Mangaluru: Prominent eye wear and sunglasses outlet ‘Eye Zone’ inaugurated its store on the fifth floor of city centre mall opposite to spar super market here on Saturday.
SM Rasheed, President of Bearys Chamber of Commerce and Industries, inaugurated the store. Speaking on the occasion Rasheed expressed his happiness over inaugural of the store and said “There are a lot of optical stores in the city, but opening one in a business hub like city centre is a good idea. The outlet will attract more customers if it provides satisfactory services to the customers”.
Canara Chmabers of Commerce and Industries President P B Abdul Hameed, Rachana Catholic Chambers of Commerce and Industries President Stany Alvares, BNI Inspire’s Mangaluru Chapter President Mahesh Kamath P, Business Developer Abdul Nasser Chabu Kudroli, President of Baikampady Mohiuddin Juma Masjid, Lucky Star Nasir were also present as the guest during inauguration and wished the management of the store luck for their endeavor.
‘Eye Zone’ Managing Partner, Rafeeq Krishnapur welcomed the guest and added that the store will offer variety of high quality optical and sunglasses and will also have free computer eye checkups. He further added that products of three prominent eye wear brands will have special discounts up to 25% for limited period as the part of inaugural offer of the store.
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Pune (PTI): NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday claimed the misuse of power and money to control the entire election mechanism, which was never before seen in any state assembly or national polls, was witnessed in Maharashtra.
Pawar made the statement when he visited senior activist Dr Baba Adhav, who is protesting against the alleged "misuse of EVMs" in the recent state polls in Maharashtra.
Adhav, who is in his 90s, began his three-day protest at Phule Wada, the residence of social reformer Jyotiba Phule, in the city on Thursday.
The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies, the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP), have been alleging manipulation of EVMs in the recently held Maharashtra Assembly elections, which saw a landslide victory by the Mahayuti.
The Mahayuti, comprising the Shiv Sena, BJP and NCP, won 230 out of 288 assembly seats in the November 20 polls, while the MVA managed just 46 seats.Talking to reporters, Pawar said elections were conducted recently in the country, and there is a restlessness among the people about these.
Baba Adhav's agitation represents this restlessness, he said.
He said, "There is a murmur among the people that the recent polls in Maharashtra saw 'misuse of power' and 'floods of money', which was never seen in the past. Such things are heard of in local-level polls, but taking over the entire election mechanism with the help of money and misuse of power was not seen before. However, we witnessed it in Maharashtra, and people are restless now."
He added that people were recalling late socialist ideologue Jaiprakash Narayan and felt somebody should take a step forward.
"I heard Baba Adhav has taken a lead into this issue and is agitating at Phule Wada. His protest gives hope to the people, but it is not enough. A mass revolt is necessary, as the danger of the parliamentary democracy getting destroyed looms," Pawar said.
The former Union minister said those who have reins of the country in their hands are least bothered about this.
"Despite widespread discussion over it (alleged misuse of EVMs) in the country, whenever the opposition tries to raise the issue in the Parliament, they are not allowed to speak. Opposition leaders have been seeking an opportunity to speak on these issues for six days, but their demands have not been accepted even once. It shows they want to attack parliamentary democracy," he claimed.
He said Dr Adhav's protest is a fine example of someone revolting against the issue and expressed confidence that his protest will create a ripple effect.