Families of DK youth in Saudi jail in need of help'

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June 27, 2012

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Mangalore, June 27: Eight youngsters from Dakshina Kannada have been languishing in Jeddah jail of Saudi Arabia on charges of illegally passing and routing telephone calls. The family members of these youth are not financially sound enough to afford the amount that is being demanded for their release and hence they are looking for some cooperation, said T M Shahid, Member, Coir Board, Government of India.

Speaking at the Press Club in Mangalore on Wednesday, Mr. Shahid said that cases against these youth have been registered by a Saudi Telecom company under four different files:

File No. 1: 1.Hussain Ahmed Kudroli 2.Yusuf Mohammed Shafi 3.Mohammed Ashraf (Amount demanded – 2 Million Saudi Riyals)

File No. 2: 1.Nasir Mohammed 2.Faiz Ahmed 3.Riyaz Ahmed (Amount demanded – 3 Million Saudi Riyal)

File No. 3: 1.Mohammed Ayub Kannoor (Amount demanded – 80,000 Saudi Riyals)

File No. 4: 1.Mohammed Sharif (Amount demanded – 1 Million Saudi Riyal)

The families of these youth have already approached the central and state governments and various Saudi Arabian authorities including the Indian Consulate in Jeddah and Riyadh but so far none of their efforts have borne results, Mr. Shahid said. They are now looking at a helping hand from donors for a solution, he said.

Contact: +91 9448116225 (T M Shahid)

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Mangaluru: The block level and District Congress Committee presidents in the state will be changed in the next one month for better reach into society and bring in organisational fortification, said Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee working president G C Chandrasheker on Saturday.

The All India Congress Committee and KPCC have a vision for bringing a change in how the party works with the last man and woman in the state, he said at a press conference here.

"We are looking at bringing development models into the state with a new vision. We are a party that likes to work with the opposition in the developmental aspects and keep all other matters away that do not relate to the development of the state.

"We have a great respect for the people of the coast who are considered to be forward-looking and perceptible, but it is also true that we do not have the numbers in the upper house and in the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)," he said.

"Our endeavour is to not only create a strong pro-development workforce at the base level by strengthening the second and third level leadership in the state," he said.

Chandrasheker, who is also a Rajya Sabha member, said that he and his four colleagues of the rank of working presidents of the KPCC are going to every district to infuse the new thinking in our workers and leaders.

"This move will get a new surge considering the party is facing byelections in Shiggaon, Chennapatna and Sandhur segments and also vacant seats in the legislative council, followed by elections to the Urban Local Bodies and Panchayats" he said.

When asked about the reason for the changes, Chandrashekar said most of the people have already lived their tenures. The party wants to reward those who have not been given tickets to contest in the 2023 state assembly elections and 2024 Lok Sabha elections for political reasons.

There are quite good leaders and hard-working ground level workers who have great potential to lead the party in the coming years, he said.

"Women will get at least one top post in all District Congress Committees and block levels. There is also a move to give responsible positions for the workers and leaders coming from different strata of society, which are deliverable. The party will not shy away from it," he said.

The other two working presidents, Dr Manjunath Bhandary and Vasanth Kumar, were also present at the press conference.

Kumar said some of the regions in the state are dominated by the BJP. "We want to end this run and defeat the divisive models of the BJP." Bhandary said the Indian National Congress was aiming at a high development phase in the state and involve the opposition parties and their leaders in the development plans in the state. 

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