Bengaluru :  Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has taken a jibe at BJP National President Amit Shah by stating that  "We have the capability to douse the fire which  Shah may  ignite  by  vesting the state any number of times."

Speaking to reporters after receiving the Man of the Year Award conferred  by the Press Club here on December 31, Sunday, Siddaramaiah said Karnataka is a land of harmony where the BJP leaders are trying to sow the seeds of hatred through communalism. But people of the state will not give scope for this, he added.

The State government is striving to build a land of equality as  per the aspirations of the great Sufi saints and Sharanas  who lived in this land in the past. There is no room for  communal or caste hated here, he declared.

Politics needs good people :  "Good people, whoever they may be, can enter politics, there is nothing wrong in it." The Chief Minister said while reacting to actor Rajanikanth's decision to enter politics.  He also greeted people of the state on the occasion of New Year.

 

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Bhatkal: More than 50 per cent of the members elected to the executive committee of Majlis-e-Islah wa Tanzeem in its triennial elections are new faces, with a significant number of young members getting an opportunity in the organisation’s executive committee.

Polling for eight constituencies in different parts of Bhatkal was held on May 12, in which 24 members were elected. In addition, 20 members were elected unopposed from seven constituencies.

The keenest contest was witnessed in Constituency No. 14, where 10 candidates were in the fray for five seats.

With this, the process of electing members to the organisation’s 132-member executive council from Bhatkal and other regions has been completed.

Election Commissioner Mohiuddin Altaf Kharoori said the induction of a large number of new members into the executive committee has brought fresh enthusiasm to the organisation.