Political war between BJP and JD(S) escalates

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September 22, 2018

Bengaluru, Sept 22: The political war in Karnataka escalated on Friday with JDS asking the Assembly Speaker to stop alleged horse trading by the BJP, which also moved the Governor seeking action against Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy for asking people to wage a "war" against the BJP.

The BJP also filed a complaint with the state DGP seeking action on the ground of sedition against HD Kumaraswamy, a day after he asked the people to "rise in revolt" against the BJP and warned it to be restrained while talking about the Deve Gowda family, including the chief minister.

As both parties continued to trade charges, JDS petitioned speaker Ramesh Kumar, alleging that BJP had approached many of its MLAs and of its ruling coalition ally Congress.

In a letter to Speaker Ramesh Kumar, ruling JDS spokesperson Ramesh Babu said attempts to 'buy' democratically elected MLAs and forcing them to resign their position was a "highly deplorable act."

"As the speaker of the House, you must stop the attempts to force the MLAs from resigning owing to political influence, threat, bullying or luring them for money," the letter said.

The JDS urged the Speaker to initiate "stringent" action against those MLAs who indulge in illegal activities of horse trading, threatening, bullying and influencing MLAs.

Countering the JDS, the BJP approached Governor Vajubhai Vala and DGP Neelamani N Raju with whom it filed a complaint of sedition against the chief minister, besides staging a protest against HD Kumaraswamy over his remarks.

In their letter to the Governor, the BJP demanded that he take action to prosecute the chief minister for his statement 'to wage a war'.

"Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy in connection with the current political scenario in the state has openly said that if any attempt is made to destabilise the government, he will ask people to 'wage a war'," the letter said.

In its complaint to the DGP, BJP alleged that the chief minister had violated Section 124(A) (relating to sedition) and other sections of the IPC.

Holding placards and raising slogans against former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his sons, including HD Kumaraswamy, the BJP staged a protest near the Mysore Bank Circle, the nerve centre of the city, terming the chief minister's remark as a "call for anarchy."

"Kumaraswamy, who holds a constitutional post, has given a call for people to rise in revolt," BJP MP from Udupi Chikkamagaluru constituency Shobha Karandlaje said.

Talking to reporters after submitting the complaint to the DGP, she said the person who was supposed to protect the Constitution and citizens of the country was "provoking" people.

"Whatever was in Kumaraswamy's mind finally came out in the form of words," the BJP MP charged.

Another BJP parliamentarian Prahlad Joshi termed the statement as the "most irresponsible and unpardonable offence" and said the chief minister's choice of words displayed his state of mind.

Upset over the alleged toppling game of the BJP, an angry HD Kumaraswamy had on Thursday warned BJP to be restrained in its

speech about Deve Gowda and his family, saying he can even ask people to rise in revolt against it if it continued to disturb Congress-JDS coalition government headed by him.

Launching a no-holds-barred attack on state BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa, HD Kumaraswamy had said: "If you dig too much (into our affairs), then we too have many things at our disposal.

Government is in our hand. Don't I have the authority to do whatever I can? I caution him to be careful," he added.

Hitting back, BS Yeddyurappa had said if the state government was with HD Kumaraswamy, the central government was with the BJP.

Soon after, Congress and JDS activists staged a demonstration outside BS Yeddyurappa's house, raising slogans against him for his alleged attempts to destabilise the coalition government.

The BJP condemned the demonstration,saying that the state government was trying to muzzle the voice of the Opposition, which showed its "anti-democratic face".

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March 16,2024

Mangaluru: In the wake of complaints regarding middlemen menace, sleuths of Lokayukta on Friday, March 15, conducted a raid at the Mangaluru Urban Development Authority. 

The Lokayukta team found unaccounted money and several files, which were not disposed of for a long period.

Lokayukta SP CA Simon said that the Lokayukta has received complaints that middlemen have been interfering in the MUDA office, and files pertaining to the public are not being cleared on time.

A raid that commenced in the evening on March 13, lasted for 18 hours. During the raid, Lokayukta officials found cash in a bag in MUDA office, and also with officials and others. MUDA officials could not inform the source of money found in their office, the SP said.

Further, he said that many people gathered at the MUDA office during the Lokayukta raid, and have raised complaints about the harassment at the urban development authority. “We have gathered evidence for MUDA officials carrying out file disposal processes through brokers on phone calls. The investigation on the MUDA network will be continued,” he said.

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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 28,2024

An Indian expatriate, hailing from Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka, who was detained in Jeddah jail in an alleged cyber case, was set free recently. He is allowed to continue his work in the same company. 

The 49-year-old Mangalurean, has been working for a Maintenance company in Jeddah for more than 13 years. He is known for his efficiency and sincerity in the company with good experience in his field of work. 

His company usually assigned him on duty in Jeddah sea port to take the delivery of the goods consigned to his company. As a part of his duty, he normally takes pictures of the goods before the transportation. He did the same in February 2023 too. 

The security personnel informed the police about his act that amounts to be a violation of the port security rule. He was unaware of the rule as he was doing it normally in the port during the release of the goods. Since then, he was detained by the police on the charge of photographing inside the port premises. After more than 6 months detention, he was released and allowed to work in the same company. 

The detainee’s brother based in Jeddah was constantly pursuing the case.

P A Hameed Padubidri, a pro-bono NRI lawyer and social worker based in Riyadh, extended his socio-humanitarian help in this case upon the request of his family and relatives. 

He actively involved trying to set him free from the jail on humanitarian grounds with the coordination and help of the Consulate General of India (CGI) Jeddah. The CGI keenly followed up the case with the concerned Saudi authorities. He was released from the jail recently and shared his happiness with his family and thanked good samaritans. 

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