Mangaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday, while commenting on the increasing number of moral policing incidents in Dakshina Kannada district, stated that it was natural for people to react in a certain way when their sentiments are hurt.

He added that there will be actions and reactions when there is no reality left in the society.

Speaking at Mangaluru International Airport after arriving in the city on Wednesday, Bommai said “The incidents of immoral policing happening in Dakshina Kannada district are very delicate. It is natural to see reactions for actions which are linked to sentimental issues."

“All of us have certain responsibilities in the society. There are various sentiments in society. We have to conduct ourselves in a manner that these sentiments are not hurt. When these sentiments are hurt, it is natural to see action and reaction. It is the government’s duty to safeguard harmony”, he added. 

"We cannot afford to live without morality. All our relations, peace and order depends on morality. When there is no morality, reactions to actions are ought to happen" he further stated.

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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.