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‘Governments have remained mute to the troubles of the public hit by COVID-19’
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KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar speaking at the valedictory of the padayatra at Byndoor in Udupi district on Saturday.
‘Governments have remained mute to the troubles of the public hit by COVID-19’
Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday said the governments at the State and Centre were working with scant regard to the woes of the common man the farmer, the worker and others.
At a time when the economic crisis has only deepened due to COVID-19 pandemic, the governments have ignored the common man who have been hit hard by the steep rise in the prices of essential commodities. People were fed up with governments and as such, the Congress had launched the Jana Dhwani Padayatra to lend support to their voice, Mr. Shivakumar said.
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
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India Book of Records official hands over a certificate to Gangadhar G in Udupi on Sunday for maximum distance covered while swimming in Padmasana posture.
UDUPI: Gangadhar G, a former employee of the state transport department, swam his way into India Book of Records for maximum distance covered while swimming in the Padmasana posture on Sunday.
A resident of Kadekar in Udupi taluk, Gangadhar, 65, founder president, Jai Durga Swimming Club, who took to swimming as a hobby aged 50, completed the record attempt by swimming for 1,400 metres with his legs shackled while using breaststroke.
K Raghupathi Bhat, Udupi MLA fetes Gangadhar G after his successful record attempt in Udupi on Sunday.