35 Mangaluru youths deprived salaries, food in Kuwait; calls for help from Media, political leaders
Kuwait: As many as 200 Indian including 35 people from Mangaluru are fighting for their survival in the gulf nation of Kuwait after they were trapped by a recruiting agency in Mangaluru and were sent to Kuwait on the promise of lucrative jobs, but as it turned out they have not been paid their salaries from last six months and to make things worse, their employer has now stopped giving them food and daily essentials.
In a viral video made and shared by the victims, the victims are seen pleading for help from the authorities and Mangaluru MLA Vedavyas Kamat. The victim also names Prasad Shetty and Manikya associates as the one who trapped them with job offers.
Prasad Shetty reportedly took Rs. 65,000/- from each of the victims for giving them lucrative job in Kuwait. When the victims landed in Kuwait, the scenario changed and they are now not been paid salaries for last six moths.
“Today, the company informed us that the food supply to us will also be stopped now. Our families are struggling to meet their financial needs back home and we are helpless as we can’t do anything without our salaries. We seek immediate assistance from Media, political leaders of Mangaluru to help us. We call upon Mangaluru MLA Vedavyadas Kamat to support us” the victims are seen pleading in the video.
MLA Kamat, responding to the video assured help to the victims and added that he will take up the matter with authorities and government. He also assured immediate aid to the victims through his friend in Kuwait and added that he would try his best to get the victims back at the earliest.
The victims in the video also complains that their call for help to the Indian Embassy in Kuwait went in vain as the embassy didn’t respond properly to their complaint.
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Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa laid to rest with full state honours
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa was laid to rest with full state honours on Monday.
The 94-year-old former minister, who passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday, was cremated at the Kalleshwara Mill premises, following Veerashaiva-Lingayat traditions.
Earlier in the day, Shivashankarappa's mortal remains were brought to his native Davanagere, where they were kept at the high school grounds for the public, his followers, and well-wishers to pay their last respects.
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Expressing deep sorrow over his demise, the Karnataka government ordered that his last rites be performed with full state honours.
Both the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Council also mourned his passing, adjourning their sessions for the day after paying tributes.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy CM D K Shivakumar, AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa, several ministers, opposition leaders, legislators, and political figures paid their respects.
A number of seers from the Veerashaiva-Lingayat community also attended the last rites.
Shivashankarappa represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time before succumbing to age-related ailments.
The senior-most legislator in Karnataka, Shivashankarappa, was also one of the longest-serving lawmakers in the country, sources said.
He is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, the Karnataka Minister for Mines, Geology, and Horticulture, and four daughters. His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A six-time MLA, Shivashankarappa also served as a minister and an MP.
He was a prominent educationist, establishing several educational institutions, and was an industrialist.
Additionally, he served as the treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
