Sorake, Madhwaraj, Arathi Krishna among contenders for Cong ticket from Udupi-Chik’luru seat

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March 7, 2019

Udupi, Mar 7: There are at least four strong contenders for the Congress ticket from the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru parliamentary constituency in the upcoming polls, according to Women and Child Development Minister Jaimala.

Speaking to presspersons after a Karnataka Development Programme meeting here on Wednesday, Ms. Jaimala said that the four Congress aspirants were Vinay Kumar Sorake, Pramod Madhwaraj, both former Ministers, Arathi Krishna, former Deputy Chairman of State NRI Forum, and Vijay Kumar, president of Chikkamagaluru District Congress Committee.

Asked if she was an aspirant for the Dakshina Kannada parliamentary seat, Ms. Jaimala said that she was not an aspirant for the seat. AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal had not spoken to her on this issue, she said.

Whether she would contest from Dakshina Kannada parliamentary seat if the party asked her to do so, Ms. Jaimala said that she was a disciplined soldier of the party. She would do what the party asked her to do. But she was certain that she would not be asked to contest, she said.

To another query, Ms. Jaimala made it clear that she was not an aspirant for the Congress ticket for the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru seat either.

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Brahmin Savarkar was non-veg eater; wasn't against cow slaughter: Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao

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October 3,2024

Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao reminded that V D Savarkar was not against cow slaughter as he himself was non-veg eater, PTI reported on Thursday.

"As a Brahmin he was eating meat, and he was openly propagating eating meat," said the minister at an event in Bengaluru.

Reacting to Gundu Rao's claim, BJP MP Anurag Thakur called Congress a "factory of lies" as he warned that India won't tolerate any disrespect towards Savarkar.

"By disrespecting Veer Savarkar they have shown that they don't respect freedom fighters. During the Congress government, Sardar Bhagat Singh was termed a separatist in textbooks...By making those who want to break the nation join the congress party, Rahul Gandhi is taking forward the ideology of 'tukde tukde' and he is a 'modern Jinnah' who speaks ill of the country abroad...," he said.

Meanwhile, a court in Maharashtra's Nashik district summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi earlier this week in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against the Hindutva ideologue.

The complainant, who is the director of an NGO, claimed he watched a press conference addressed by Gandhi in Hingoli and also a speech made by the Congress leader in November 2022.

He alleged that Gandhi, on the two occasions, by his words and visual representations knowingly harmed the reputation of Veer Savarkar and also tried to defame the latter's image in the society.

According to the complainant, Gandhi said "Savarkar is BJP and RSS jin" which was defamatory in nature.

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