Remove fallacy on eye donation: Harish Baliga
An awareness jatha for eye donation
Mangaluru, September 2: MRPL CSR Division head Harish Baliga said that awareness should be created among people to remove misconception on eye donation.
Giving away prizes to the winners in a marathon organized by the District Ophthalmologists Association to mark the Eye Donation Fortnight here on Sunday, he said that there was a need to create awareness among people on the importance of donating eyes. He hailed the efforts of the Society in educating the people through a mobile unit.
Association president Dr. Sudheer Hegde said that the programme was organized to educate the people on eye donation and the mobile unit was also conducting various programmes in rural areas to achieve this objective.
Eye Donation Fortnight is being observed in association with MRPL, Rotary International, Round Table, Samvitti Capital, Bharat Motors, Abharana Jewelers, Mariyana Builders and Zuis Gym and all medical colleges of the district.
Awareness running race and prize distribution
The prize winners in the 5-km running race from City Corporation Office to Nehru Stadium were felicitated. In men’s section, Sourabh Patil got the first place, while Gaurav Ramvati and Chethan R got the second and third places respectively. In women’s section, Dr. Sahana Acharya, Dr. Anupama Rao and Dr. Parool Patel got the first, second and third places respectively.
Karnataka Ophthalmologists Association president Dr. Sai Giridhar, Dr. Ajay Kudva, Dr. Vikram Pai, Akansha and others participated in the programme.
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Surat LS candidate Nilesh Kumbhani whose nomination form was rejected suspended from Congress
Ahmedabad, Apr 25: The Gujarat Congress on Friday suspended from the party for six years its Surat Lok Sabha candidate Nilesh Kumbhani, whose nomination form was rejected over discrepancies leading to the BJP's Mukesh Dalal getting elected unopposed.
A statement from the Congress said the party's disciplinary committee decided to suspend Kumbhani after thorough discussion, adding it had come to the conclusion that the nomination form was rejected due to gross negligence on his part or "in connivance with the BJP".
"To be fair to you we have given time to you to explain your case but instead of coming before the party disciplinary committee you have gone incommunicado. After your form was rejected by the authorities, BJP went ahead and got form of other eight candidates withdrawn. This has deprived people of Surat their voting rights," the Congress disciplinary committee headed by Balu Patel said.
"People of Surat and party workers have become very angry due to your action and are expressing their anger in different ways. The Congress party has decided to suspend you for six years from the party," the press note said.
Kumbhani's nomination form was rejected on April 21 after his three proposers submitted affidavits to the district returning officer claiming the signatures on the document was not theirs.
The nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the Congress' substitute candidate from Surat, was also invalidated on the same grounds.
In his order, Returning Officer Sourabh Pardhi said the three nomination forms submitted by Kumbhani and Padsala were rejected after prima facie discrepancy was found in the signatures of the proposers and they did not appear to be genuine.
Kumbhani, a former corporator from Surat, had unsuccessfully fought the 2022 Assembly polls from Kamrej there.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha constituency on April 22 after all other nominees, including one from BSP, withdrew from the fray one by one on the last day of withdrawing papers.
