interest of the areca growers,” he opined.

Raitha Morcha President Araga Jnanendra suspecting the role of tobacco lobby, said that companies producing cigarettes are trying to bring in ban on areca.

MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, BJP President Prathapsimha Nayak among others were present.

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BJP fields Kishore Kumar Puttur from DK-Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency

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October 1,2024

The BJP has selected Kishore Kumar Puttur as its candidate for the bypoll to Karnataka Legislative Council from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency. The by-election will be held on October 21.

Kishore Kumar is presently serving as the General Secretary of Dakshina Kannada BJP unit. He had served as vice president of State BJP Yuva Morcha from 2014 to 2016.

The by-election will be held to the seat vacated by Kota Srinivas Poojary of the BJP who has been elected as the Lok Sabha member from Udupi-Chikmagaluru Lok Sabha constituency. The vacancy was created on June 15, 2024 following Poojary’s resignation to the Council. His term in the council was till January, 2028.

In the last Council election held for the dual member constituency in December 2021, Poojary had secured 3,672 votes while the Congress candidate Manjunath Bhandary had secured 2079 votes. Poojary and Bhandary had secured required votes from the first preferential votes and had won the election.

There were several aspirants for the BJP ticket including former MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, DK BJP president Satish Kumpala, Mangaluru divisional in-charge Uday Kumar Shetty, former minister Pramod Madhwaraj and former Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak.

The Congress is yet to announce its candidate for the election. KPCC working president Manjunath Bhandary in a recent press meet in Mangaluru had said that an opportunity will be given to congress leaders from Udupi district to contest by-election.

The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Local Authorities’ Constituency has 6037 voters including 3551 from Dakshina Kannada comprising eight MLAs, one MP. The last date for filing nomination is October 3 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination is October 7. The counting will be held on October 24.

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