Country will have future only if it is freed from Modi: Prof Mahesh Chandra Guru
Mysuru, July 30: Progressive thinker Prof BP Mahesh Chandra Guru said that as the country would have future only if it was made Modi-free India, dalits, backward classes and minorities should come together to fight for it.
Presiding over a symposium on ‘Defeats-victories of social justice’ at the second death anniversary of Rakesh Siddaramaiah, organized at Manasagangotri Rani Bahadur Auditorium here on Monday, he said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been looting the country. Every day he was going to one country and begging. Asking the countries to establish the industries to loot the country and give him something. Should the country need such a Prime Minister? The country could be made Modi-free only when the dalits, backward classes and minorities come together and fight to achieve this cause, he said.
Modi, Amith Shah, Sri Rama Sene and Sangh Parivar have been pushing the dalits and backward classes to slavery. Such organizations and persons should be taught a lesson, he said.
Right from the Brahmins to tribals, reservation should be implemented on caste basis to ensure social justice. Top positions of the country were in the hands of upper caste people. Interestingly, judiciary, universities, politics and higher positions in the administration were dominated by the Brahmins. The Brahmins who are just 3 per cent in the total population of the country, have got 90 per cent posts in judiciary. Then how would the people get social justice? It was because of the Brahmins, the country was lagging behind in development, he said.
The country was under the Brahmins clutches for many years and it was the time to remove it. It was inevitable to keep Brahmins away from power to protect the country, for which dalits, backward classes and minorities should come together. Due to lack of education, social awareness, organization, and intelligence, the backward class people were lagging behind in development. Though they have social concerns, the people did not understand this. Brahmins have taken this as an advantage and divided the society in the name of castes due to which they were enjoying the power, he said.
‘Siddaramaiah means development’
Two chief ministers from Mysuru region would remain in the memory of people for years. Former chief minister Devaraj Urs was the person responsible for transformation, while Siddaramaiah heralded the development of the state. Within few hours of taking over as the Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah had introduced Anna Bhagya scheme. He had given sufficient funds under SCP and TSP schemes for dalits welfare. If the dalit leader was the chief minister, he would not have given so much importance and funds to the welfare of dalits. The social justice should not have defeated. But Siddaramaiah was defeated in Chamundeshwari and it was the death of AHINDA(M.B.D), he analysed.
Senior journalist D Umapathi, progressive thinker Indudhara Honnapura, chief minister’s joint secretary (retired) M Ramaiah, former minister CH Vijayashankar, writer Kalegowda Nagavara, district Congress president Dr BJ Vijay Kumar and others were present.
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Karnataka govt directs municipal corps to regulate, prohibit pigeon feeding
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka government has issued directions to municipal corporations across the state to regulate and prohibit feeding pigeons in public places, citing serious public health concerns.
Deputy Secretary to Government V Lakshmikanth has written to the Urban Development Department requesting it to issue directions to the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) and all municipal corporations to take immediate steps to implement the measures.
In an official note dated December 16 issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department and released to the media on Wednesday, the department said uncontrolled feeding of pigeons in public places has resulted in large congregations of birds, excessive droppings and serious health concerns, particularly respiratory illnesses linked to prolonged exposure to pigeon droppings and feathers such as hypersensitivity pneumonitis and other lung diseases.
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"The commissioner, the Greater Bengaluru Authority and the Commissioners and chief officers of other municipal corporations shall take necessary action to mitigate the causes of dangerous disease spread by pigeon and enforce specified guidelines in their respective jurisdiction," the note said.
According to the department, these include a prohibition on feeding pigeons or causing pigeons to be fed in areas where it may cause nuisance or pose a health hazard to the public. Pigeon feeding shall be permitted only in designated areas in a controlled manner, subject to certain conditions.
"The designated areas may be selected in consultation with stakeholders. The responsibility for upkeep of the designated areas and compliance to the directions shall be taken up by some charitable organisation or an NGO. The feeding in designated areas shall be permitted only for some limited hours in the day," it said.
The note further stated that authorised officers of local authorities shall issue on-the-spot warnings and may impose fines for violation of the order, or lodge complaints to prosecute offenders under Sections 271 (Negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 272 (Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
It also directed local authorities to conduct public awareness campaigns, including the display of signboards, banners and digital messages, explaining the health hazards associated with pigeon droppings and feathers, the content of the regulatory directions and penalties for violations, and alternative humane methods of bird conservation that do not endanger public health.
