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Chamarajpet Congress MLA arranges Umrah for ASHA workers, distributes Saudi Riyal

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Chamrajpet / Bengaluru, KARNATAKA:

Later, he also visited Sira town in Tumakuru district and distributed Saudi Riyal 500 and other essential items to 26 pilgrims.

Karnataka minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan
Congress MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan. (File Photo)

Bengaluru : 

Chamarajpet Congress MLA BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan on Saturday arranged Umrah (an Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca) for 16 Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers at Jagjivan Ram Nagar ward office and distributed Saudi Riyal 500 (Rs 11,097) to each of them.

Taking to Twitter, the MLA said that a pilgrimage send-off programme was organised in his constituency during which he distributed the money and also other Umrah essentials to the workers. Later, he also visited Sira town in Tumakuru district and distributed Saudi Riyal 500 and other essential items to 26 pilgrims.

Meanwhile, the BJP hit out at the MLA saying he was indulging in such activities only to attract voters ahead of the Assembly elections. They have also demanded that the police file a suo motu case immediately and take necessary action. 

K Somashekhar, state president, ASHA Workers Association, said that he was not aware of the programme organised by the Congress leader. The MLA was not available for a comment. 

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / New Indian Express / Home> States> Karnataka / by Express News Service / February 27th, 2023

Mudeer Aga, JD(S) MLC, passes away

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Ramanagaram, Bengaluru, KARNATAKA :

Syed Mudeer Aga, Janata Dal (Secular) MLC, died of cardiac arrest in Bengaluru on Saturday.

A prominent minority community leader from Ramanagaram town, Mr. Aga had been staying in Bengaluru for the past several years. He complained of severe chest pain late on Friday and was shifted to a hospital, where he breathed his last in the early hours of Saturday.

The body was brought to Ramanagaram where it was received by senior officials of the district administration. Later, the mortal remains of Mr. Aga were kept at his residence in the town to allow the public to pay their last respects. The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and a host of leaders cutting across political and religious affiliations paid their last respects to Mr. Aga.

Mr. Gowda and Mr. Kumaraswamy termed Mr. Aga’s demise a great loss to society.

Minister for Food and Civil Supplies B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, and MP for Bengaluru Rural D.K. Suresh also paid their respects to the departed leader. According to the sources in the Ramanagaram district administration, Mr. Aga was elected as an MLC in June 2012 and his tenure was due for completion on June 17, 2018.

The final rites of Mr. Aga will be performed at Ramanagaram at 10 p.m. of Saturday, or on Sunday morning as some of his relatives are expected to arrive from Middle East, sources added.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> States / by Special Correspondent / Mandya – June 09th, 2018

Karnataka elections 2018: Here is a list of winning Muslim candidates

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This election saw the lowest Muslim representation in Karnataka Assembly unlike the 2013 Assembly polls where number had gone up to eleven.

Only seven of the Muslim candidates won their seats and incidentally all are from Congress party. Also, five of them had won the 2013 Assembly polls on the party ticket.

Congress, the ruling party in Karnataka fielded 17 Muslim candidates, JD(S) do have Muslim candidates while the saffron party (BJP) does not have a single Muslim candidate.

Among the winners is Kaneez Fatima, the sole Muslim woman won the Gulbarga Uttar constituency by defeating Chandrakant Patil of Bhartiya Janata Party by 5,940 votes. Her husband late Qamar Ul Islam had won the seat in 2013.

Veteran politician Roshan Baig won his stronghold Shivajinagar constituency by defeating BJP leader Katta Subramanya Naidu with a margin over 15,000 votes.

UT Abdul Khader, minister for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs in the Siddaramaiah cabinet, won Mangalore constituency by 19,739 seats, defeating Santosh Kumar Rai Boliyaru of BJP by 19,737 votes. Khader won 80,813 votes while BJP’s Santosh trailed behind with 61,074.

B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, former JD(S) legislator, who defected to Congress in March this year won the Chamrajpet constituency in Bangalore city by beating M Lakshminarayana of BJP with margin of 33,137 votes.

After Aziz Sait’s death, his son Tanveer Sait proved a winning horse for the party. Tanveer won the Narasimharaja constituency defeating BJP’s Sandesh Swamy by 18,127 votes. Sait is the Primary and Secondary Education Minister in the Siddaramaiah cabinet.

Mohammed Nalapad Haris or NA Haris won from Shantinagar seat with margin of 18,205 votes by defeating K Vasudevamurthy.

Rahim Khan has emerged victorious in Bidar assembly constituency with 73270 votes. The 52-year-old incumbent MLA defeated BJP’s Suryakanth Nagmarpalli who got 63025 votes.

Besides these seven winners, nine other Mulsim candidates finished at No. 2 in this poll.

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Of the 222 assembly constituencies which went to polls on May 12, the Congress party has won in 78 seats, while the JD-S has won 37 seats. The BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 104 seats.

Interestingly, the Congress polled more votes this time (38 per cent) than in the 2013 assembly election, when got 36.76 per cent votes.

source: http://www.siasat.com / The Siasat Daily / Home> Bangalore> Breaking News> News> Politics> Real Estate> Top Stories / May 16th, 2018