Bengaluru: Pro-Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj on Thursday referred former CM Sadananda Gowda and MP Tejasvi Surya as ‘Mad People’ over their remarks on pro-Kannada activists who were arrested for taking down Hindi banner in the city from a Jain temple.
Nagaraj expressed his dissent over Tejasvi Surya and Sadananda Gowda terming the activists and ‘Rowdies’ and batted for the activists adding that there move was pro-Kannada and was promoting the language.
Stressing strongly for the implementation of Kannada against Hindi, Nagaraj said that Tejasvi and Sadananda had hurt the feelings of people of the state and that their remarks had hurt the credibility of pro-Kannada movement.
He also called for the apology from Sadananda Gowda while also adding that use of Hindi should be completely stopped and Kannada should be made compulsory in the state.
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Bengaluru, Aug 11 (PTI): In response to a planned three-day strike by ASHA workers starting August 12, the Karnataka Health Department on Monday issued a notice prohibiting all officers and staff from taking leave during the protest period, except in cases of medical emergencies.
Accredited Social Health Activists workers are demanding the fixed honorarium of Rs 10,000 promised by the state government in January. They have announced a continuous state-level protest from August 12 to 14.
The notice stated, “Information about ASHA workers absent from duty within district limits will be collected daily from primary health centres, compiled at the district level, and submitted to the commissionerate by 3 pm during the protest.”
The Health Department also urged community health officers, primary health protection officers, health inspectors, and Anganwadi workers to cooperate in ensuring that health services to the public remain uninterrupted.