Udupi district Bandh on November 10 opposing sand problem
Action Committee for Sand decides to hold bandh
Udupi, October 31: Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat said that overnight dharna would be continued till the district administration allow sand mining in CRZ and non-CRZ zones and the district bandh would be observed on November 10.
The MLA disclosed the resolutions taken in the meeting of the organisations who have been staying dharna for the last seven days led by Udupi District Action Committee for Sand, here on Wednesday.
The protest would continue till the district administration gave permission for sand mining. As there is code of conduct in force and festival holidays till November 8, they have decided to observe bandh on November 10 to attract the attention of the government. After November 10, all activities of construction sector would be suspended, he said.
Arrogance of CM
The statement of the Chief Minister that the centre was responsible for sand problem was not right. The state government was showing adamant attitude in the issue. The state government was not in a position to control the AC office in the district, Opposition Leader in Legislative Council Kota Srinivas Poojary criticized.
It was planning to take this agitation to the home office of the Chief Minister to find a logical end to the problem. Instead of showing adamant attitude, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy should solve the problem, he demanded.
MLA Lalji R. Mendon, Former Minister Jayaprakash Hegde, Boats Workers Association President Sudhakar Amin, ZP Vice President Sheela K. Shetty, Action Committee for Sand convener M.G Nagendra, PWD Contractors Association President Alevur Sridhar Shetty, Gopal Bhat of Udupi Engineers Association, Lorry Owners Association President Praveen Suvarna, Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Krishnaraj Kodancha and others were present.
Fight against centre too: Bhat
The state government has written a letter to the central government on October 25 and thus rolled the ball from the district administration to the centre. It was purposefully done in order to avoid sand mining. Protest would be held against this on November 10. If the centre took a adverse decision against the sand issue, they would also fight against the central government, the MLA warned. They would not backtrack from the protest, MLA K. Raghupathi Bhat warned.
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B’luru: Actor Kishore Kumar criticises political use of ‘Vande Mataram’, says slogan being misused
Bengaluru: Pan India Actor Kishore Kumar has criticised what he calls an attempt to use the national song Vande Mataram for political gain by dividing people on religious lines.
On Thursday, he posted on Facebook a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking in the Lok Sabha, with the caption ‘Jai Shri Ram to Vande Mataram.’ In his post, Kishore said the song, which once energised the freedom movement and united people across India, was now being turned into a tool for political advantage.
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He wrote that expressions once used to welcome others with love were being taken over and converted into war cries and weapons of hatred, especially against Muslims. Just as this shift happened, he said, those in power who had no role in the freedom struggle and had no hesitation in selling what true patriots created, were now trying to appropriate a song used by freedom fighters.
Kishore also said many serious issues such as the falling value of the rupee, the state of the economy, weakening democratic institutions, what he called false GDP claims, unfulfilled promises to farmers, healthcare challenges, unemployment, situations in Manipur and Ladakh, and the arrests of scientists and scholars were being ignored.
According to him, the government had shown that it was unable to deal with real problems. He said their only approach now was to divide people and distract them, expressing his frustration over the current political climate.
