Two-day state-level Salafi conference concludes at Adyar

January 27, 2014

Mangalore, Jan 27: A two-day state-level Salafi conference was organised by South Karnataka Salafi Movement, Mangalore on January 25 and 26 at Adyar-Kannur on the outskirts of the city.

Speaking at the valedictory ceremony of the conference on Sunday, president of Kerala Nadvathul Mujahideen (KNM) T P Abdullah Koya said that the Salafi organisation was fighting against the blind beliefs, superstition and exploitation that had taken root in the society. We should propound the theory of 'one God' by offering our devotion and prayers only to the sole creator, he said.

President of the organisation Ahmed Ansar presided over the programme.

Vice-president of the welcome committee of the conference U N Abdul Razaq, KNM Kasaragod district president Dr K P Ahmed, Basheer Ahmed Shalimar, Aboobaker Pandeshwar, Abdullah Rahiman Basha, Moideen Haiko, Moideen Bawa Pandeshwar, Basheer Kollapady, Abdul Latheef Padanna, Dr Basheer Kannur and K M Haneef were present.

During the conference on Sunday, Maulana PP Abdussalam Mogam delivered a seminar on the Holy Quran and its message. Maulana Abdul Rahim spoke on the subject 'Responsibility of Tauheed and Ummat', while Maulana Ali Umar Kapu gave a discourse on how Mu'meen should be.

Abdullah Shukur, Maulana Abdul Razaq Hubli, Dr Abdullah Majeed, Maulana Abdul Wahab, Imran Hyderabad, Abdul Rahiman Salafi, Abdurrahim K Hyderabad and Maulana Haneef Kayakodi also preached on various topics during the conference.

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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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