Minister Cheluvarayaswamy announces compensation for family of farmer who died by suicide
Mandya: The farmer who attempted self-immolation at Kaveri Park in Mandya city on Tuesday morning has died while undergoing treatment at Victoria Hospital in Bengaluru. The deceased has been identified as 55-year-old Manjegowda from Moodanahalli village in KR Pet taluk.
According to police, Manjegowda had poured petrol on himself and set himself on fire in protest, reportedly over a land dispute. He was rushed to Victoria Hospital with severe burn injuries but succumbed on Wednesday.
Karnataka’s Agriculture Minister and Mandya District In-charge Minister N. Cheluvarayaswamy visited Victoria Hospital today, paid his last respects to the deceased farmer, and consoled the bereaved family members.
The minister also announced a compensation of ₹5 lakh for the family and assured that he would discuss with the Chief Minister about providing additional relief.
Regarding the disputed land that led to the incident, Cheluvarayaswamy said a joint survey would be conducted. If the land in question is found not to belong to the Forest Department, it will be handed over to the farmer’s family.
Deputy Commissioner Dr. Kumar and several officials were present during the minister’s visit.
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Sangh Parivar still afraid of Mahatma Gandhi: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi on his 78th death anniversary and claimed that the Sangh Parivar was still afraid of him and his memory and that is why his name was removed from the rural employment guarantee scheme.
Vijayan, in a Facebook post, said that Gandhi was killed because of his uncompromising stance on secularism and his vision of a pluralistic India that embraces diversity and disagreement.
He claimed that the Sangh Parivar was afraid of the memory of the Father of the Nation and hence his name was removed from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
"Why are they still afraid of Gandhiji? The answer is simple. Gandhiji's life and vision are the exact opposite of the politics of hatred and alienation envisioned by the Sangh Parivar," the CM contended.
He further claimed that the Sangh Parivar was trying to remove Gandhi from the lives of the ordinary people.
Vijayan said that unity in diversity was "the foundation stone of the Indian Republic" and everyone should be committed to protecting it from the "totalitarian tendencies that suppress dissent".
He claimed that there were certain forces which were trying to "rewrite history and elevate communal murderers as heroes" in order to lead the country towards totalitarianism.
The Marxist veteran said that Gandhi was "not assassinated by a man named Godse, but by an embodiment of the politics of hatred promoted by the Sangh Parivar" which is still trying to attack and destroy the Constitution and the democratic values of the country.
He said that Gandhi's martyrdom was a constant call for the anti-communal struggle.
Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan too claimed that the Sangh Parivar was afraid of Gandhi.
In his message on Facebook paying tribute to the Father of the Nation, Satheesan said that Sangh Parivar was even afraid of the memories of Gandhi and that is why they were "erasing books and writings" to hide things from people.
He too said that the assassin of Gandhi was not just a man, but an ideology.
Satheesan said that even though the Sangh Parivar shot him down, Gandhi still lives on after his death.
Gandhi, the most prominent face of India's freedom movement, was assassinated by Nathuram Godse on this day in 1948.
