Mangaluru, August 17: Dubai-based Bearys Cultural Forum (BCF) has organized a programme to distribute scholarships and sewing machines to the students of poor background at the town hall here on August 19 at 9.30 am.

Speaking to reporters here on Friday, BCF patron BM Mumtaz Ali said that the BCF has been giving away the scholarships to the students of poor background for the last 16 years and this year, more than 500 students from PUC to PG would get the benefit.

At the same time, around 50 women from Udupi and Dakshina Kannada would get sewing machines. In order to encourage the rural women of the Coastal Karnataka, an art exhibition would also be conducted, he said.

UAE London American City College director Dr Kaup Muhammad would conduct a vocational guidance symposium and seminar to be held during the inaugural programme. Talent Research Foundation Mangaluru president Riyaz Ahmed Kannur would give information on education and employment opportunities from central and state governments, he said.

MLA Vedavyas Kamath would inaugurate the programme which will be presided over by BCF president Dr BK Yusuf. Azad Group of Companies director Mansoor Ahmed, Mangaluru University registrar Dr AM Khan, DKSC working president Hatim Kanchi, Misba Women’s College principal Zahid Jaleel would be present as chief guests, he said.

Stage programme to be held at 2pm would be inaugurated by Higher Education Minister GT Deve Gowda, while Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader would give away the scholarships and Dr BK Yusuf would preside over the programme, he said.

MLCs Ivon D’Souza and BM Farooq, Bearys Group chairman Syed Beary, Yenepoya University vice chancellor Y Abdulla Kunhi, former MLA BA Moideen Bava, former MLC Captain Ganesh Karnik, Vishwas Bava Builders managing director Abdul Rauf Puttige, Al Muzain Group chairman Zakaria Jokatte, Karnataka Beary Sahitya Academy chairman Haji Muhammad Karambaru, Senate member Dr UT Ifthikar, Mukka Sea Food MD K Muhammad Haris, Beary’s Welfare Forum Abu Dhabi president Muhammad Ali Uchila, Karnataka NRI Forum UAE president Praveen Shetty and others would be present, he said.

The students who scored more marks in SSLC, PUC and Madrasa public exams would also be felicitated on the occasion, he added.

BCF scholarship committee chairman ME Mulur, general secretary Dr Kaup Muhammad, vice president Abdul Latheef Mulki, and others were present.

 

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Mumbai (PTI): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of inciting people and dividing society through his election speeches.

Kharge was addressing a press conference of the INDIA bloc, where NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and other leaders were present. The opposition alliance held an election rally in the city on Friday.

"No prime minister before Modi has ever indulged in inciting people like he has been doing. He speaks about democracy repeatedly but doesn’t adhere to the tenets of democracy," Kharge said.

Responding to a question on PM Modi' statement that the Congress will bulldoze the Ram mandir in Ayodhya and also restore Article 370 if the INDIA bloc is voted to power, Kharge said, "We have never used a bulldozer on anyone. Modi has the habit of lying and inciting people about things which Congress will never do or the things that are impossible to be implemented."

Asked about his party's stand on Article 370, Kharge said , "I am not answerable to Modi. We will implement what we have promised in our manifesto."

Attacking the PM further, he said, "Wherever he goes, he tries to create division, speaks of dividing society."

PM Modi had described the Congress' manifesto as Muslim League manifesto, but now he says it is a Maoist manifesto, Kharge added.

The Congress chief assured that reservation as enshrined in the Constitution will continue and nobody can touch it.

Speaking on the occasion, Thackeray said, "'Achche din' are coming from June 4 (when Lok Sabha poll results will be declared) when INDIA bloc-led government takes charge."

"PM Modi calls us 'nakli' (fake) Shiv Sena, tomorrow he may call RSS as 'nakli Sangh'," the former chief minister said.

The BJP is floating 'Pakistan flags in our rally' narrative to divert people's attention from issues like jobs, he alleged.

Pawar said that after coming to power, the INDIA bloc government's duty will be to protect all religious places in the country.

Kharge noted that if elected, the opposition alliance's government will implement a simple, single rate GST, replacing the present GST.

"We introduced Food Security Act, but PM Modi is taking credit for free ration supply," he alleged.