‘Siddaramaiah’s defeat pained me more than my death’
Speaker Ramesh Kumar becomes emotional on stage
Kolara, Dec 9: “In democracy, power is not important. One should have the responsibility of working under the social concept. It is not enough to ensure voting power to all. Every citizen has to get financial and social freedom. Then only, the democracy and equality will get meaning”, said former chief minister Siddaramaiah.
Inaugurating the 531st Kanaka Jayanti, organized by the District Kuruba Sangha here on Sunday, Siddaramaiah said that “jayantis of social reformers are being celebrated. During my tenure as the CM, around 13 jayantis were started. All of them had given good message to the society. With an intention of not restricting them to any particular community, these jayantis are being celebrated. But some communal forces would accept everything, but oppose Tipu Jayanti. Tipu was neither against Hindus nor against the society. The communal forces have blindness. Our society has been suffering from the order of four castes. Those who recognize others with caste and religion are real communal and fundamentalists”, he opined.
The society should not neglect the persons who work for the society. He has introduced Anna Bhagya scheme from public money. If the central government had introduced this scheme, why it has not started it in other states? The people at the helm of affairs should have the mindset of investing the public money for the people. Don’t you want the labourers to be happy, Siddaramaiah asked BJP leaders.
Expresses displeasure over poor turnout to programme
When Ahinda programme was held in Kolar, people turned out in large number. He has directed all the organizers to do the work together. Is that the respect you have towards the community? Do not conduct the community programme when the government organize the programme, he advised the organizers.
District Minister Krishna Byre Gowda said that Kanakadasa had advocated equality and his message was still relevant to the society. Everyone should become human being. Shudra community was denied access to the temples. Now, once again, the women folk were being denied the entry into some temples. If the people failed to raise their voice against such ill-treatment, probably in future the entry of temples could be denied to all Shudra communities, he said.
Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar said that “politics is not stagnated water. It’s like flowing water. Even then, Siddaramaiah has lost the opportunity of forming the government. Our people will soon forget the people who served them. But the defeat of Siddaramaiah has pained me more than my death. Truth is always bitter and hard to digest. But the truth does not have death. People of Kolar district will never forget former chief minister Siddaramaiah who implemented KC Valley and Ettinahole projects”, he said.
Siddaramaiah’s fans felicitated him on the occasion. After the programme, tableaux were displayed and cultural programmes were conducted.
Former union minister and MP KH Muniyappa, MLC Nasser Ahmed, MLAs K Srinivas Gowda, SN Narayanaswamy, District Kuruba Sangha president Chikkahanumappa, Deputy Commissioner J Manjunath, Dalit leader CM Muniyappa, District Congress president K Chandra Reddy, BJP leader Om Shakti Chalapathi, City municipal council former president Prakash, N Rajanna, Anche Ashwath, Tyagaraj Muddappa and others were present.
‘In five states, election result will be against the BJP administration. The strength of BJP is declining at the centre. A person should be identified on the basis of personality and not on the basis of caste or religion. The people who speak on the basis of caste and religion are real vested interests of the society, communals and fundamentals. If they have real concerns towards the development, they would not oppose the jayantis of social reformers. If they have social concern, they should try to build casteless and classless society. Those who oppose the Constitution are unfit to rule the country’.
- Siddaramaiah, Former Chief Minister
‘Siddaramaiah is Bhageeratha who irrigated plain land. If he had contested from Kolar constituency, he would not have defeated. Nasser Ahmed and myself have appealed him to contest from Kolar constituency. But he did not come. His defeat pained me most. People forget those who served the society. If he had contested in Kolar, history would have been created. But he did not come out of his constituency. Everyone should take a decision to strengthen his hands in future’.
- K.R Ramesh Kumar, Speaker
‘Congress party MLAs phone tapping is the creation of BJP. It’s their culture. The state government has not involved in such cheap activity. No MLA has complained to Siddaramaiah. It is the habit of BJP. It has done such things when it was in power. Based on that experience, the BJP leaders have been making such allegations. They do not have concerns towards farmers. They have been doing politics even in drought. No BJP leader has guts to speak to Central leadership in favour of farmers’.
- Krishna Byre Gowda, Rural Development Minister
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Man held for cheating IT official by posing as 'parrot astrologer'
Bengaluru (PTI): A 59-year-old man was arrested for allegedly duping an Income Tax department official by posing as a "parrot astrologer" and promising career growth and better life through rituals, police said on Wednesday.
With the arrest of the accused astrologer Shekar, police claimed to have recovered gold ornaments weighing 124 grams and silver articles weighing 796 grams, with a total value of Rs 20.60 lakh.
The matter came to light after the victim, who is a senior administrative officer in the Income Tax department, lodged a complaint at Bharatinagar police station here on March 5, police said.
According to police, in the complaint, the victim stated that while passing near Sri Circle, he was approached by a person claiming to practise parrot astrology. The accused called him over, claimed he could predict the future by looking at his face, and convinced him to perform a ritual.
Initially, the accused collected Rs 50,000 from the complainant. Later, he allegedly told the victim that an elaborate ritual was necessary for career promotion, transfer, and overall improvement in life, and threatened that failure to do so would bring misfortune, he alleged.
"Under this pretext, the accused took 194 grams of gold ornaments and 1.3 kg of silver articles from the complainant, assuring they would be returned after the ritual," police said.
When the complainant later demanded the return of the valuables, the accused allegedly threatened him, they said.
During the investigation, police gathered credible information and apprehended the accused near Cantonment Railway Station on March 12 and upon interrogation, he confessed to committing the offence with the intention of making quick money, a senior police officer said.
He was produced before a court on March 13 and taken into police custody for five days.
During sustained questioning, the accused revealed that he had sold the stolen gold and silver items at a jewellery shop in Halasuru. Based on his information, police recovered 124 grams of gold ornaments and 796 grams of silver articles from the shop on March 15, valued at Rs 20.60 lakh, the officer said.
The accused was again produced before the court on March 17 and was remanded to judicial custody, he added.
