Consumption of beef at seminar held at govt hall triggers row

DHNS
June 27, 2017

Mysuru, Jun 27: The consumption of beef by the organisers of a seminar at Maneyangala hall in Kalamandira here on Sunday has attracted official action as well as condemnation from pro-Hindu organisations.

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While the district administration has blacklisted Charvaka Social and Cultural Trust for serving beef to the chief guests at the seminar, Deputy Commissioner D Randeep has slapped a notice on Kannada and Culture department assistant director H Chennappa.

“We have blacklisted the Trust and also confiscated the deposit amount paid by it. The district administration will take necessary measures to ensure that such incidents do not recur,” Randeep said.

Chennappa said the organisers have violated the rules. “We permitted them only to organise a seminar for three days. The organisers did not inform us about the consumption of beef,” he said.

A seminar on ‘Food Habits and Freedom of Expression’ had been organised from Friday to Sunday by Charvaka Social and Cultural Trust, in association with the Kannada and Culture department and AVSN organisation, at the department-managed Maneyangala hall. On Sunday, the seminar was inaugurated by consuming beef, to protest against the Central government’s recent ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter.

Writer K S Bhagwan, Prof B P Mahesh Chandra Guru, Hindulida Vargagala Jagruti Vedike president K S Shivaram and others consumed beef on the stage. Corporator Purushottam, Praja Trust president Sosale Siddaraju and seer Jnanaprakash Swami of Urilinga Peddi mutt were present.

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Defending their action of consuming beef, Bhagawan said a few people had consumed meat at the Vidhana Soudha some time ago, but none questioned it. “The Constitution has not said that consumption of beef is illegal. We have not violated any law. Scores of people are opposing us due to lack of proper knowledge. We are ready to face a legal battle. All meat, such as that of cow, goat, chicken are the same. We had organised the event to eradicate superstitions,” he said.

‘Cleansing ritual’

Meanwhile, members of the BJP and various Hindu organisations performed a cleansing ritual with cow urine on the Kalamandira premises. They demanded immediate arrest of Bhagwan and dismissal of Chennappa. They said Kalamandira has its own sanctity, but the so-called intellectuals have profaned the place by consuming beef. The BJP members suspect the state government’s involvement behind the act.

Mysore-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha said, “Let them (Bhagwan and Mahesh Chandra Guru) consume dog meat at their house. But, they have misused and defamed a government institution by consuming beef there. The state government should register a criminal case against them. Governor Vajubhai Vala should dismiss Mahesh Chandra Guru, who is a professor at the University of Mysore”.

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March 26,2024

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Mangaluru: Officials from Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime Police Station in Mangaluru have arrested a man for allegedly engaging in an online fraud by deceiving a person on the pretext of offering a part-time job. The arrested is Saddam Gauri alias Bavuri, 30, from Rajasthan.

City police commissioner Anupam Agrawal said the CEN police received a complaint regarding an online scam related to a part-time job offer.

Police registered a case under sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, along with IPC Section 420. The complainant had received a link via WhatsApp from an unknown number, purportedly offering a part-time job opportunity.

Upon clicking the link, the complainant was instructed to complete certain tasks to earn money. However, during the process, the complainant incurred a loss of Rs 1.1 lakh.

Following an investigation into the matter, the CEN police successfully arrested the suspect and presented him before the court. In the course of arrest, police seized two mobile phones, eight debit cards, four bank cheque books, Aadhaar card, PAN card, and other relevant documents from the accused.

The arrest was made possible through the efforts of CEN station inspector Shyam Sundar and his team, under the guidance of City Crime Records Bureau (CCRB) ACP Ravish Nayak and DCP Siddharth Goyal.

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March 27,2024

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Gokarna (Uttara Kannada): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said the Congress will decide about making him the Chief Minister in future, bringing to the fore again the issue of leadership change.

There was stiff competition between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the Chief Minister's post after the Assembly election results in May last year, 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.

During a temple visit here, a priest prayed that God's blessings may be showered on Shivakumar, and he became the Chief Minister.

Speaking to reporters here in Uttara Kannada district, Shivakumar, who has in the past made no secret of his ambition to become Chief Minister, amid speculations of change in guard mid-way of the Assembly term, responded to talk in some political circles about the leadership issue.

"What's wrong if a priest expresses his desire before God while praying? The priest has expressed his desire. Now Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister, I'm working as Deputy Chief Minister under him, also as party's state President. People speak about it and desiring it (Shivakumar should become CM) is a different matter, it will be decided by our party," Shivakumar said.

"Now we are all working under the leadership of Siddaramaiah, and our desire is that the state should progress further under his leadership," he said.

"There will be people including supporters and priests, who pray for us, they will express their opinion. Can we stop them from doing it? At the temple it is between God and his disciple, they have expressed their feelings to God," Shivakumar added. 

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March 22,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 22: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over a provocative hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The move comes after a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had in a post apparently targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

He also made a similar post on March 19 on X and YouTube which went viral. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, it further alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act, the officials said.

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