Demand for separate North Karnataka state is not acceptable: Shobha Karandlaje
Mysuru, July 27: Lok Sabha Member Shobha Karandlaje said that it was not fair to demand separate status for North Karnataka as it would not solve all problems.
After offering special pooja to Goddess Chamundeshwari here on Friday, she said that “if we need justice in Krishna, Mahadayi, Cauvery river distribution, the people of the state should come together and fight. After dividing the Andhra Pradesh, both Andhra and Telangana states have become weak. Such a situation should not come to us. The BJP would be with the people of North Karnataka. But it was not acceptable to call bandh demanding separate North Karnataka state, she said.
The JDS-Congress coalition government has not yet taken off. The confusion was still there in the farm loan waiver decision. After the coalition government came to power, 20-30 farmers have committed suicide, she said.
In democracy, Chief Minister was like a king. The Chief Minister should respond to the problems of people the entire state. But the Chief Minister has restricted himself to a few districts. Because of this reason, the separate state voice was being stronger, she said.
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5 schoolchildren among 7 killed in blast in southwest Pakistan
Islamabad (PTI): At least seven people, including five schoolchildren and a policeman, were killed on Friday in a remote-controlled blast in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, according to media reports.
The blast occurred at 8.35 am near a school at the Civil Hospital Chowk of the Mastung district of the province, Dawn newspaper reported.
“It appears that an IED (improvised explosive device) attached to a motorcycle was detonated near a police mobile,” Kalat Division Commissioner Naeem Bazai was quoted as saying in the report.
“So far, seven individuals have been killed, including five school students,” Bazai said. At least 22 people were injured in the attack.
Most of those injured were schoolchildren, Geo News reported, adding that they were shifted to a nearby hospital.
A police van and several auto-rickshaws were damaged in the explosion, according to the report.
An emergency was declared across all Quetta hospitals after the blast, the report said quoting the provincial health department spokesperson, adding that all doctors, pharmacists, staff nurses and other medical staff were summoned.
