Bengaluru: Rotary Bangalore Rajarajeshwari Nagar Centennial held the fifth edition of 'MINDTREE THE RRRUN,' a marathon, on Sunday, February 23, 2020. 'MINDTREE THE RRRUN' was held to raise funds for various community service projects such as child education, school infrastructure build/ improvement, health awareness & healthcare for women, senior citizens, children, education assistance, school development, water and sanitation projects, and others.  

The title sponsor for this event is Mindtree (an L&T Company), and Dairy Day Ice Cream.

5K Run and Medical partner SSNMC, a super specialty hospital, and other partners such as EssCee Enterprises, Synechron, Malu Wires and many other associate and support partners have contributed and partnered with Rotary Club Centennial of Rajarajeshwari Nagar.

The marathon began and ended up at Global Village in Rajarajeshwari Nagar and had 4 categories: Half Marathon and 10 kms, 5 kms and 3 kms (fun run and walk). 

The Event was won by Daniel Langat ( Male 21k ), Archana K.M ( Female 21k ), Chengappa A.B ( Male 10k ) and Bimla Chand ( Female 10k). 

The event was presided by Phaneesh Rao, Chief people officer of Mindtree, while District Governor of Rotary Sameer Hariani, Brand Ambassador Wanitha Ashok, Chairman of the RRRun Shyam Prasad and Co-Chairman Satish Madhavan were the chief guests.

The event had hundreds of families, corporate houses, technology professionals, professional runners and even hundreds of runners from the armed forces, all participating with lot of positive energy to achieve their personal best and the smiles on the finish line were symbolic of each participant’s triumph.

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Bengaluru, Feb 17 (PTI): Amid speculations about leadership change in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said it is for the Congress high command to decide.

There have been talks in the state's political circles, especially in the ruling Congress party, about a chief minister change later this year, under a "rotational chief minister" or "power-sharing" formula.

"It is for the high command to decide," Siddaramaiah told reporters in response to a question on discussions about leadership change.

Deputy Chief Minister Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress president, is a strong chief ministerial aspirant and has made no secret of his ambition to become the CM.

There have been time and again attempts by a section of party leaders and workers to project Shivakumar as the next chief minister.

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There was stiff competition between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the chief minister's post after the declaration of Assembly election results in May 2023, and the Congress had managed to convince the latter and made him the Deputy Chief Minister.

There were some reports at the time that a compromise had been reached based on a "rotational chief minister formula," according to which Shivakumar will become CM after two-and-half years, but they have not been officially confirmed by the party.

A section of party leaders, especially ministers considered close to Siddaramaiah, have been pitching for him to complete the full term as chief minister, stating that he was indispensable to the party if it wanted to retain power in the next election. These activities are notwithstanding Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's warning last month asking his party colleagues to 'shut up' and focus on governance, amid public statements from them on the leadership change issue.

A section consisting of ministers from SC/ST communities had even held dinner meetings last month, which was seen as an attempt to revive the demand for a Dalit or an AHINDA (Kannada acronym for minorities, backward classes and Dalits) to become the next chief minister, in case Siddaramaiah demits office.

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