Silvester D’Souza

Daijiworld Media Network – Kundapur (EP)

Kundapur, May 25: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP Shobha reiterated her remark where she claimed churches in Mudigere and Aldur of Malnad region were discouraging people from getting inoculated. "I stand by my previous statement of churches misleading people on vaccination." She further stated that religious conversion of people belonging to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe is taking place in these churches.

Last week the MP had said that people were being misled when they visit the church. She further asked that a probe be conducted to know the person responsible for misleading the public. "I am not saying that the Catholics have done this, but other denominations of Christianity like Pentecost. People are being misled by the churches which have come recently. Proper action should be taken against them," she had said.

The MP's remarks had drawn strong criticism from various Christian organisations. Even Mangalore diocese and Catholic Sabha Udupi Pradesh strongly opposed the BJP MP's comments.

MP Shobha visits the land meant for installing oxygen plant

“The oxygen unit with a capacity of 500 litres will come up at a cost of Rs 5 lac. The civil works that are delayed due to technical reasons will be looked into by the district administration. I will be releasing Rs 3 lac from MPLADS funds and IMA will provide Rs 2 lac more. The oxygen plant needs to be functional within 15 days. DRDO is supplying the machinery for this purpose. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has directed different oil and gas public sector undertakings to set up 28 oxygen plants in Karnataka. One of them will be GAIL," said MP Shobha.

She was speaking to media persons after visiting the proposed spot for the oxygen plant at Kundapur government hospital.

“Kundapur taluk hospital is the primary medical centre in this area. Several pregnant women also come here to seek treatment. It is a challenging task for the health workers when they treat a pregnant woman who is Covid positive. The doctors, nurses and medical staff should be commended for their service for risking their lives like soldiers," she added.

District in-charge, Uday Kumar Shetty, district BJP president, Kuilady Suresh Nayak, Kundapur Mandala president, Shankar Ankadakatte, municipal council president, Veena Bhaskar Mendon, vice president, Sandeep Kharvi, party’s Sadananda Balkur, Mohandas Shenoy, Sandhya Ramesh, Kundapur sub division assistant commissioner, K Raju, taluk medical officer, Dr Nagabhooshan Udupa, Covid nodal officer, Dr Nagesh and council members were present.