Dakshina Kannada got 5th rank in SSLC because it voted for BJP: Minister Revanna
Bengaluru, May 1: Stoking a controversy, Karnataka minister H D Revanna Wednesday claimed voting for the BJP pushed top performing Dakshina Kannada district to fifth spot in the 10th class results whereas voting for secularism (JD-S) brought students of Hassan in the first position.
The Senior Secondary Leaving Certificate exam results announced Tuesday revealed that some traditionally best performing districts such as Udupi and Dakshina Kannada (DK) were outsmarted by Hassan, Ramanagara and Bengaluru Rural district,which never figured prominently in the education map.
In terms of pass percentage and number of toppers, Hassan has left other districts behind in the 10th exam conducted by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board.
It was followed by Ramanagara.
Incidentally, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada had always been BJP stranglehold areas whereas Hassan and Ramanagara have been JD(S) citadels.
Buoyed by the unprecedented performance, Revanna, who is son of former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda and brother of Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, gave credit to his father and blamed the BJP mindset behind Udupi and Dakshina Kannada's poor performance this year.
Speaking to reporters in Hassan, Revanna, the PWD minister, said "Somebody from South Canara (Dakshina Kannada district) said the district was pushed to fifth position due to voting for BJP.
If you vote for secularism, you will come in the first position. It is an example that they (people of Dakshina Kannada) are not focusing on education."
Regarding his father, he said "There is a divine grace.
Deve Gowda has a role in our district too - It's his guidance.
Due to his directions, the district (Hassan) has topped in the state. Ramanagara is in the second position."
The BJP responded to Revanna's statement in a humorous way.
"This is not the fact. Actually, such result was the outcome of lemons Revanna carries with him always," BJP spokesperson Go Madhusudan quipped.
Revanna, a JD(S) MLA known for his superstitious beliefs, always carries with him lemon to ward off black magic and evil forces.
He was also seen moving around holding at least eight lemons in hand when the Congress workers refused to support Revanna's son Prajwal, who is contesting his maiden election from Hassan Lok Sabha constituency.
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Man arrested for theft at Kannada actor's house in Bengaluru
Bengaluru (PTI) A man has been arrested in connection with a theft at the residence of a Kannada serial actor, and stolen articles, including gold and silver ornaments worth Rs 65.28 lakh have been seized, police said on Tuesday.
The incident occurred at a house in the J P Nagar area of the city, they said.
With his arrest, the police have detected seven similar theft cases allegedly committed by the accused.
According to police, in her complaint, the woman said she is a make-up artist by profession and her husband is a serial actor. On March 11, her husband left for a shooting, while she went to her mother-in-law's house in Hoskote to attend a festival after locking the house.
Expecting her husband to return home, she kept the house key in a shoe rack box. However, instead of returning home, her husband also went directly to Hoskote the same night. Later, on March 13, he travelled from Hoskote to Chennai along with relatives.
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Subsequently, her husband informed one of his friends over the phone to collect the house key kept in the shoe rack box. Accordingly, the friend collected the key the same night, the complaint said.
On the evening of March 17, when the woman returned home, the husband's friend sent the house key through an e-commerce delivery service. After receiving the key and opening the door, she found household articles scattered.
On checking the cupboard in the room, she noticed that a gold pendant chain, four rings and a pair of earrings were missing, police said.
Based on the complaint, a theft case was registered at the J P Nagar police station.
While continuing the investigation, the police conducted inquiries from various angles and, based on credible information received from informants, apprehended a person along with a two-wheeler near a tea shop at Nagawara Circle on December 5, a senior police officer said.
During interrogation, the accused allegedly confessed to committing the theft in this case and also admitted to having committed similar gold thefts in various districts of the state, he said.
"The accused revealed that the gold ornaments stolen in this case and in other districts were kept at his residence in Sarai Palya and at a jewellery workshop in Channarayapatna," the officer said.
With his arrest, 478 grams of gold bars and ornaments, 1.55 kg of silver bars, Rs 4.60 lakh in cash and a two-wheeler allegedly used to commit the offence, with the total value estimated at Rs 65.28 lakh was seized, police said.
