Denying permission to ‘Maha Melav’ was wrong

Denying permission to ‘Maha Melav’ was wrong
The decision to deny permission to the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) to hold the “Maha Melav” was politically wrong decision, according to a senior Minister.
KPCC member L.B. Karale did not appreciate the decision of the Government to deny permission to MES to hold its convention. He observed that the Government had acted undemocratically under the pressure from some Kannada groups.
Mr. Karale sought to convey that MES had no case against Karnataka or Kannadigas. They are against the States Reorganisation Commission injustice.
BJP leader Suresh C. Angadi, MP, said he and Rajya Sabha member Prabhakar B. Kore had insisted that there was nothing wrong in according permission, as the MES meet held on September 25, 2006, was peaceful.
Source The Hindu

Now these comments can strike off another a battle of war of words between many. But see this from a political point of view.
The Marathi speaking populace who last time voted for the BJP for the Loksabha seat, this time may not vote the same way, so they are worried and Congress knows this and hence this new interpretation.

Belgaum SP 'kicks off' errant officer

Vikas Lamani, attached to the APMC Yard police station, was on duty near JNMC Road on Kolhapur Circle here, when Superintendent of Police Narang (not in uniform) on regular rounds spotted a torn poster of a senior political leader (former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy ) and questioned the sub-inspector.A babbling Lamani failed to give a satisfactory answer. Irked by his arrogant behaviour, Narang lost her cool and kicked him, with her footwear on.
Sonia Narang had earlier slapped legislator Renukacharya in Davangere.
Disturbed by what he thought was a double affront, Lamani decided to kill himself. He whipped out his service revolver and tried to shoot himself, but fortunately his friends snatched the weapon away.
Source: Deccan Herald & The Hindu

Why this fire?

Ban to prevent violence- BSY: Belgaumites view

Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday declined to comment on the statement of Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, who had threatened to snap ties with BJP over the Karnataka government’s “harassment’’ of pro- Maharashtrians in border areas around Belgaum.

Karnataka never ignored the interests of Marathi people of Belgaum. “Kannadigas and Marathis are brothers, born to one mother, Bharat Mata,’’ Yeddyurappa said.

It was the decision of the the district administration to ban the Maha Melava organised by the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samithi, expecting violence.

 

Source: Express Buzz

 

One note of value: If you go with Marathi media there is one story and if you go with Kannda media it’s another one. I found English media somewhat in between like just giving news bytes of both parties like I have done.

States were made on linguistic basis & now with the boom of satellite television and newer channels coming up day after day, All want to give something special so that they can get higher TRPs. No one is trying to showcase the entire problem of Belgaum as a news. All want to sensationalize the matter. I for the 1^st time saw Marathi media doing a 30 mins whole news how on Belgaum border dispute.  The Kannada media must have also done one, no harm in doing it, its business and to succeed in business you have to play all the tricks.

 

But those tricks and sensationalizing of the matter will not help Belgaum which is of more importance for all of us. The media all covered the event live from Belgaum for 2 days and today nothing, it means what the media (esp. TV) want something sensationalizing every day. “Din gaye baat gaye”

But who will suffer for all that is no one else but Belgaumites.

Hope you all agree to this point.

 

Belgaum media coverage 18-01-2009

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Kannada Prabha -

Netas turn fitness freaks- TOI
Jogging, walking, meditation and some gymming. All these fitness activities are part of our netas, who are camping in Belgaum for the winter legislature session.
Marathis are safe here, says Yeddyurappa- The HinduKannadigas and Marathis united on land, water issues. Only precautionary steps taken in view of the legislature session’. Marathis in Karnataka are as safe as they are in Maharashtra’
Seven Bills get consent- The Hindu The seven Bills passed by the Karnataka legislature between July 1, 2007 and August 22, 2008 have been accorded consent by the President and the Governor.
MES will continue its fight: N.D. Patil- The HinduMaharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) will continue its struggle till it gets “justice” on the boundary dispute, senior MES leader from Maharashtra N.D. Patil has said.
MLAs fight over food habits- TOIWhat started as obituary references to leaders who died fighting terrorists in Mumbai on 26/11 led to discussion of food habits of MLAs; and it all ended in an unsavoury trading of words between legislators from the North and the South, in the assembly on Saturday.
Cong to back JD(S) for council poll- TOIIt's payback time for the Congress to the JD(S)! But it will be issue-based and not a open invitation on alliance.

Kannadigas, Marathi-speaking people living like brothers

Gandhigiri in Thane: roses given to Driver and commuters in KSRTC bus

Belgaum media coverage: 17-01-09

Belgaum media coverage: 17-01-09
Gays to present demands to CM- Times of IndiaGay community members plan to appeal to the Yeddyurappa government to treat them on equal terms and help them live a dignified life.
Sena warns of snapping ties with BJP over boundary row- PTIMounting pressure on its ally over the border row issue, the Shiv Sena today warned BJP that it would snap ties with it if its government in Karnataka continued to "torture" Marathi-speaking people.
CM STAYS BABUS' IDEA OF FLYING DAILY – Star of Mysore onlineB.S. Yeddyurappa is learnt to have stalled the idea of senior officers in travelling daily by air from Bangalore to Belgaum to attend the joint legislature session being held there. The session will be on for eight days and staying so long in Belgaum was a tough proposition, with the facilities created being not up to the standard expected. Added to that, the city had scarcity of good accommodation, felt the top brass.
History repeats itself at Belgaum- ExpressBuzz
It was a typical winter morning in Belgaum, only the city was decked up with posters of BJP leaders and thousands of saffron flags — the Belgaum session got under way on Friday.

Plans will be revealed during Budget- Express BuzzB S Yeddyurappa defended the Governor’s speech to the joint legislature session on Friday, which did not have any information on major programmes planned, saying that the government thought it would be better to announce the programmes in the budget, instead of announcing it in the Governor’s address.

Siddu issues another deadline to Congress- Express BuzzDisgruntled Congress leader Siddaramaiah has done it again. He has set a deadline of January 25 for the Congress high command to accord him a suitable position to match his stature. In the past also he had set a deadline for the Congress, which the high command ignored, following which he decided to stay away from the bypoll campaign.

Forget recession, govt promises the moon - Express Buzz
The economic slowdown will not deter the government from continuing developmental works in the state, said Governor Rameshwar Thakur while addressing the joint session of the Karnataka Legislature on Friday. The money will be made available from within the framework of the Fiscal Responsibility Act

Belgaums Wish list of demands

Leaders of all political parties in Belgaum have come together and prepared a wish list for the development of Belgaum. The list will be handed over to the Chief Minister Yeddyurappa during the session.
The demands:
Develop a garden on the basis of the Brindavan at Navlteerta and Ghatprabha Dams.
Separate quota for north Karnataka region in KPSC recruitment
Upgrade Goa- Belgaum road
Set up Apparel Park in Belgaum
Set up a reprocessing unit of horticulture crops in Belgaum
Not many of the promises made by the then government on the development of Belgaum during the first session in 2006, have seen the light of the day. Drinking water supply, underground drainage, repair of roads, setting up of a SEZ and Apparel Park in Waghwedhe (13 kms from Belgaum city) - all of them have been non-starters. A total of 13 major projects worth nearly Rs 300 crore were announced in 2006 for development of Belgaum alone.
Source: Deccan Herald

Media Coverage: Martyrs day Video

This video shows the spech given by Ramdas Kadam.

Disclaimer: I am only covering the media Coverage, I personally nothing to do with anyone Marathi or Kannad.

This is a news blog and this is News to me.



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Belgaum media coverage: for Assembly session

Big cinemas online ticket booking stopped due to Local statutory permission/regulations

Mr. Vishal Kulkarni had emailed Mohit Dubey, Head - Quality & Revenue Enhancement Adlabs Films Ltd. asking the reasons for the withdrawal of the online booking for Belgaum Kapeel.
“I fail to understand in this day and age, where we have to embrace new technology and move ahead you people are moving backwards and forcing people to queue up in front of your theaters and go through all the inconvenience. Online booking is beneficial to you people also... you can reduce costs of having multiple ticket counters and hiring extra people to manage the queues.”
To that Mr. Mohit Dubey has replied which is strange to me and just don’t understand this. Civic authorities don’t have anything online except for online complaint booking, and if someone is using technology for the better, there are these hurdles.
“We apologize & regret the inconvenience being faced by you do to non-availability of On-line booking for Tickets/seats to Big Cinemas at Belgaum. However the mentioned service withdrawal is due to Local statutory permission/regulations, on which our dedicated team is already working, we hope to restart the On-line Ticket Booking facility for Big Cinemas Belgaum Very Soon, wherein you will have the convenience of booking the seats of your choice for your favorite movies at Big Cinemas Belgaum.”
Hope the Civic authorities understand.

Martyrs day being observed by MES today

The Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti(MES) is observing Martyrs day in the memory of all those who were killed in the Agitation involving the border issue.

KRV activists face lathi charge at corporation

Activists of Kannad Rakhsana Vedike had marched towards the Belgaum corporation building to remove the Bhagva and put the Kannda Flag.
When a few of the activists’ made and entry into the building lathi charge was resorted to to disperse the crowd. One activist was injured during the lathi charge.
The activists said that they are ready to lay down their lives but will see the Kannada flag on the Corporation building.

Around 200 people arrested: Maha Mellava

Around 200 people including 3 women have been arrested by the Police when they tried to go towards the Lele Ground.
Just now, N D Patil of MES has been arrested. People are coming one by one and still are being arrested by the police.

Deepak Dalvi is also arrested.
School Colleges closed, stones throwing reported at first gate.

All arrested were later released.
There was some tension at around the time of arrest but by the evening all came back to normal.