Planned murders: A challenge to all political parties
Owing to the efforts of Special Investigation Team, a shocking plan made by anti-social elements to kill some of the great thinkers and writers of Kannada has been revealed. Looking at this list, anybody that has some amount of humanity in them would be shocked. Every true Indian, and every political party needs to think seriously about this development that has taken place in Karnataka, to target the rationalists and thinkers of the state. Writer Girish Karnad won the most prestigious Jnanpith award for Kannada. He not only held the name of Karnataka high in the map of Indian literature, he has transcended the map of state and shone bright on the world map too, representing India on international platforms.
Chandrashekhar Patil went to jail, opposing imposition of emergency in mid 70s. Great leaders like Lokanayak Jayaprakash Narayan, LK Advani, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and others were also jailed during that time. Champa was the president of Kannada Sahitya Parishat and chaired Akhila Bharata Kannada Sahitya Sammelana during his illustrious career.
Prof K S Bhagwan translated Shakespeare’s works into Kannada and continued the rational thinking ways of Kuvempu even after the writer was long gone. Champa and Bhagwan have often issued controversial statements, have influenced thousands of students; and most importantly, they are open to discussion as far as their stances are concerned. Veerabhadra Chennamalla Swamiji is a dalit and has always worked to bring progress into the society with his thoughts and speeches for the empowerment of progressive minds and Dalits. He has focused on religious reforms. Writer and former minister B T Lalitha Nayak has written extensively about the exploited Lambani tribals. She later joined Janata Dal and worked for the empowerment of Dalits and Lambanis. Dr C S Dwarakanath is a lawyer who got doctorate for his work on Kaivara Thataiah. He did phenomenal work during his time as chairperson of the minority commission. Banjagere Jayaprakash is a pride of Kannada and has been known for his poems and activism to empower the working class communities.
Along with all of them, planned attacks have been revealed on rationalist Narendra Nayak since a long time. All of them have contributed immensely to the progressive tag Karnataka wears with pride. They have stood with the voiceless and the exploited, across genders, in their works. One may have differences of opinion as far as their statements are concerned and people are free to accept/debate of distance themselves from such stances of these people. All of them have accepted criticism with grace in the past, while choosing not to resort to a language of derogation themselves in response. All their contribution has been regarded by India should be a matter of pride for Kannadigas.
Further investigation may reveal why their presence is a threat to people who want them dead. Experts have opined this is a wakeup call to for the rest of India to understand this is a massive threat to the cultural identity of India. Such heinous crimes may be carried out against anyone, cutting across partylines too. Politicians need to understand this well because owing to violence incited by such rabid groups in Kashmir, holding elections is a challenge in that state.
One particular ideology, fuelled by religion and politics, is at work there and there would be counter strategies too. This may turn the entire state into a Taliban mainstay. Such rabidity will soon spread to other fields such as Science, films and politics. Hence this bloodbath needs to be ended and every responsible person must raise his/her voice against this. All the parties Including the BJP, Congress, Janata Dal, Communists and Bahujan Samaj Party have to come together to fight against this. Seniors have to caution the youth against taking to violence that may spoil their life. And those persons who are ruining the lives of young men by engaging them in such crimes, have to introspect and see their actions would lead to dark and dinghy corners of the world. This would yield us more crisis than solutions to the differences of opinion they face with the others.
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Karnataka Milk Federation enters Delhi-NCR, offers competitive pricing on Nandini products
New Delhi, Nov 21: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday launched the Karnataka Milk Federation's (KMF) Nandini brand milk products in the Delhi-NCR market, pricing them marginally lower than competitors to gain a foothold in the region.
The cooperative will retail four cow milk variants, curd, and buttermilk from Friday, with competitive pricing that undercuts established players like Mother Dairy and Amul.
Cow milk will be sold at Rs 56 per litre, full Cream Milk at Rs 67 per litre, Standardised Milk at Rs 61 per litre, Toned Milk at Rs 55 per litre, and curd at Rs 74 per kg.
"We have surplus milk in the state. KMF along with Mandya Milk Union will market surplus milk of 3-4 lakh litres per day in Delhi-NCR," Siddaramaiah told reporters after launching the products.
The federation currently collects 100 lakh litres of milk daily, with local consumption at 60 lakh litres, leaving a surplus of 40 lakh litres for expansion into new markets.
However, the Chief Minister acknowledged the challenges of transporting milk over 2,500 km, which takes 50-54 hours.
There is a need to find new markets for surplus milk and gradually the KMF should be able to sell 5-6 lakh litres per day in Delhi-NCR, he added.
KMF Chairman LBP Bheemanaik assured that milk quality would be maintained during transit.
The federation has already partnered with 40 dealers in the Delhi-NCR region to facilitate sales, he added.
With a robust infrastructure of 26.76 lakh milk producers, 15,737 dairy cooperative societies, and 15 district milk unions, KMF has a turnover of Rs 25,000 crore and exports dairy products to over 25 countries.
State Animal Husbandry Minister K Venkatesh and Agriculture Minister N Cheluvarayaswamy were present at the product launch.
ದೇಶದ ಹಾಲು ಉತ್ಪಾದನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಜರಾತ್ ಮೊದಲ ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರೆ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಎರಡನೇ ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿದೆ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) November 21, 2024
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