Swami Vivekananda’s death is not natural, it’s a murder: Prof KS Bhagavan
Demands investigation
Mysuru, August 06: Writer and progressive thinker Prof KS Bhagavan said that the death of Swami Vivekananda was not natural. It’s a murder. He was strangulated. The government should conduct an investigation into the death, he demanded.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, he said that Swami Vivekananda was speaking about the principles and ideologies of Buddhism. He might have killed after this development. Being a youth, he did not meet natural death. There was a suspicion. Nobody would believe that Vivekananda died naturally. In the same way, Basavanna was also killed. Those who were unable to tolerate the Vachana movement of Basavanna, had killed him. It was an utter lie that Basavanna was united in the God at Kudala Sangama. Basavanna had initiated a movement against the casteism in the society. Why did he unit in the God? There was no Kailasa and heaven, he said.
State Govt. should celebrate Mahisha Dasara
For the last four years, Mahisha Dasara Foundation Committee has been celebrating Mahisha Dasara in its own expenses and now, the government should celebrate it on the line of Chamundi Dasara. In the Mahisha Dasara, the idol of Mahisha should be placed on the elephant like Jamboo Savari on October 7 and with this, the government should encourage Dravida culture, he demanded.
Jnana Prakash Swamiji of Urilingi Peddi Mutt, Samiti president Shantaraj, writers Raju K Bannur, Siddaswamy, former mayor Purushottam and others were present.
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Ramdas Athawale backs Fadnavis as Maharashtra CM; says Shinde can shift to Centre
New Delhi, Nov 26: RPI(A) leader Ramdas Athawale, a key BJP ally, on Tuesday called for a quick decision on the next chief minister of Maharashtra and suggested that incumbent Eknath Shinde should shift to the Centre as a Union minister.
Addressing a press conference here, Athawale also backed senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as the next chief minister of Maharashtra, contending that the saffron party won the maximum number of seats in the 288-member Assembly and should have the right to the top executive post in the state.
He said a peculiar situation has arisen in Maharashtra where BJP leaders want Fadnavis as the chief minister, while Shiv Sena leaders want Shinde to continue in the post, citing the good work he has done over the last two and a half years.
Athawale, the Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, said NCP leader and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has declared that he was not in the race for the chief minister.
"We need to resolve this matter, without any further delay. The election results were announced on November 23 and we should have had the oath of the new chief minister on November 26, the Constitution Day," Athawale said.
Backing Fadnavis for the post of chief minister, Athawale said Shinde can become the deputy chief minister or shift to the Centre and join the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Athawale said his RPI(A) has a presence in every part of the state, but unfortunately lost the two seats -- Dharavi and Kalina -- offered to it in the recent Maharashtra Assembly elections.
He demanded that an RPI member be made an MLC and a minister in the state government.
The BJP-led Mahayuti won a landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections winning 235 seats in the 288-member House. The BJP won 132 seats, followed by Shinde-led Shiv Sena (57) and Ajit Pawar-led NCP (41). Smaller parties, who are part of the alliance, won five seats.
