Orange seller Harekala Hajabba gets a warm welcome in Mangaluru
The Hindu
He returned from Delhi after receiving the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind
Orange seller Harekala Hajabba was given a warm welcome on his arrival in Mangaluru on November 9 after receiving the Padma Shri award from President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on November 8.
Mangaluru Tahsildar T. G. Guruprasad received him at Mangaluru International Airport on behalf of Dakshina Kannada district administration on his arrival from Delhi via Bengaluru.
Leaders and legislators hailing from Ballari, which is part of the Kalyana Karnataka region, seem to be a source of much political upheaval in Karnataka, going by recent history. This has been the case since the time illegal mining hit national and international headlines in the 2000s and the place gained reputation as “Republic of Ballari”.
The former BJP MLA of Udupi K. Raghupathi Bhat claimed on Saturday that he contesting the Legislative Council elections from South West Graduates’ Constituency as rebel candidate made the saffron party field its party leader C. T. Ravi in the biennial elections to the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly.