The veteran Congress leader is in the ICU of a private hospital in Mangaluru
MANGALURU: Former Union minister and Rajya Sabha member Oscar Fernandes was critically injured after he accidentally fell while doing exercise on Monday.
The veteran Congress leader is in the ICU of a private hospital in Mangaluru. Udupi District Congress Committee president Ashok Kumar Kodavoor told TOI he lost balance while doing wall push ups and fell down in the morning.
“Initially, he did not take it very seriously, but later in the day, he suffered a severe headache. While he had been for a routine dialysis at the hospital, he underwent further tests for headache. Since he had internal injuries, he was immediately admitted, and on Tuesday, his health condition worsened, following which he was shifted to the ICU,” Kumar said.
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The ‘Janadhwani padayatra’ will cover 108 km in six days
Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar will participate in ‘Janadhwani padayatra’ of the party from Hejamady to Shiroor in Udupi district covering 108 km in six days from February 22.
It is to create awareness among people on the anti-people policies of the BJP-led government and to highlight the demerits of the recently passed farm laws of the Union government, according to Udupi District Congress president Ashok Kumar Kodavoor.
Rising prices
Addressing presspersons in Udupi on Friday, he said the farm laws are against the interests of farmers. People are upset with the BJP-led government over increasing fuel prices, steel and cement, he said.
Ashok Kumar Kodavoor, president of Udupi District Congress Committee giving details of the padayatra that former CM Siddaramaiah and KPCC President D K Shivakumar will take out from February 22, in Udupi on Friday.
UDUPI: Congress is gearing up for ‘padayatra’ politics, this time to create public awareness about the farm laws that the union government has introduced. The padayatra spanning six days will commence at Hejamady on February 22 and end at Shiroor, the northern border of the district. Former chief minister Siddaramaiah and KPCC president D K Shivakumar will undertake this padayatra with other local and state Congress leaders.
Ashok Kumar Kodavoor, president of Udupi District Congress Committee told reporters here on Friday that the ‘padayatra’ will focus on the ‘flipside’ of the farm laws, which he said had already gained negative traction among a wide cross section of society. Farmers in North India have already announced their intent to continue their on-go