Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya files complaint against IMA for organising Doctor’s Day violating COVID norms
Complaint filed at Pandeshwar Police Station in Mangaluru
Mangaluru: Claiming that COVID-19 regulations and norms were violated at the “Doctors’ Day” event organized by IMA in Mangaluru, prominent doctor and activist Dr. Srinivas Kakkilaya has filed a complaint at Pandeshwar Police Station against the organization here in the city.
In his complaint, Dr. Kakkilaya said COVID-19 protocols and measures were violated during the event held on July 29, at the auditorium of IMA. He further added that a few media houses also took note of the violation and reported the incident.
Dr. Kakkilaya also added that some of the office-bearers of IMA did not wear face masks during the event and stood next to each other violating the COVID rules.
“The Doctors were violating the COVID-19 rules without wearing face masks and violating physical distancing norms,” Dr. Kakkilaya wrote in his complaint.
Dr. Kakkilaya has named IMA Mangaluru President Dr. MAR Kudva, Secretary Dr. Animesh Jain, Treasurer Dr. Kumaraswamy U, Dr. MK Bhat, Dr. Ramachandra Kamath claiming that they did not wear masks and were not maintaining physical distancing during the event.
He has demanded action against the violators under section 269 of IPA and sections 4, 5, and 9 of the Karnataka Epidemic Diseases Act 2020.
The police after receiving the complaint stated that a preliminary inquiry will be held into the matter and an FIR can later be filed in this regard. The case can also be transferred to Mangaluru City Corporation after preliminary investigation, police said.
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
