Bengaluru: State General Assembly of Popular Front of India(PFI), Karnataka state was held on 27 - 29 February 2020 in Puttur of Dakshina Kannada district. New office bearers for the term 2020 - 2022 were elected. Yasir Hassan was elected as new state president and Nasir Pasha Bangalore as State General Secretary of Popular Front of India, Karnataka. 

The newly elected office bearers and State Executive Committee members are furnished below.

Ayyub Agnadi (Vice President), Muhammad Shareef (Secretary), Shahid Nasir Gulbarga (Treasurer) and Executive Members are Abdul Khadar, Abdul Majeed,  Shareef Kodaje and Muhammad Thafseer.  

The three days State General Assembly was inaugurated with flag hoisting by the outgoing State President Muhammad Saqib. Delegates representing various places of the state were participated in the meeting. Evaluation of organizational activities of the last year and discussion on future plan was took place in the meeting. 

Election for the new leadership was conducted. Yasir Hassan, newly elected state president delivered presidential address. He said Popular Front has been warning about the situations of our country from the past few decades. Presently Fascism has grown up like devil and spread it's tentacles to every nook and corner of our country. It is now questioning our existence through citizenship acts like CAA, NRC, NPR. Ongoing situation in Delhi is very much perturbing.  We need to face the threats of Hindutva Fascism with bold steps and steadfastness. He said, the organization will be in forefront in every struggle and movements to resist the challenges facing before the nation. 

State General Secretary of Popular Front Karnataka presented the annual report. A detailed discussion and evaluation about the activities of the organization was conducted.  National Secretary Afsar Pasha convened the election process. National.General Secretary Anees Ahmad took oath of the newly elected office bearers.

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Bengaluru (PTI): In an effort to end the logjam over the Governor's address that has stalled proceedings for the past week, Karnataka Assembly Speaker U T Khader on Wednesday ruled that legislators should not discuss Thaawarchand Gehlot or his conduct in the house, saying such debates send the wrong message to the public.

The House has witnessed repeated disruptions and adjournments since the session began on January 22 over the issue of the governor's conduct.

During his address to the joint sitting of the Karnataka legislature on January 22, Gehlot read out only three sentences from the 122-paragraph speech prepared by the state government.

The speech included criticism of the Centre for replacing the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) with the Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajivika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G), portions of which the governor declined to read.

Concluding his address in about two minutes, the governor left the house, triggering a commotion as Congress legislators attempted to gherao him and raised slogans.

While the opposition BJP accused the ruling Congress and its ministers of "insulting" the governor and demanded action, the treasury benches countered by claiming the governor had "insulted the National Anthem by leaving before it was played."

The house again witnessed heated arguments on the issue earlier in the day, leading to adjournment.

During the interruption, Khader held a meeting with ministers and opposition members to resolve the impasse.

When proceedings resumed, the speaker delivered his ruling.

Referring to the events of January 22 and the subsequent debate, Khader said the conduct and discussions had conveyed the wrong message to the public.

"Our conduct as members of this House and the opinions expressed must be in good taste and in accordance with constitutional provisions. They must uphold the dignity of the House and its members. We must introspect in this direction," he said.

He stressed the need for caution to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in the future.

"Let us end this matter here, continue the discussion on the motion of thanks to the governor, and refrain from discussing the governor or his conduct in this house," the speaker said.

Leader of the Opposition R Ashoka said the house should express regret over what he termed an "insult" to the governor.

Responding, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the situation would not have arisen had the governor read out the entire address.

"Asking the house to express regret is not appropriate. Why did the governor leave even before the National Anthem was played," Siddaramaiah asked.

BJP MLA S Suresh Kumar reminded Siddaramaiah that as Leader of the Opposition in 2011, he had asked then Governor Hansraj Bhardwaj to curtail his address.

Bhardwaj had subsequently placed the address on the table of the house, requesting members to treat it as read.

Siddaramaiah said the situation in January 2011 was different from the present one.

The debate grew intense, leading to another adjournment of the house.