The rumors that the government may not hold the Assembly session in Belgaum indicate that BSY administration’s apathy to developing the district and this part of the state, according to the Kannada Organisation’s Action Committee (KOAC).
Former CM Kumaraswamy and then his deputy Yeddyurappa had announced that the government would hold the legislative session in Belgaum every year for at least one week, but this does not seem to be happening. The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) has gone one step further to almost dare the government not to hold the session in Belgaum. The opposition says the Govt. has not fulfilled its promises made in the earlier sessions held here.
BSY said that the construction of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha is in progress and the city would also play host to the World Kannada Conference.
Source: Express Buzz
The Bandh call given by Sri Ram sena has received good response all over the city.
- City Bus stand a desserted look
- Maruti Galli
All the commercial establishments excluding banks and medical stores are closed in most parts of the city. Camp area shops were open but Main city; Shahpur & Tilakwadi majority shops were closed.
There were small incidents of stone pelting in Bhatkande Galli, Khade Bazar and some incidents of tyre burning. About four shops were gutted on PB road but the police said it was due to short circuit and nothing to do with the bandh. Glasses of a few busses were broken by unidentified people today as well as yesterday night. In all 14 buses were damaged.
- You can play cricket in Raviwar peth, where its difficult on others days to even move
- Wholesale Cantonment Vegetable market
Police have put up barricades in some places. The over condition is normal and no tension prevails as such. The movement of traffic is minimal and the city bus service withdrawn after stone pelting.
Photos: D B Patil &UkMaD
Various pro Hindu organizations like the Bajrang Dal, Shiv Sena etc gathered today at Chennama circle and gave a memorandum to the DC demanding that the Ganpati’s in the two cities must be immersed first and all the persons arrested should be released. If the Maharsahtra Govt. did not do the same a call for Belgaum bandh will be given.
Belgaum is famous for Kunda and the border row and the dispute keeps peeping itself in on various occasions, thanks to some pro language people and organizations.
This time the row is over the naming of the KPL franchisee as Belagavi Panthers. Advocate Madhav Chavan, in a letter has written to former BCCI president and Union Minister for Agriculture Sharad Pawar urging action against Karnataka State Cricket Association for naming the cricket team "Belagavi Panthers". He also stated that the central government had not given its nod for renaming of Belgaum and when the official name is still Belgaum why the team name has been kept as Belagavi.
Mr.Chavan also mentioned that that neither government nor the association had the right to use the name "Belagavi", as long as the matter was still in court.
May what happen but the language bias does come up in some form or the other in Belgaum. The idea of Mr.Chavan of writing to Shard Pawar may not do any good.
Now let us think of a hypothetical situation where in the team name is changed to Belgaum Panthers, then what happens, the Pro Kannada organizations will come up strongly against the changing of the name.
A notable factor here is the names of other teams of the KPL. Bangalore Brigadiers why wasn’t it named as ‘Bengaluru’ Brigadiers or Mysore Maharaajas as ‘Mysuru’ Maharaajas.
Only the Belgaum team is Belagavi Why is this? Any idea readers.
The Belgaum Panthers KPL franchisee at this moment is doing a road show and at this moment is at the Ganpat Galli- Khade Bzaar corner.
These are some exclusive and fastest pictures of the road show for you all. The road show commenced from Chennamma circle at 5.40pm and then started its journey from Kaktives, Khade Bazar, Samadevi Galli and college road.
