Congress responsible for its loss, not others: Oscar Fernandes

February 17, 2015

Udupi, Feb 17: Congress has been responsible for its own defeat in recent elections held in the country, not because it was defeated by others, said Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes.

Addressing Congress members at a members' meeting held in Rajeev Bhavan in Kaup recently, he said that the party encountered defeat since it was unprepared to face elections. "We failed to even make our achievements known to people while BJP and Modi had been misleading voters by making false promises of bringing back black money from Swiss accounts. This was the reason the party lagged behind prior to the recent elections. The people are more becoming aware they were misled," he said.

Speaking at the meeting, urban development minister Vinay Kumar Sorake

said that poor publicity of achievements and beneficiary schemes introduced by Congress government resulted in the failure of the party in gaining satisfactory results in elections. "The attempts of party workers in spreading awareness among voters on the party's achievements have been insufficient. There is more necessity of enticing voters by strengthening the party at booth-level," he said.

He said that MP Shobha Karandlaje was spreading false rumours that the state government was not keen on submitting proposals to the centre for grants. During the rule of UPA government, the centre had granted approvals to grants for over Rs 5,000 crore, he said.

Congress district president Gopal Poojary, former MLA U R Sabhapati, KPCC secretary M A Gafoor, Ashok Kumar Kodavoor, M V Mohan, Divakar Shetty, Sarasu Bangera, Vinay Ballal, Naveenchandra Shetty and others were present.

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Mangaluru: Youth arrested for misleading Instagram post targeting police

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December 19,2025

Mangaluru: The Mangaluru CEN police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly posting provocative and misleading content on an Instagram page named “mr_a_titude”, targeting the Bajpe police.

Mangaluru Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H identified the arrested as Abhishek M, a resident of Katipalla in Mangaluru.

A case has been registered at the Bajpe Police Station under Sections 353(1)(c), 353(2), 56, and 57 read with Section 189 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) in connection with the post.

According to police, the accused uploaded a photograph of a hotel on the Instagram page and alleged that accused persons in a murder case under the Bajpe police jurisdiction were being given “royal treatment” by the police, including being served beef meals daily from the hotel.

The post further accused the police of supporting criminals, misusing their authority, and betraying public trust. Police said the content was provocative in nature and aimed at inciting public outrage against the police.

Following the post, a case was registered at the Bajpe police station, and further investigation was transferred to the CEN police station.

Police records indicate that the accused has a criminal history, with multiple cases registered against him, including murder, attempt to murder, assault, and robbery at the Surathkal Police Station, and one case at the Kaup Police Station.

The Commissioner said the accused was traced and arrested using technical evidence.

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