Preparation complete for Sept 10 Bharat Bandh in DK district
KSRTC bus service may hit
Milk, newspapers, hospitals, medical shops remain open
Mangaluru, September 9: Preparation for the Bharat Bandh called by the Congress, JDS, CPI, CPM and various other like minded organizations against fuel price hike and condemning the anti-people’s policies of the BJP-led NDA government at the centre, on September 10 is almost complete.
Various units of the Congress have been holding meetings, appealing the shopkeepers to support the bandh. Amidst this, many other organizations have also extended their support to the bandh.
No forceful bandh
Congress leaders said that there will be no forceful bandh on September 10. Daily life of a common people hit hard with the fuel price hike. Condemning this development, everyone needs to conduct voluntary bandh. Party workers have been strictly directed not to affect the supply and service of the milK, newspapers, hospitals and medical shops, they said.
KSRTC bus service may hit
As the AITUC led KSRTC Employees Union has informed their higher officers that they would extend the bandh, the bandh may hit the bus service. As the Canara private bus owners and autorickshaw drivers association, backed by the Left parties, have extended their support to the bandh, bandh in the district could be successful.
Congress appeals for bandh success
Congress leaders and party workers have visited Kadri market, City Centre Mall and other business areas and appealed the businessmen and shop-keepers and people to support the bandh on Monday. People were disappointed against the BJP government at the centre. Common people could not lead their life due to fuel price hike. So, people need to support for the bandh to warn the central government, they said.
Former MLA JR Lobo, KPCC general secretary PV Mohan, District Youth Congress President Mithun Rai, Block Presidents Vishwas Kumar Das, Abdul Saleem, Leaders Praveen Chandra Alva, Vinay Raj, Meril Rego, Shashiraj Ambhat, TK Sudhir, Ramananda Poojary, Haneef Muhammad, Honnaiah, Namitha Rao, Rajesh Bale Kallu, Appi, Jacintha Alfred, Bilal Modin, Asif Bengare, Hussain Bolar, Sadashiva Amin, Durgaprasad, Sunil Shetty, Benet D’Mello, Umesh Devadiga, Hemanth Garodi and others were present.
Appeal to close schools and colleges
All Colleges Students Union convener Mithun Rai appealed all the managements and the Mangalore University to close their educational institutions in the district and coming under the university and to support the bandh.
CPI support
Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts units of CPI extended their full support to the bandh to be held on September 10, said district secretary V Kukyan.
Muslim Merchants Association
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised of bringing back the black money by introducing demonetisation. Now, it has been playing with the lives of common people by increasing the fuel prices. Condemning this anti-people policy of the central government, the Muslim Merchants Association and Meat Merchants Association, District Minority Auto Owners and Drivers Association have extended their support to the bandh, said Ali Hasan.
To support the bandh, the slaughter house at Kudroli would be closed on September 10, Contractor J Abdul Khader said.
Prathibha Karanji to be Postponed
The Education Department has postponed all the cultural activities of Prathibha Karanji and Kalolsava programme scheduled on September 10 for one day in the district. The high school section programmes scheduled for September 10 would be held on September 11 and the primary school section programme slated for September 11 would be held on September 12, according to a press release.
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Ramdas Athawale backs Fadnavis as Maharashtra CM; says Shinde can shift to Centre
New Delhi, Nov 26: RPI(A) leader Ramdas Athawale, a key BJP ally, on Tuesday called for a quick decision on the next chief minister of Maharashtra and suggested that incumbent Eknath Shinde should shift to the Centre as a Union minister.
Addressing a press conference here, Athawale also backed senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister of Maharashtra, contending that the saffron party won the maximum number of seats in the 288-member Assembly and should have the right to the top executive post in the state.
He said a peculiar situation has arisen in Maharashtra where BJP leaders want Fadnavis as the chief minister, while Shiv Sena leaders want Shinde to continue in the post, citing the good work he has done over the last two and a half years.
Athawale, the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, said NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has declared that he was not in the race for the chief minister.
"We need to resolve this matter, without any further delay. The election results were announced on November 23 and we should have had the oath of the new chief minister on November 26, the Constitution Day," Athawale said.
Backing Fadnavis for the post of chief minister, Athawale said Shinde can become the deputy chief minister or shift to the Centre and join the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Athawale said his RPI(A) has a presence in every part of the state, but unfortunately lost the two seats -- Dharavi and Kalina -- offered to it in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections.
He demanded that an RPI member be made an MLC and a minister in the state government.
The BJP-led Mahayuti won a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections winning 235 seats in the 288-member House. The BJP won 132 seats, followed by Shinde-led Shiv Sena (57) and Ajit Pawar-led NCP (41). Smaller parties, who are part of the alliance, won five seats.
