Rainfall in Udupi, DK in first day of Diwali; celebrations affected in districts
Udupi/Mangaluru: Different parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts experienced unexpected rainfall late Thursday evening and night, with many people finding the showers an obstruction to their celebrations on the first day of Diwali festival.
Several parts of Udupi district, including places like Udupi, Brahmavar and Manipal, were drenched in rain on Thursday evening. The roads were inundated on account of the showers, disappointing people who had planned for short outings in Udupi. Vehicle users were seen struggling to traverse on the stretches due to the rainwater on the roads.
In Dakshina Kannada, rainfall was reported in Mangaluru. Some parts of the city experienced moderate rainfall in the evening, while thundershowers and strong wind were also reported in some areas of Mangaluru.
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PM Modi, RSS strengthening wall in path of SCs, STs, OBCs: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS were strengthening the wall standing in the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs, even as he acknowledged that the UPA took steps to weaken that wall but not to the extent it should have.
Addressing the 'Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan', Gandhi also referred to the function held on Constitution Day in Parliament and said that it is his guarantee, that "Modi has not read" the Constitution.
"If PM Modi would have read this book then what he does daily, he would not do it," Gandhi said, displaying a copy of the Constitution of India.
Gandhi said the country's whole system is pitted against Dalits, Adivasis and backward class people.
He said a wall obstructs the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs and Modi and the RSS are strengthening that wall by "adding cement to it".
"Slowly the wall (obstructing the path of SCs, STs, OBCs) is getting strengthened. Earlier, the UPA government gave MGNREGA, the land acquisition act, the right to food...those were ways to weaken that wall. Today, when I look back, I can say the UPA government did not weaken the wall to the extent it should have, it did not do it as strongly as it should have," Gandhi said.
"However, we used to make efforts to weaken that wall but they (the BJP) are strengthening that wall by adding concrete," the former Congress president said.
Gandhi said a caste survey being carried out in Telangana is a historic step and the Congress will do the same wherever it comes to power.
