DK Congress demands sedition case against BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde for remarks on Mahatma Gandhi
Mangaluru: MLC Harishkumar, Dakshina Kannada Congress President on Tuesday demanded filing of sedition case against BJP MP from Uttara Kannada Anant Kumar Hegde for his remarks on Mahatma Gandhi which have stirred nationwide controversy.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday evening Harishkumar added that the words used by Hegde in his speech clearly indicates that he has no respect for the father of the nation and that allowing a person who praises Godse to enter parliament was a political tragedy of the country.
Adding that such remarks against Mahatma Gandhi was intolerable, Kumar dared the MP to shut the monuments and memorials of Gandhi in his own constituency.
Asked about the show-cause notice sent by BJP high command to Hegde, Kumar added that he had no faith in the action taken by the party this was not the first time Hegde had made such controversial statements.
Congress leaders MLC Ivan D’Souza, Shahul Hameed, T K Sudheer, C M Mustafa, Shubhodaya Alva, Neeraj Pal and others were present at the press conference.
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Cheating made bigger than it actually is: Gukesh
Prague (PTI): World Champion D Gukesh has categorically stated that the problems around cheating in chess are made to be bigger than its existence.
Speaking during a press conference for the Prague International festival, Gukesh said he did not support Vladimir Kramnik, a former world champion who has been infamously levelling charges against quite a few chess players suspecting cheating during online games.
“Obviously, I’m against any kind of unfair or unethical play," “It’s a kind of problem that we have been seeing lately," Gukesh said.
The whole world had stood out for Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky of America who died at a young age of just 29 years. Naroditsky was a famous content creator in chess who appeared to be very emotional in his last stream just days before his untimely death.
Gukesh is not the only one to join the bandwagon as earlier World number one Magnus Carlsen, FIDE president Arkady Dvorkovich and Indian stars Arjun Erigaisi and Nihal Sarin had also criticised Kramnik as his allegations could not be substantiated with any definite proof.
Speaking about the forthcoming Candidates tournament, Gukesh said he did not believe in favourites and that he would love to play fellow city-mate R Praggnanandhaa.
Meanwhile in the first round of the super tournament, Gukesh will face Hans Moke Niemann of United States, another player who has fought his way to top level chess. Niemann is a dangerous customer and Gukesh likes to go for complex play which insures a fighting beginning for the World Champion.
The other Indian in the fray, Aravindh Chithambaram will take on Nodirbek Abdusattorov of Uzbekistan, a recent winner of the Tata Steel Masters.
