Kerala Floods: Meet Jaisal KP, the Fisherman Who is Breaking His Back to Rescue the Stranded
Malappuram, August 19: At a time when Kerala is in desperate need of help, a local fisherman's humble act has won several hearts on social media. Jaisal KP, a 32-year-old Tanur resident, hunched on a flooded road to help elderly women step into an NDRF inflatable boat, winning applauds across the country.
He stepped in to help the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team and rescued three stranded women — one with an infant — in Vengara's Muthalamada area on Saturday.
"NDRF personnel who were leading the rescue operations in Vengara region informed us they won’t be able to reach to the place where these women were stranded. We asked them to give their boats for a while, and we rescued them," Jaisal told News18 over phone.
His video has widely been circulated on social media, throwing light on efforts made by local residents to help the flood-affected people. Not only Jaisal, but hundreds of such unsung heroes are out in neck-deep roads to assist NDRF. Thousands of fishermen of the state have offered their engine boats and catamarans to ensure the safety of fellow residents.
"We have been doing this voluntarily to make sure that no one is left without help. We have no safety guards or any equipment. We are risking our lives for the rescue of the people,” Jaisal said, adding they wouldn't have been able to do it with without the help of the local people and the leaders who help with timely directives.
Sharing an incident, the 32-year-old fisherman, who is a part of the rescue operation team, further said, "On Friday, we had rescued a 21-month-old child by swimming across the water from a place where we were not able to take boats." He said that Malappuram trauma care is also actively involved in the rescue and relief operations for the last one week.
Courtesy: www.news18.com
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Congress gave religion-based quota through backdoor in Karnataka, wants to do it everywhere: PM Modi
Sagar (MP), Apr 24: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused Congress of reducing the quota for the OBCs in Karnataka by putting Muslim castes in the same category, and claimed that it plans to replicate this across the country.
Speaking at an election rally in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, he dubbed the opposition party as the "biggest enemy of the OBCs", and said the Bharatiya Janata Party needed to win more than 400 seats in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections to save the quota granted to the Other Backward Class, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
In the past, Congress provided reservation on the basis of religion which India's Constitution does not allow, and also promised the same in its 2009 and 2014 manifestos, Modi said.
"Once again Congress has given reservation based on religion through backdoor in Karnataka by putting all Muslim castes along with the OBCs. By doing so, it has snatched a big chunk of reservations from the OBC community. Congress indulged in this dangerous game which will destroy your generations. It is the biggest enemy of the OBCs,” he said.
In 2004, Congress had given religion-based reservation and thus stabbed Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution, in the back, Modi said.
The opposition party played a trick in an "illegal manner" when it added Muslim castes in the OBC category, and in the process took away the rights of the OBCs, he alleged.
Further, Congress wants to implement this formula in the entire country, the prime minister alleged.
"The Constitution clearly says that no one will be given reservation on the basis of religion. Babasaheb Ambedkar himself was against reservation on the basis of religion. But Congress had made a dangerous resolution of (providing) reservation based on religion years ago. Various tactics are being adopted to fulfill this resolution. They are playing their game by deceiving the country's people," Modi said at the rally.
He also accused the opposition party of planning to curtail 15 percent quota of SCs, STs and OBCs, and provide it on the basis of religion.
The last time the Congress regime in Karnataka provided reservations based on religion, the subsequent BJP government scrapped it, he said.
"Elections will come and go, but this dangerous game of snatching reservations of OBCs, Dalits and tribals should be ended,” Modi added.
The prime minister also claimed that the opposition party hates the Constitution as well as the "identity of India," and that was why it was doing everything that "weakens the country and its credibility."
Some people were asking why he had given the slogan "Abki Baar, 400 Paar", the prime minister said.
"To save the reservation of SC, ST, OBCs forever, more than 400 seats are needed,” he said.
Congress' "hidden agenda" was now out, the PM said, claiming that it had said it would impose inheritance tax on coming to power.
"The wealth you have saved by working hard and enduring hardship will be looted after the formation of the Congress government,” he said, adding that it also showed how disconnected the party was from the country's social values and sentiments of Indian society.
Congress had no idea of Indian family values, Modi said, adding that people save assets for their children, grandchildren and next generations by spending their own lives in hardship, but the opposition party wants to plunder these assets earned over generations.
"Jindagi ke saath bhi loot and Jindagi ke baad bhi loot (looting people while they are alive and looting after they are dead)," is the Congress' mantra, and it wants to give these assets to its "vote bank," the prime minister said.
He also took swipes at Congress for not attending the consecration ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya and accused it of calling Lord Ram a fictional character.
The BJP has fielded Lata Wankhede from the Sagar Lok Sabha seat while the Congress' nominee is Guddu Raja Bundela. Polling will be held in the constituency in the third phase on May 7.
