LS poll: Muslim Central Committee urges Congress to give ticket to Muslims in DK
Mangaluru, September 7: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district Central Committee of Muslims urged the Congress to give ticket to Muslim candidate for Lok Sabha election from Dakshina Kannada.
An executive committee meeting chaired by its president Haji KS Mohammed Masood on Tuesday took a resolution to this effect.
In a press release, the committee said that it was decided in the meeting to urge AICC president Rahul Gandhi, state incharge KC Venugopal, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and DCC president Harish Kumar seeking ticket to a Muslim candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election from the Dakshina Kannada constituency.
It was also decided to urge the party to give tickets to the Muslim candidates for the next Legislative Council and Rajya Sabha elections. The district has majority voters from Muslim community. In the last Assembly election, more than 90 per cent Muslims have supported the Congress due to which, the community should be given proper representation, they demanded.
Committee vice president Haji Ibrahim Kodijal, K Ashraf, Haji Basha Tangal, general secretary Mohammad Hanif and others were present at the meeting.
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Mysuru: Six, including three children, drown in Cauvery during urus gathering
Mysuru: Six people, including three children, drowned in the Cauvery river near Arkeshwara Temple in KR Nagar taluk of Mysuru district on Sunday.
The deceased have been identified as Fatima (42) from Udayagiri in Mysuru; Mohammed Yasin (23), an autorickshaw driver from SBR Layout in Bengaluru; his wife Neha Kausar (19) from the same area; Uzeir (5) from Udayagiri, Mysuru; Emma Aiman (13) from Kadugondanahalli, Bengaluru; and Afif Ahmed (13) from KR Nagar.
According to The New Indian Express, the victims had visited a nearby dargah. While playing in the river, one person slipped into the water, and others entered it in an attempt to rescue them, leading to multiple drownings.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed grief and announced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for each of the victims’ families.
Mysuru Superintendent of Police Mallikarjun Baladangi and KR Nagar police visited the spot and have begun an investigation.
