Furore as Karnataka Minister gets jab at home
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He said he avoided inconveniencing those waiting at the hospital
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He said he avoided inconveniencing those waiting at the hospital
Karnataka Agriculture Minister B.C. Patil, who sparked a controversy on Tuesday by getting himself inoculated at his home in Hirekerur in violation of COVID-19 protocols, defended his action saying that he had ‘not committed any crime’.
The Minister reportedly summoned the taluk health official and staff to his home and got the vaccine shots for himself and his wife.
A video and photographs of the incident soon became viral on social media platforms evoking strong reactions from netizens and Opposition leaders of ‘misusing power and blatantly violating the norms’.
Notice to Hirekerur Health Officer after Karnataka Minister gets COVID-19 vaccine shot at residence ANI | Updated: Mar 03, 2021 06:58 IST
Haveri (Karnataka) [India], March 3 (ANI): Karnataka s Haveri Health Officer Dr Rajendra Doddamani issued a notice to Taluk Health Officer ZR Makandar after a controversy erupted over state minister BC Patil being administered COVID-19 vaccine at his residence on Tuesday.
Karnataka Minister BC Patil took his first shot of the coronavirus vaccine at his residence in Hirekerur, Haveri on Tuesday. Took the COVID-19 vaccine with my wife, at my Hirekerur house from government doctors today. While Made In India vaccines are being immensely appreciated by many countries, some vested interest groups are spreading false information about the vaccines, he tweeted after getting the jab.
Karnataka Agriculture Minister BC Patil has once again stoked controversy and said that farmers who kill themselves by suicide do so as their minds are weak and the government cannot be blamed for such deaths.
Agriculture department proposes to provide Krishi Sanjeevini vehicles to all Raitha Samparka Kendras in Karnataka.
KARKALA: Agriculture department has drawn up an ambitious plan to provide Krishi Sanjeevini – lab to land – mobile soil testing laboratories to all raitha samparka kendras in Karnataka. As a pilot, 20 such vehicles have been given to as many Kendras in Koppal districts.
The department has urged chief minister B S Yediyurappa to allot funds to purchase 519 vehicles for the remaining Kendras, minister for agriculture B C Patil announced here on Monday.
Launching the ‘Kaarla Kaje’ boiled rice brand and ‘Karkala Bili Bende’ seeds, Patil said the CM has in-principle agreed to sanction funds to purchase these vehicles. With a common toll free number for the state – 155313 – farmers will get soil testing assistance at their doorsteps. Krishi Sanjeevini vehicle will have an agriculture graduate working and assist the farmers with the kind of nutrients they n