Karnataka Chapter President of Transparency International and former High
Court judge Justice MF Saldanha has urged retired Justice Chandrashekharaiah who has been
recently appointed Upa Lokayukta to tender his resignation in the wake of the land
Former Kadri police station inspector MK Ganapathi who has earned enough
notoriety while serving in Mangalore for assaulting women and children during the church
attacks and for caning people who were protesting against hike in water rates,
Reports of late reveal that there were possibilities of the state government
superseding the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board which is under the control of Krishna
Palemar who holds the Environment portfolio, for not adhering to the CAG guidelines.
Over 4000 trees on the Udupi-Bangalore section via Hassan are likely to be
axed with the state government agreeing for the laying of a hi-tension transmission line to
Bangalore in order to facilitate power transmission from the UPCL plant.
Sri Vishwesha Theertha Swamiji of Pejawar Mutt who had earlier stated that he
would neither support nor oppose the government in case it bans the controversial Madesnana,
“Assembly polls will be held in the state after Ugadi and a lady would take
over the reins of administration as CM.” This prediction has come from Shivananda Shiva Yogi
Swami of Kodi Mutt.
Bantwal MLA Ramanatha Rai has said that the moral policing by the pro-
Hindu outfits in Dakshina Kannada district has crossed all limits and that the organizations were
taking law into their hands for every trivial reason thereby inciting communal sentiments.
The State Human Rights Commission has directed the state government to make
clear its stance on the Made Snana ritual being practiced at the Kukke Subrahamanya temple,
and submit a report in this regard within a month.
Various Dalit organizations have condemned the attack on Dalit leaders who
had opposed the Made Snana ritual at Subrahamanya Temple, and demanded that State Minister
for Mujrai VS Acharya who had backed this controversial ritual be immediately dropped from
the cabinet.
Former High Court judge Justice MF Saldanha has strongly objected to a recent
statement made by Chief Minister Sadananda Gowda that “Hindu religion was in danger and
that all Hindus must unite to protect the religion.”