Sir, I have read your newspaper report dated June 28, 2017 which states that Shobha Karandlaje, Member of Parliament, has urged the Governor of Karnataka to sack me for abusing the Prime Minister and violating conduct and civil service rules. As a matter of fact, her letter reveals that I was the brain behind organising…
Beef-eating row at Kalamandira: Minister Umashree seeks report
June 30, 2017Bengaluru/Mysuru: Kannada and Culture Minister Umashree has sought a report with regard to consumption of beef during a function organised at Maneyangala in Kalamandira recently. Sources said that Minister Umashree had instructed Kannada and Culture Director M.S. Archana to file a report on the issue which occurred during a seminar organised by one of the…
Beef row: Progressive associations warn of counter protests
June 29, 2017Mysuru: “Choice of food is a democratic right and vested interests in BJP are blowing an insignificant issue unnecessarily for political mileage,” said former Mayor Purushotham. He was addressing a press conference organised by Pragathipara Sanghatenegala Okkuta at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here this morning. Referring to the eating of beef at a function in Kalamandira premises…
Beef-eating at Kalamandira is an attack on Kannada and culture: BJP leader
June 28, 2017Mysuru: Strongly condemning the eating of beef at an event held at Kalamandira on Sunday, State BJP Slum Morcha General Secretary R. Raghu Kautilya has said that the act was an attack on Kannada and culture. In a press release, Raghu Kautilya said that the consumption of beef by some persons at the event had…
Beef-eating marks opening of Charvaka Trust Conference
June 27, 2017Mysuru: Beef-eating marked the opening of a conference, here on Sunday. Litterateur and thinker Prof. K.S. Bhagawan (who also tasted beef) has criticised the Centre for imposing restrictions on eating habits of the people. Terming it unconstitutional, he said that the Government cannot come in the way of what people should eat and not eat….
DC blacklists Trust for beef consumption
June 27, 2017Mysuru: Charvaka Social and Cultural Trust that had organised a conference at Maneyangala in Kalamandira premises has been blacklisted and steps will be taken to see that such incidents are not repeated, said Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep. The conference was inaugurated by the organisers by consuming beef. This had led to a huge controversy questioning…
MP Shobha Karandlaje demands sacking of Prof. Mahesh Chandra Guru
June 27, 2017Mysuru/Bengaluru: Taking strong objection to the spectacle of eating beef in public view at a function held in a government building to protest against the Central Government’s decision against beef- eating in public, by a group of people led by University of Mysore Professor Mahesh Chandra Guru, retired Professor K.S. Bhagawan and others, MP Shobha…
Beef-eating: Protest continues in city
June 27, 2017Mysuru: Strongly condemning open consumption of beef at an event at Kalamandira on Sunday, over 100 members of BJP SC Morcha staged a demonstration at FTS Circle on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road here this morning to register their protest. Pointing out that Kalamandira is the topmost cultural centre in city, the protesters claimed that the ‘so-called’ intellectuals…
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