Former PM tells Modi to take efforts on Women's Bill
Bengaluru: Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday pitched for implementing Womens Reservation Bill, pending for a resolution for decades, on the occasion of International Women's Day.
Recalling that he was instrumental in bringing in the Bill, the JD(S) leader appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make sincere efforts to pass it.
As Prime Minister in 1996, I had tabled the Womens Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha. I appeal to Modi to take sincere efforts to pass the Bill, the former prime minister said in his tweet.
Greeting women on the occasion, Gowda said the country could develop only if women become stronger socially, politically and economically.
The JD(S) patriarch also said he had brought reservation for women in the local bodies and government jobs.
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Swamiji fires gun into the air in Kalaburagi village, video goes viral
Kalaburagi: An incident involving a swamiji firing a gun into the air has been reported from Udachan village in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district. The act, captured on video, has since gone viral on social media.
The swamiji has been identified as Sri Shantalinga Shivacharya, pontiff of the Hiremath of Sri Shankaralingeshwara Samsthana. According to reports, the incident took place on Sunday evening within the premises of the math, where the swamiji allegedly fired a single-barrel gun into the air.
This is not the first time the swami has courted controversy. Last year, he was reportedly found driving erratically under the influence of alcohol in Salotagi village of neighbouring Indi taluk, following which members of the public confronted him. He later fled from the math, sources said.
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More recently, during the annual fair of the Sri Shankaralingeshwara Math in Udachan village, the swami had arrived at the village with police protection, claiming to be the rightful pontiff of the math. Despite opposition from villagers, he reportedly went ahead and conducted rituals related to the fair.
The latest incident of firing the gun into the air has triggered criticism, especially after the video surfaced online. Further action, if any, is awaited from the authorities.
