Mangaluru: Former Bajrang Dal Karnataka President Mahendra Kumar on Sunday slammed PM Narendra Modi for destroying constitution of the country while also destabilizing the constitutional institutions.

Mahendra Kumar was speaking at an event organised by DYFI at Mangaluru’s Townhall.

Kumar slammed Modi led BJP government for using condemnable events like Pulwama Attack to get political mileage during the Lok Sabha Election. He further added that the current economic slowdown is also conspired the NDA government to put the country in a position where nobody can question the government about their acts.

Kumar stressed upon creating awareness among the youths of the country against the government that is manipulating facts and history to gain political mileage and advantage.

Kumar also condemned the hatred that is being promoted and created in the hearts and minds of youngsters in the Dakshina Kannada District to divide Muslim and Hindus. He also called for awareness against RSS and its institutions that is doing such acts.

“If the situation doesn’t improve in Dakshina Kannada and mainly in Mangaluru there will come a time when people in the region will roam around with guns and weapons”, Kumar said.

Speaking at the event Muneer Kattipala also added that the struggle against the facist forces will not end. He said that they were fighting against economic slowdown, price hikes in transport and other issues in Dakshina Kannada for which they have conspired and are booked with several cases but inisited that his struggle will not take a hit by such vendetta politics.

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Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced a cash prize of Rs 6 crore for sportspersons who win gold in the Olympics, and expressed confidence that sportspersons from Karnataka would reach the top in their respective games.

The CM, speaking during the ‘Karnataka Olympics 2025’ awards ceremony organized by the Karnataka Olympics Association, Bengaluru, on Sunday, congratulated the winners.

Assuring that the state government was supportive of sports, he said that, sportspersons who win silver would be given Rs 4 crore and bronze-winners would get Rs 3 crore as cash prize.

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Siddaramaiah added that reservation for sportspersons in appointment to government jobs is being implemented starting January 2026. “Up to 3 per cent jobs in the Police and Forest Departments and 2 per cent in the other government departments are being reserved for sportspersons. An official order will be passed in this regard in January 2026,” he said and called upon youngsters to enter the sports field in larger numbers.

The CM also lauded the contributions of the Karnataka Olympics Association in the field of sports, since 1958, when it was founded. “The Association has been even more active since MLC Govindaraj took charge as Chairperson. It is a matter of pride that just like in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, the Olympics Association in our state too functions from its own building,” he added.