Communal violence hampers development, says Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao
Mangaluru, June 11: The incidents of communal violence will hamper development works as investors will be discouraged from financing projects in violence-hit regions, Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said on Sunday.
Addressing reporters here, Rao, who has been appointed as Dakshina Kannada district-in charge Minister, asked the district administration, zilla panchayat and other local bodies to accord priority to development initiatives.
He said the government programmes should reach the actual beneficiaries in a time-bound manner without discrimination of caste and religion.
The Minister called upon the police to take stringent action against those who indulge in activities disturbing the law and order in the district. He also wanted the police to have effective control over youths who are provoked by hate speeches and work for communal harmony in the district.
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Rao said he was glad to be appointed as the district-in-charge Minister and will work for the people of Dakshina Kannada understanding their sentiments.
He asked the district authorities to take necessary precautions ahead of the monsoon season.
To a question, he said the government will review the allocation of hundreds of acres of land to RSS and its affiliated organisations during the previous rule.
District Congress committee president Harish Kumar MLC, Ashok Kumar Rai MLA, party leaders Shakunthala Shetty, J R Lobo and Ivan D'Souza were among those present.
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Accused in journalist Gauri Lankesh murder case joins Shinde-led Sena in Jalna
Jalna, Oct 19: Shrikant Pangarkar, an accused in the 2017 murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, which outraged the nation, joined Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Jalna ahead of assembly polls.
Lankesh was shot dead outside her home in Karnataka capital Bengaluru on September 5, 2017.
A probe by police in Karnataka with assistance from agencies in Maharashtra led to the arrest of several persons.
Pangarkar, a Jalna municipal councillor of the undivided Shiv Sena between 2001and 2006, was arrested in August 2018 and was granted bail by the Karnataka High Court on September 4 this year.
After he was denied a ticket by the Shiv Sena in 2011, Pangarkar joined the right-wing Hindu Janjagruti Samiti.
He joined the Shinde-led Shiv Sena on Friday in the presence of party leader and former state minister Arjun Khotkar.
"Pangarkar is a former Shiv Sainik and has returned to the party. He has been nominated as the chief of the Jalna assembly poll campaign," Khotkar told reporters.
Khotkar also said he wants to contest the assembly poll from Jalna, but added seat sharing discussions in the Mahayuti (ruling alliance comprising Shiv Sena, BJP and Ajit Pawar-led NCP) were still underway.
The seat is held by Congress' Kailash Gorantyal.
Maharashtra assembly polls will be held on November 20, while results will be declared on November 23. The term of the current assembly ends on November 26.
