Awareness is must against BJP’s ‘assassination politics’: Prof Champa
Anti-assassination politics week from August 30 to Sept 5
Bengaluru, August 05: Writer Prof Chandrashekar Patil, popularly known as Champa, said that there was a need to create awareness among people against attack and assassination politics of BJP and Sangh Parivar on progressive activists, intellectuals and journalists.
Speaking at a programme organized by the Lankesh Gauri Balaga to mark the first death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh (September 5) at St. Joseph College here on Sunday, he said that because of the honest and efficient investigation of the SIT officials, all the accused in the murder of Gauri Lankesh were arrested. In fact, the entire country has been appreciating the efforts of the SIT team. Now, it was the duty of the every person to prevail of the government to ban the organizations involved in such criminal activities. Before that it was necessary to confirm about the links of the accused, he said.
Freedom fighter HS Doreswamy said that after the murder of Gauri Lankesh, the youth, in big number, have been opposing the communal forces in the country. Now, those youths should be organized rationally. Gauri Lankesh Balaga should grow in a big way. Members of the Balaga should toil to create awareness among people about pro-people thoughts. In view of this, anti-assassination politics week being held from August 30 to Sept 5 should bring the youth together, he said.
Prof VS Sridhar of Gauri Memorial Trust, Human Rights activist Prof Nagaragere Ramesh, farmers leader Veera Sangaiah, Dalit leader N Venkatesh, and others were present.
Anti-communalism week from Aug 30
Gauri Lankesh Balaga convener KL Ashok said that senior scholar Dr MM Kalburgi was killed on August 30 and Gauri Lankesh was killed on September 5 by the communal forces. Later, the harassment of the communal forces was aggravated. Many journalists were attacked in the country. In order to face the attacks of such communal forces, youth should be prepared and awareness against them should be created among people. In view of this, it was planned to conduct anti-assassination politics week in all districts across the state from August 30 to September 5, he said.
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TN seeks duty-free cotton imports to support textile sector: CM Vijay writes to PM
Chennai (PTI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to remove the import duty on cotton.
In his first letter to Modi after taking over as chief minister of the state, he said Tamil Nadu is the country’s largest textile and apparel exporting state.
Lakhs of people are dependent on this sector for both direct and indirect employment, especially women from rural and semi-urban backgrounds, Vijay pointed out.
Stating that the industry is facing a severe crisis due to an increase in cotton prices and consequently yarn prices, he said, “I understand this is caused primarily due to a shortage in cotton production and increased trading activity in the country.”
Pointing out that the price of cotton has increased from Rs 54,700 to Rs 67,700 per candy—an increase of 25 per cent over the last two months—while yarn prices have increased from Rs 301 to Rs 330 per kg, he said, “In this situation, the continued supply of raw material can be ensured only through imports.”
However, there is an import duty of 11 per cent on cotton, he said, adding that in such a situation, permitting duty-free cotton imports will help the industry meet increasing export commitments and remain globally competitive.
Vijay said that after agriculture, the textile and apparel sector is one of the largest employment-generating sectors.
“There is a significant responsibility on the government to safeguard the employment of lakhs of people and ensure the sustainability of the textile value chain," he said.
“Hence, I request your intervention to remove the import duty on cotton from the existing 11 per cent to 0 per cent to ensure the availability of raw material. This measure will enable the textile and apparel industry to remain globally competitive, enhance exports, and protect jobs,” he added.
