DK Shivakumar reacts to BJP's 'Kanakapura Chalo' campaign
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Minister, DK Shivakumar on Monday asserted that he will not react to anything from the BJP in the wake of “Kanakapura Chalo” campaign planned by the BJP to protest construction of world’s largest statue of Jesus Christ in at Kanakapura.
“The BJP has the power. Let them do whatever they want to do. I will not react to them” Shivakumar told media persons in the city on Monday.
Taking a dig at RSS leader of Coastal Karnataka, Kalladka Prabhakar, Shivakumar said “Who is Kalladka Prabhakar? I don’t know him. I believe in humanity, it is the greatest religion”.
“In a democratic country along with the ruling party, there should be a strong opposition too. There should also be pro-opposition group. Whoever wants to come to Kanakapura, can come there. It is not my duty or intention to stop anybody from coming to Kanakpura for the protest” Shivakumar said.
He further added that he has instructed the party activists to remain mute spectators to whatever the protesters say or do and not react to them. “They have power, let them do whatever they want to do” he added.
Speaking of the construction of the Jesus Christ statue Shivakumar said "Christian community surrendered their five acre of land for construction of site when I was the minister. In the name of development they surrendered the land without giving it a second thought when me and K J George approached them. This is our gesture to pay them back for what they have been doing for the development of this state".
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Mizoram class 12 results out, pass percentage at 87.67
Aizawl (PTI): Mizoram recorded a pass percentage of 87.67 in the class 12 board examinations on Wednesday, with boys scoring marginally higher than girls,
Across the Arts, Science, and Commerce streams, boys secured an 87.7 per cent success rate, while girls followed closely at 87.66 per cent, according to the results published by the Mizoram Board of School Education (MBSE).
Of the 12,243 students who sat for the examinations held between February and March, 10,734 passed, 1,394 could not, and 115 qualified for compartmental examinations.
Academic performance was strongest in the Commerce stream, which saw a 90.51 per cent success rate among 759 candidates.
The Science stream followed with 89.24 per cent pass rate out of 2,770 students who appeared for the exam, while the Arts stream, with 87,14 students, recorded a pass percentage of 86.93.
In terms of institutional performance, the results revealed that deficit schools, which receive regular government grants, maintained their status as top performers with an average 93.80 per cent pass rate across all streams, followed by private schools at 91.55 per cent, while state-run schools recorded a success rate 83.13 per cent.
