Develop the nation instead of constructing Ram temple: Prof. K.S. Bhagwan
Mysuru, Oct 07: Develop the nation instead of constructing Ram temple, opined noted writer Professor K.S. Bhagwan.
He was speaking at a seminar after garlanding the statue of Mahishasura in Chamundi Betta on Sunday during the celebration of Mahisha Dasara organized by 'Mahisha Mandala Mahadore.'
Hitting out at BJP, he said “there are plenty of people suffering without food, without education, and without space to sleep in the country. Those who do not work for the prosperity of such deprived people are going to build a Ram temple. The anti-constitutional who came to power for five years are diverting the people’s attention towards the Ram temple issue to hide their failures.”
“The crores of money which will be used for building Ram temple must be utilized for the poor, schools, and development works. Instead, do not cause confrontation among religions and casts. Lakhs of people sleep on the streets of Delhi. Use that money to provide shelter to such people,” he said.
We, being the original residents, have to display our solidarity by preserving the constitutional hopes as there is a conflict between the Constitution and the tradition, Professor Bhagavan added.
If Babasaheb Ambedkar was not born in this country, we would not have survived. Ambedkar is not limited to a caste or class; rather he was needed to all, he described.
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Farmers in Chincholi demand better MSP, accuse sugar factory owners of not fulfilling assurance
Kalaburagi: Members of the Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS) and the Taluk Raitha Hitarakshana Samiti protested outside the Siddasiri Ethanol Power Unit in Chincholi, demanding appropriate minimum support price (MSP) to sugarcane farmers in Chincholi.
Pointing out that it was decided at the meeting chaired by District In-charge Minister Priyank Kharge on November 15 to provide farmers an MSP of Rs 2,950 per tonne of sugarcane with an additional Rs 50 as support price from sugar factory owners, the protesting farmers also demanded that the decision be implemented.
“The Siddasiri sugar factory owner has violated the agreement by paying each farmer only Rs 2,550,” the farmers have alleged.
President of the KPRS Kalaburagi District Unit Sharanabasappa Mamashetti said, “When he opened the factory, legislator Basanagouda Patil Yatnal had assured that the factory would pay farmers in Kalaburagi an additional Rs 100, but has failed to live up to the word.”
The protesting farmers have demanded that the authorities concerned give priority to sugarcane farmers of Chincholi and Kalagi taluks to support the sugarcane crop. “Also, the factories should employ local youngsters and due measures should be taken to ensure the safety of the drivers of sugarcane transport vehicles,” they said.
They also handed their memorandum to Tahsildar Subbanna Jamakhandi and Power Ethanol Unit General Manager Dayananda Banagara.
The Tahsildar has assured that a meeting with the sugar factory owners would be held to discuss the issues raised by the farmers.
