LS poll: Muslim Central Committee urges Congress to give ticket to Muslims in DK
Mangaluru, September 7: Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district Central Committee of Muslims urged the Congress to give ticket to Muslim candidate for Lok Sabha election from Dakshina Kannada.
An executive committee meeting chaired by its president Haji KS Mohammed Masood on Tuesday took a resolution to this effect.
In a press release, the committee said that it was decided in the meeting to urge AICC president Rahul Gandhi, state incharge KC Venugopal, KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and DCC president Harish Kumar seeking ticket to a Muslim candidate for the forthcoming Lok Sabha election from the Dakshina Kannada constituency.
It was also decided to urge the party to give tickets to the Muslim candidates for the next Legislative Council and Rajya Sabha elections. The district has majority voters from Muslim community. In the last Assembly election, more than 90 per cent Muslims have supported the Congress due to which, the community should be given proper representation, they demanded.
Committee vice president Haji Ibrahim Kodijal, K Ashraf, Haji Basha Tangal, general secretary Mohammad Hanif and others were present at the meeting.
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Shivakumar blames Centre for maize growers' problems in Karnataka
Bengaluru/Belagavi (PTI): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Monday blamed the Centre for the maize growers' problems in the state.
Speaking to reporters on the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha premises in Bengaluru ahead of the Legislative session in Belagavi, he also took a dig at the BJP MPs for keeping mum on the issue.
"The Centre has to answer to the problems of North Karnataka. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and I have taken some strong decisions pertaining to maize procurement which will burden the state government financially, but the Centre has not spoken a word on the issue and the BJP MPs have not raised their voice. Aren't they concerned about it," Shivakumar asked.
The Deputy CM also hit out at the Haveri MP and former CM Basavaraj Bommai for not speaking on the matter.
"Bommai has said that the state government has to buy it, but what's Centre's share? Who decides the Minimum Support Price (MSP)? It's they (Centre) who decide MSP. They have not taken any decision yet," Shivakumar alleged.
He added that the state government will give compensation to the farmers, but the Centre is also responsible.
"Why hasn't Bommai raised the issue in parliament? Why he did not meet the PM and agriculture minister," he asked.
The maize growers have been demanding procurement at Rs 3,000 per quintal.
The current MSP is Rs 2,400 per quintal, and farmers are seeking a Rs 600 bonus. Ahead of the session, the state government announced increasing maize procurement from 20 quintals per farmer to 50 quintals at Rs 2,400 per quintal.
On irrigation related issues, Shivakumar said no one has done as much work as the Congress government has done in the history of the irrigation department of Karnataka.
Meanwhile, the Opposition Leader in the Karnataka Assembly, R Ashoka, charged that the government has become so poor that it is not able to replace the crust gates of the Tungabhadra dam.
"While farmers are committing suicide, the government is in a jolly mood arranging breakfast meetings," Ashoka said while interacting with reporters in Belagavi.
BJP state president B Y Vijayendra said there is a need for discussion on the burning issues of the state during the winter session of the Karnataka Legislature.
"Farmers are in distress due to the bad policies of the state government. It also failed to fulfill its promise to create jobs for unemployed youths.Weavers are also facing challenges," the Shikaripura MLA told reporters in Belagavi.
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