Karnataka Rajyotsava Award recipient environmentalist commits suicide
Davanagere: Nature conservationist and Karnataka Rajyotsava Award recipient Saalumarada Veeraachaar (70) reportedly ended his life by hanging himself from a tree in the middle of the village on Monday night.
Saalumarada Veeraachaar, a popular figure in the state, was known for planting rows of trees and nurturing them in the regions surrounding the Davanagere and Harihara Taluk. Recognizing his efforts to preserve nature and his concern for the environment, the state government honoured him with the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award.
The senior environmentalist is said to have protested several times concerning the matter of the Mitlagatte Nyayabele Angadi. He had demanded that the Nyayabele Angadi should be entrusted to someone else. However, since his demands and requests were not fulfilled in this matter, a disheartened Veeraachaar took the drastic measure of ending his life by suicide, it is learned.
Learning the news of his suicide, the villagers have undertaken a protest. The protesters expressed their extreme anger that the demands of a Rajyotsava Awardee were not fulfilled in this issue. The Tahsildar and senior authorities visited the site and demanded justice.
The deceased is survived by his wife, two daughters, one son, and a legion of friends, relatives, and admirers.
Prominently known as Davanagere’s Mitlagatte Saalumarada Veeraachaar, the elderly nature conservationist has planted more than 3000 trees and raised them. His continuous efforts and service towards preserving nature have brought him hundreds of awards including the Rajyotsava Award.
It is learned that he had been protesting against an injustice happening at Nyayabele Angadi in Mitlagatte and sworn, “If the courts, people, and God do not provide justice, I will surrender myself to the noose.” When he did not receive the expected response in the matter, according to his oath, a disheartened Saalumarada Veeraachaar hung himself from a tree around 2 am on Monday.
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We received request; will decide soon whether to support TVK: Thirumavalavan
Chennai (PTI): VCK leader Thol Thirumavalavan on Thursday said that his party received a request from TVK for support and the high-level committee of his party will decide whether to support the Vijay-led party to form the government.
The TVK won 108 seats in the 234-member Assembly and emerged as the single largest party. Vijay will have to resign from one of the two constituencies he has won.
Though the Congress party, which has five MLAs, has extended support to TVK, the actor-politician-led party was still short of as many seats to touch the magic number of 118, the majority mark in the 234-member House.
"We received the request letter from TVK. We are thankful for that. We have not ignored his (Vijay's) request. We have a procedure. Therefore, our party's high-level committee will decide soon. We are going to discuss the merits and demerits of our position," the VCK leader told reporters here.
With regard to the delay in the governor's call to the TVK, which is the single largest party, to form the government, Thirumavalavan requested the governor to invite Vijay to form the government. "It is a constitutional right and people's verdict," he added.
Asserting that the governor cannot say that Vijay should hold 118 MLAs' support now itself to form the government, he said that after taking over power, Vijay has to prove an absolute majority only on the floor of the Assembly.
