If Rabri Devi can why not Kasturi

Continuing with the media coverage here is one more Hatke story: Additional inputs have been added to the story from the affidavits. Source: Deccan Chronicle
If Rabri Devi, who has studied only up to class four, could become Bihar CM, why can’t Kasturi function as an MP.

Spotting a poor candidate among the multitude of Crorepatis contesting the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections is no easy task. One among this rare lot is daily wage worker Kasturi who is contesting from the Belgaum parliamentary constituency.
Kasturi has been walking barefoot since she vowed four years ago not to wear footwear till a Kannada flag was hoisted atop Belgaum City Corporation. A resident of Ashray Colony in Belgaum, she has worked as a cook for seven years at the residence of a senior politician in Belgaum.
BHAVI KASTURI BASANAGOUDA
INDEPENDENT
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She has 50,000 cash and her husband has precious metal worth Rs. 15342 nothing else. She has passed her 5th Std. from Desnur Ashram Tal: Bailhongal.
An ardent supporter of Kannada, Kasturi is being supported by various pro-Kannada organisations who have taken charge of her election campaign. “Hoisting a Kannada flag atop Belgaum City Corporation will be my first task if I am elected. The only objective of my life is to stop the continued atrocities of Marathi people on Kannadigas in Belgaum,” she says.
“The court may has ordered not to hoist any flags other than the tricolour on the government buildings, but my struggle will continue until the court allows the hoisting of the Kannada flag atop the corporation,” she asserts.
Her husband works as an agricultural labourer In the affidavit filed with the election commission, Kasturi said she had Rs 50,000 in cash and a 10 gram golden mangalsootra.
She has been involved in pro-Kannada movements since 1994 and was jailed four times during the pro-Kannada protests in Belgaum in the last few years.
Campaigning barefoot has not been easy. “I developed pain in my feet and had to be admitted to hospital twice,” she says
Several Kannada leaders like Arjun Hampiholi and Rajendra Desai are supporting her. Hundred Kannada workers in Belgaum contributed Rs 100 each to help her file her nomination papers. When asked whether a class four dropout would be able to work effectively as MP, her supporters said, “If Rabri Devi, who has studied only up to class four could become Bihar CM, why can’t Kasturi function as an MP?”

Helipad is a meeting point

This picture was taken on Tuesday 07-04-2009 at 6.15 pm at the temporary helipad made by the MLIRC during their various training sessions on the Savgaon Road (after Nanawadi). This road has normally very less traffic and you can see a lot of evening walkers on the sides.

That day in particular I was there with my kids and wife to play as normally no one turns up & I love capturing the sun setting at the backdrop there but to my surprise I saw this gang of boys and girls and one more couple there. After a few minutes one girl was waiting for someone and at last her friend came in. In all I saw 5 couples there on the ground who walked down further away, from the boys and girls in the photo also.

Down the same road a new college Angadi Institute of management and technology is being constructed once that’s started this helipad could become be a Friends point or Lovers point, it depends on you, and how you take it.
I don’t want to make any comments on this photo, I would ask each one of you to comment on this.

Ramesh Kudachi continues Party-hopping now joins BJP

Party-hopping has become the order of the day. It is no more surprise for the people to see their “leaders” quitting a party and joining another, which he or she has been criticising and opposing on various issues.

To join this gang is Ramesh Kudachi the former Congress MLA from Belgaum, who was in the JD(s) till Wednesday, has now joined hands with Suresh Angadi and has asked people to vote for Angadi. He and some of his supporters have publicly supported Angadi in a public meeting yesterday, but the official announcement is yet be made.

Party hoppers are no less and these parties also take in all the hoppers as they know they will do the same one day. Party hopping is a necessity now. No ideologies nothing it’s just opportunist politics. Unlike in the past, leaders now party-hop only for personal gains and not for the sake of the people or any ideology.

Merits and Demerits of Belgaum candidates

Continuing with media coverage of the elections here is one more bit from ExpressBuzz.

I have concised the whole story for easy comparison.

 

	A B Patil	Suresh Angadi	Amarsinh Patil
Merits	1. Given a new life for JD(S), which was staring down the barrel in the district after defection of Balchandra Jarkiholi and Umesh Katti to BJP? 2. A B Patil who has worked as a minister in H D Deve Gowda’s cabinet is also eyeing the Lingayat and Muslim votes. 3. Since Lingayats constitute considerable chunk of electorate Patil can expect lots of Lingayat votes.	1. From the ruling party and thus getting funds would become easier. Claims to having fulfilled all the assurances made in previous elections. 2. Aims to make Belgaum an important place in Karnataka. 3. Promises to get “several crores of rupees” to enable development. 4. He wields clout among the Lingayats (the constituency has 4,70,000 Lingayats) and that might fetch him their votes	1. He will still get Muslim, OBC and Kuruba votes and it would be easy for him to win.   2. He is confident of getting Kuruba votes en masse. He says, minorities and Dalits are safe only under Congress rule.
Demerits	1. Patil earlier tried to get Congress ticket and when he failed to get it, joined JD(S). That has made a dent in his credibility	1. He was recently embroiled in a controversy over the hoisting of a saffron flag atop the newly-built Belgaum City Corporation office. 2. Marathis still have not decided their stand but in a recent meeting of MES, it gave a call to Marathis not to vote for BJP.	1. Ramesh Jarkiholi, the Congress MLA from Gokak, had strongly opposed the candidature.

 But on the ground the constituency faces numerous problems. There is very less industrialization and all the promises of an IT hub etc are still on paper. People want direct connectivity to Mumbai by air and want more number of trains to Bangalore and Mumbai. Drinking water is a evergreen problem & even after the 24 hours distribution in some parts still nothing major seems to have been achieved. 

Movies as on 10-04-209

Theatre	Movie	Timings
Big Cinemas		12.30,3.30,6.30
	8 by 10 Tasveer	1.15,3.15,6.15,9,10.15pm
Ritz Srikrishna
Nirmal	Kiran Bedi	12.15pm,3.15,6.15,9.15
Huns	Madakari	3.15,6.15,9.15
	Var	12.3
Arun		12.30,2,4,7
Roopali	Hrudyad Vishaya	12.15,3.15.6.15,9.15
Balkrishna	Raftaar ka Junnon (H)	12.30,3.30,6.30,9.30
Chitra	Josh (K)	12,3,6,9
Swaroop	One Man Army	12,3,6,9
Hira	EK	12.15,3.15,6.15,9.15
Prakash	Nished Agya	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Nartaki
	Me shivaji Raje BB	12,3,6,9
Santosh	Jaji Mallige	12.15pm,3.15pm,6.15pm,9.15pm
Globe		12.15,1.45,3.45,6.45
Kindly check the excat  timings with the theatres

APMC Vegetable market in Belgaum halted

10 candidates in fray for Belgaum

10 candidates are in the fray for the Belgaum constituency. 3 persons withdrew their nominations on the last day yesterday.

 But the main fight would be a Triangular between Amrsinh, Angadi & A B Patil.

 

	Candidate Name	Party Affiliation
1.	Amarsinh Vasantrao Patil	INC
2.	Angadi Suresh Channabasappa	BJP
3.	APPAYYAGOUDA BASAGOUDA PATIL	JD(S)
4.	ASHOK PANDAPPA HANAJI	Independent
5.	BHAVI KASTURI BASANAGOUDA	Independent
6.	Mohan Hanamant Gadiwaddar	Independent
7.	Patil Allappa Ramappa	Independent
8.	Patil Ramangouda Siddangouda	BSP
9.	RAMACHANDRA MAREPPA TORGAL (CHALAWADI)	Independent
10.	VIJAYKUMAR JEENADATH UPADYA	Independent