Mangaluru, August 10: Deputy Chief Minister Dr G Parameshwar said that the state government has take steps to identify the drugs sales racket to eradicate drugs menace in the state, for which a campaign was started across the state.
Speaking to reporters here on Friday, on his way to Bhatkal, the Deputy Chief Minister said that some African nationals who came to India and settled in Karnataka. But many of them do not have visa and visa of some them were expired. Now, the department has been tracing such persons and trying to get in touch with those countries to send them back home. In the same way, some of the Bangladeshi immigrants do not have valid documents and those people would also be sent home, he said.
Loan waiver to help farmers
It was the responsibility of the state government to avoid the farmers suicide cases and protect their families. In this view, the government has given priority to waive of farm loans. Farmers suicide cases were common in many states. But the central government was not showing interest to waive of the loans availed from nationalized banks. As the state government was not getting the financial assistance from the central government for loan waiver scheme, the state government has to bear the huge financial burden, he said.
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On Shiroor swamiji’s death, Parameshwar said that the investigation is being conducted into the death. But the department would not make any problems for the religious rituals and pooja rituals of the mutt, he clarified.
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Various pro-people programmes like Anna Bhagya, Shadi Bhagya, Ksheera Bhagya and others introduced by the previous Congress government would continue in this coalition government, he said.
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On Siddaramaiah’s letter to the Chief Minister, he said that being a responsible leader, there was nothing wrong in Siddaramaiah writing a letter to the Chief Minister. There was no meaning in blowing this issue out of proportion, he said.
North Karnataka is not neglected
Parameshwar said that the government has reserved funds for the development of North Karnataka in the Budget. The funds were allocated to each district and taluk as per the report of the Dr Nanjundappa Committee, he said.
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The government has recommended the 6th Pay Commission to hike the salaries of police personnel. Around 12,000 back-lag posts were already recruited. According Auradkar Committee report, the government would think of increasing the salary and allowances of the police personnel, he said.
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The investigation into the Gauri Lankesh murder case was come to final stage. Shortly, all details would be disclosed, he added.
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On Congress debacle in the last election, Parameshwar said that the reasons for the humiliating defeat for the Congress despite giving good governance were being discussed internally. In this issue, the statements of other party leaders were not the opinion of the party. Their statements were their personal opinions, Parameshwar said about MLC Bhoje Gowda’s statement.
Former ministers B Ramanath Rai and Pramod Madhwaraj, MLA Harish Kumar, mayor Bhaskar Moily, former MLA JR Lobo, Congress leaders GA Bava, Shahul Hameed and others were present.
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New Delhi, Jan 15: The Congress Wednesday slammed the BJP over the FIR registered against the party's Haryana unit chief for alleged gang rape, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi must answer why the accused has still not been removed from the post despite such a serious allegation against him.
Haryana BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli and a singer were booked after a woman alleged that she was raped by them in a hotel in Himachal Pradesh's Kasauli. Police have registered an FIR against the two men, officials said.
According to the complainant, the two men made videos of the act and threatened to kill the victim if she informed anyone about the incident.
Addressing a press conference here, Mahila Congress chief Alka Lamba alleged that the Haryana BJP state president was involved in the girl's gang rape on the pretext of getting her a permanent government job.
She claimed BJP leaders have been involved in committing crimes against women earlier too.
BJP MP Brijbhushan Sharan Singh was accused of sexual harassment and BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar was accused of rape, while in Karnataka, the BJP gave a poll ticket to "mass rapist" Prajwal Revanna and the Prime Minister went to campaign for him, she said.
"BJP leaders are able to muster the courage to commit sexual harassment because their party is standing with them," she said, alleging that the prime minister's 'Beti Bachao' slogan is a sham.
"The truth is that daughters have to be saved from BJP leaders only. The Congress government will not allow injustice to happen to any daughter," Lamba said.
Demanding that Badoli be removed from his post, the Congress leader said, "BJP president J P Nadda ji, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji and Amit Shah ji, the law is in your hands. You create pressure, hence no action is taken against the criminals and daughters do not get justice."
"The BJP will have to answer how their (Haryana) state president is still in his post after such a serious allegation. The prime minister, home minister, BJP Mahila Morcha, BJP's national president and big leaders must answer," she said.
"On one hand, an FIR has been filed against Haryana BJP president on rape charges... in Madhya Pradesh, BJP leader Ajit Pal Singh Chauhan has been arrested for raping a woman. In such an environment, the Women’s Commission, which has the responsibility of providing justice to women, is silent. The daughters of the country are demanding justice, but PM Modi is silent," Lamba said.
Referring to the BJP's Delhi Assembly poll candidate Ramesh Bidhuri's remark that he will make roads which will be like Congress leader "Priyanka Gandhi’s cheeks", Lamba said the comments prove how much respect his party has for women.
"Bidhuri's eyes are more on the cheeks of mothers, sisters and daughters than on the roads. Women protested against the lowly statement, after which he had to apologize. However, Bidhuri is continuously making objectionable statements," she said.
The BJP is silent over Bidhuri's statements and is promoting such language instead, the Mahila Congress chief claimed.