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Karnataka: SDPI fields Ismail Shafi Bellare, accused in BJP leader’s murder

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Bengaluru: The move by the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) to field Ismail Shafi Bellare, accused in the murder of BJP Yuva Morcha leader Praveen Kumar Nettaru, and Riyaz Farangipet as its candidates in the communally-sensitive Dakshina Kannada district has become a topic of discussion in Karnataka ahead of the May 10 Assembly elections.
Nettaru (32) was hacked to death by bike-borne assailants on the night of July 26 last year at Bellare in Dakshina Kannada district.
SDPI is fielding 19 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections. Dubbed as a party of minorities, SDPI hopes to win four to five seats and make entry into the Karnataka legislature. According to sources, SDPI is likely to give a tough fight to former minister and senior Congress leader U.T. Khader in the Mangaluru (Ullal) Assembly constituency.

The party emphasizes on ‘agitative politics’.
Talking to IANS, SDPI’s national secretary Riyaz Farangipet said that his party is not just active during elections, but throughout the year it represents the people on one issue or the other across India.
“Despite not being in power, SDPI ensures that the schemes of the government reaches the poor,” he said.
Other political parties which have opened online help centres are charging money for their services, but SDPI is doing it for free, he said.
“We are not power hungry. We want to be part of power. That is why we are focusing only on those constituencies where we can win,” said Farangipet, who is contesting from the Mangaluru (Ullal) Assembly constituency.

Ismail Shafi Bellare, who’s presently lodged in jail in connection with Nettaru’s murder, is contesting from the Puttur Assembly seat. The decision of the SDPI to field a candidate accused of murder has made national headlines. Even Farangipet has faced sedition charges and his movements are being closely watched by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
According to sources, the SDPI has fielded a formidable candidate in the form of Farangipet to wrest the Mangaluru seat from the Congress. The constituency is considered as a Congress bastion.
Farangipet was accused of hatching a conspiracy to attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Phulwari Sharif area in Bihar on July 12, 2022. A probe reportedly revealed his links with the accused persons. Even the NIA had filed an FIR against Farangipet, who allegededly took part in meetings with the accused persons.
There are also other cases lodged against him in Belthangady, Mangaluru South, Konaje, and Mangaluru North in Dakshina Kannada district. He is facing charges of creating enmity between groups, and obstructing the duty of policemen.
Farangipet had taken out a huge rally to file his nomination for the Mangaluru constituency. Sources said that the SDPI is aggressively campaigning against Congress candidate Khader in the wake of the hijab controversy and the boycott call on Muslim traders.
Khader has won from this constituency three times since 2008 by defeating BJP candidates. In 2018, Khader defeated Santhosh Kumar Rai Boliyaru of the BJP by more than 19,000 votes. The BJP had won this seat three consecutive times between 1994 and 2004.
Khader, known as a progressive leader, is facing stiff competition from the SDPI this time in the Muslim-dominated constituency. It was the only constituency that the Congress won in Dakshina Kannada district in 2018, as all the other seats were swept by the BJP.
Reacting to the sedition charges against him, Farangipet said, “Cases are always lodged against people who take up big agitations. We can see IPS officer Sanjeev Bhat being jailed. Our Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers have gone to jail. I will fight the cases lodged against me in the court.”
When asked about Nettare murder accused Shafi Bellare, he said that his arrest was pre-planned.
Bellare and his brother Iqbal Bellare have been arrested due to the pressure put by the Sangh Parivar, he claimed.
“We will question his arrest in the court,” Farangipet said.
Bellare was chosen as an SDPI candidate at the screening committee meeting before Nettare’s murder, but the announcement was pending, Farangipet claimed, adding that contesting elections from prison is not new in India.
“SDPI has created its own vote bank. If Bellare is elected, he will be the voice of the exploited and downtrodden, otherwise he will continue with his social work,” Farangipet said.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 23, 2023
Karnataka polls: NCP fields nine candidates, including ex-BJP MLC

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New Delhi: The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Friday said it has fielded nine candidates in the upcoming Karnataka assembly elections, where the BJP, Congress and the JD(S) are locked in a triangular contest.
The NCP has fielded Uttam Patil from Nippani assembly segment in Belgavi district, a region with dominant Marathi-speaking population, where it had actively participated in the agitation against the desecration of a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
It has fielded Masoor Saheb Bilagi from Devar Hippargi, Zameer Ahmad Inamdar (Baswan Bagewadi), Kulappa Chavan (Nagthan), R Hari (Yelburga), R Shankar (Ranebennur), K Suguna (Hagaribommanahalli), SYM Masood Foujdar (Virajpet) and Rehana Bano (Narsimharaja).

Hari is the President of the NCP’s Karnataka unit and Shankar a BJP MLC who quit the party after being denied ticket to contest the May 10 elections.
Elected as the lone MLA of Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party (KPJP) from Ranebennur constituency in 2018, Shankar later joined the Congress.
However, he withdrew his support to Congress-JD(S) coalition government led by then Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, when a few MLAs from both parties resigned. He was then disqualified considering the fact that he was a Congress member. Shankar joined the BJP and was elected to the Legislative Council.
Shankar quit the BJP and as MLC after being denied the party ticket to contest the May 10 assembly elections.
NCP’s decision to field candidates in Karnataka is seen as an attempt to regain the national party status it had to forego due to its depleted political fortunes in states such as Goa, Meghalaya and Manipur.

The party’s entry into the electoral fray in Karnataka came at a time NCP supremo Sharad Pawar is leading efforts to forge opposition unity for the Lok Sabha elections next year.
The Congress is expecting a big victory in the Karnataka Assembly polls as it yearns for a reversal of its sliding electoral performance since the loss in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
The NCP also announced its list of star campaigners Sharad Pawar, Praful Patel, Supriya Sule, P P Mohammad Faizal, Fouzia Khan, Clyde Crasto, among others.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 21, 2023
BJP enters MCD mayoral poll race; fields GK councillor Shikha Rai

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New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday fielded Shikha Rai and Soni Pandey for the election of the mayor and the deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), despite not having adequate numbers in the House.
Accompanied by Delhi BJP leaders, Rai and Pandey filed their papers for the polls to the posts of mayor and deputy mayor respectively on Tuesday, the last day of filing nominations.
Rai is the councillor from the Greater Kailash-1 ward, while Pandey represents northeast Delhi’s Sonia Vihar ward in the civic body.

Earlier, a top Delhi BJP leader had claimed that the saffron party was not likely to contest the polls as there was a “clear mandate” in the favour of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
The AAP has re-nominated incumbent mayor Shelly Oberoi and deputy mayor Aaley Mohammad Iqbal for the posts.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders hoped that the councillors in the MCD will elect Rai.
“The BJP is determined to run a good, clean and strong municipal corporation and we hope that all corporators will elect the experienced senior councillor of the party,” Delhi BJP general secretary Harsh Malhotra said.
Rai said she will seek votes from the councillors on the basis of her vision for the MCD. A former vice-president of the Delhi BJP, she gained prominence after joining other leaders of the saffron party in hoisting the tricolour at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk in 2011.

A lawyer by profession, Rai is an experienced councillor of the civic body where she held the posts of leader of the House in 2017-18 and chairman of the standing committee in 2018-19.
The one-year term of the MCD mayor begins in April. The post has five single-year terms on a rotational basis, with the first year being reserved for women, the second for the open category, the third for the reserved category and the remaining two again for the open category.
The BJP had contested the election for the post of mayor of the unified MCD in February despite not having the necessary votes to emerge victorious. Oberoi had defeated BJP councillor Rekha Gupta in the February poll by 34 votes.
Iqbal too had defeated his opponent from the BJP.
The AAP won the MCD polls held in December last year. It ended the BJP’s 15-year rule at the civic body. The Arvind Kejriwal-led party bagged 134 of the 250 wards, while the BJP got 104.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 18, 2023
BJP names 10 more Karnataka candidates, fields Limbavali’s wife

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New Delhi: The BJP on Monday released its third list of 10 candidates for the Karnataka assembly polls and fielded its state general secretary Mahesh Tenginkai from Hubli-Dharwad Central, a seat held by veteran Jagadish Shettar who has joined the Congress after being denied ticket by the ruling party.
The BJP dropped its seasoned leader Arvind Limbavali from Mahadevapura constituency but, in an apparent bid to placate him, has fielded his wife Manjula Aravind Limbavali.
The BJP has so far named 222 candidates for the May 10 polls to the 224-member assembly. The last date for filing nominations is April 20.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 17, 2023
Karnataka polls: BJP fields four new faces in Udupi district

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Mangaluru: With the announcement of Gururaj Gantihole, a partyman with strong RSS background, as its candidate from Byndoor in Udupi, the ruling BJP in Karnataka has presented four new faces from the coastal district, which was swept by the party in the 2018 Assembly elections.
Among the five seats in the district, only Energy Minister V Sunil Kumar could get the party’s renomination from Karkala constituency.
In the prestigious Udupi seat, sitting MLA Raghupati Bhat was replaced by firebrand activist Yashpal Suvarna who has strong support among the party cadre with his campaign for cow protection and the fight against hijab in educational institutions that raged in the coastal district in early 2022.

Sitting MLA B M Sukumar Shetty was replaced by Gantihole in Byndoor, while Kiran Kumar Kodgi, a nominee of sitting MLA Halady Srinivas Shetty, who announced his retirement from electoral politics, was given ticket in Kundapur.
In Kaup, BJP fielded a new face in Gurme Suresh Shetty, replacing sitting MLA Lalaji R Mendon.
In Karkala, where the party retained minister V Sunil Kumar as its candidate, a tough fight is expected in view of Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik’s decision to contest polls.
Bhat, who broke down before the media on Wednesday, did not mention anything about the reported move to contest as an independent.
In the 2018 Assembly elections, the BJP had won from all the five constituencies in the district.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

April 13, 2023
Tourists throng mustard fields in Kashmir for leisure, photography

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Srinagar, Mar 30: With mustard fields in bloom, hundreds of tourists have been visiting these fields along national highway for leisure and photography.
The picturesque fields with yellow and green hues of the flowers have been attracting hundreds of tourists for the last fortnight.
Ghulam Qadir of Awantipora told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that hundreds of tourists stop their vehicles and spent some time in fields and take photographs as well on a daily basis.
Like tourists click photographs in Dal Lake, Pahalgam, Gulmarg , saffron fields and other tourist spots, tourists are mesmerised by the beauty of mustard fields.
Shakeel Ahmad, a resident of Aishmuqam area of Anantnag said that visitors are delighted by the beauty of the mustard, prompting them to come out of their vehicles and spend time in mustard.
Umar Ahmad a resident of Tangmarg area also said that tourists visiting Gulmarg are also spending some time and take photographs in the mustard fields lying in outskirts of Gulmarg
KNO spoke to tourists in fields who said that they find themselves lucky to visit Kashmir in spring when mustard fields are in bloom.

Krishan a tourist from Gujarat told KNO that visiting Kashmir and spending some time in mustard fields is giving him a peace of mind and he prefers to visit Kashmir in spring as Kashmir is more beautiful in spring.
Meanwhile, farmers across Kashmir are expecting better income this year as mustard fields are in full bloom—(KNO)
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 30, 2023
Farmers expect better income as mustard fields in full bloom

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Umaisar Gull Ganie
Srinagar, Mar 29: The farmers across Kashmir are expecting better income this year as mustard fields are in full bloom with tourists enjoying to the fullest in the yellow fields.
Talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), the farmers from various areas of the valley said that this year the weather conditions remained favourable for mustard in winter due to which there is a better crop, and that they expect a better yield as well.
Mohammad Shaban a farmer from the Qazigund area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, said while there was less snowfall in the plains this year, however, the timely rains helped mustard crops to grow well.
“The mustard seeds provided by the Agriculture Department have grown well than our traditional seeds and we expect good income this year,” he said.
Farmers from other districts shared similar views and said they expect a good yield this year.
Director Agriculture Kashmir, Mohammad Iqbal Choudhary told KNO that some years ago, most people were not sowing anything on their land but after taking different parameters into consideration, most of the land was found favourable for the cultivation of mustard.
“As the Government of India started oil seed mission, we wrote to the Centre that we want to be part of it, following which they provided us with around 1,800 quintal seeds,” Iqbal said, adding that the land under mustard was increased from 3,000 hectares to 1,40,000 hectare in the last two years.

“Mustard crop has turned the valley into yellow colour. Tourists travelling to Kashmir Valley are also enjoying the mustard bloom from Qazigund to Srinagar along the Jammu Srinagar National Highway,” the Director Agriculture said.
Choudhary said also said the seeds provided by the Agriculture Department have doubled the yield of farmers and increased their income.
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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

March 29, 2023
Telangana: ISRO research balloon crashes into paddy fields in Nagarkurnool

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Hyderabad: Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) research ballon that was sent to space crashed into paddy fields in Nagarkurnool on Sunday.
Panic prevailed among residents in the area after the 800-kg plastic balloon machine hit the village ground in the Tarnikal village in Kalwakurthy Mandal.
The research apparatus was reportedly sent to space on Friday by ISRO and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) to collect weather data.
Following the crash, the villagers alerted the local police, who in turn spoke to ISRO officials.
Tata Institute Research officials took charge after reaching the spot on Sunday evening and began a probe into the accident.
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Institute research related “balloon” equipment falls from sky into the agricultural fields in Kalwakurthy mandal in Nagarkurnool district yesterday as told by local police #Nagarkurnool pic.twitter.com/jP337kejhl
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February 21, 2023
Ceasefire impact: No more community bunkers, border residents in Kashmir demand better roads, play fields

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Uri, Feb 19: As the guns have fallen silent along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the residents now demand better road connectivity, play fields and better infrastructure of government schools.
Earlier, the border residents were demanding community bunkers but with the improvement in situation, they are now demanding better roads, repair of government buildings and residential houses besides upgradation of sports infrastructure.
Locals of Uri area of northern district of Baramulla, while talking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) complained that the roads, government buildings, and residential houses are in shambles while there is a dire need of upgrading the sports infrastructure.
“The road stretches at Dardkote in Uri are dotted with potholes which speaks volumes about the tall claims of the government of improving road connectivity,” the residents said. “The road is dotted with huge potholes and has not been repaired for the last several years and the authorities concerned are least bothered about the sufferings of people”, said Faisal Khan, a Sarpanch. “The road acts as an important link which connects several areas and thousands of commuters, transporters pass through potholes every day. “The road is in a bad condition. Big pot holes filled with water dots, making the movement of people very difficult.”
The residents expressed concern over the condition of government schools. “Four classes are functioning in a single room at Dardkote,” they said, adding that similar conditions are in maximum government based schools”.
The administration makes tall claims about changing the sports infrastructure at the best, but the areas like Uroosa, Dardkote, Chakra, Isham, Nawa Runda and Govalta in Uri are without a single playground.
The villagers, particularly youth, told KNO that no space is available in their villages for playing sports. “We have appealed and requested the concerned officials several times to demarcate a piece of land for the playground but to no avail. “We are leading a confined life which is taking a heavy toll on our mental and physical health,” they added.
The residents, however, urged the LG administration and the concerned authorities to look into the genuine demands of people, so that they could have a sigh of relief—(KNO)

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( With inputs from : roshankashmir.net )

February 19, 2023