Wednesday 4 July 2012
The Pranth Baitak of Karnataka South SJM was held on 24-6-2012 at Yadava Smrithi, Bangalore. The baitak was guided by Sri B.M.Kumaraswamy and Sri Appala Prasad. The baitak was attended by 35 karyakarthas.
The first session started with Sri Kumaraswamy addressing the gathering. He highlighted the reasons for devaluing of the Indian Rupee, the main reasons being the Euro crisis and wrong policies of the Government. He urged that SJM should actively protest the wrong policies and should advice the Government in making right policies. He also said about the consequences of 20 years of globalisation and that India should not bother much to follow the WTO agreement as it is a closed chapter.
The speech was followed by reporting and analysing the activities of the previous year. Summary of the report is as follows.
- Traders’ meet to highlight the consequences of FDI was held at around 22 centres with a participation of more than 3500 traders.
- Protests were carried out against FDI at the above centres which were highlighted by huge processions and closure of local markets.
- Around 3000 books on FDI were sold and around 1 lakh paper bills were circulated.
- Many Ayurveda camps were conducted at different districts. Around 500 people participated in these camps.
- A special Ayurveda camp of three days was held in Bangalore which highlighted on simple techniques for a healthy living. The camp was attended by around 100 people from the elite society. The camp included oil bath, mud bath, introduction of medicinal plants, stress busting techniques….
- An essay competition was held for college students in Mysore on FDI which was attended by students of 14 colleges. Prizes were given away for best essays.
- Study circle conducted in Bangalore every month on various topics attended by an average 30 people.
- A one day seminar was held in Tumkur University. Sri Gurumurthy, Prof Kumaraswamy and Sri M R Venkatesh were the main speakers. Around 275 lecturers, students and members of Chamber of Commerce Tumkur Attended.
- A delegation from SJM was called by the Chief Minister of Karnataka to give suggestions on the budget.
- Bowing to the protests by SJM, the Government was forced to take back the amendments in the APMC Act. The amendments were aimed to favour the MNC’s.
- Another achievement of SJM is the scrapping of the 2nd phase of Mangalore SEZ by the Government.
- Activities were carried out in almost all the districts of South Karnataka in the previous year.
The next session was devoted to the planning of the activities for the current year.
The activities planned are tabled below.
JULY 2012 | 10 and 11 15 22 | Cow based products preparation camp, Hosanagara North Karnataka Karyakarthas baitak Swadeshi Bhandar training camp, Bangalore |
August 2012 | 10,11,12 21,22 | Special Programmes for ladies National Seminar, Tiruchinapalli Kissan Samavesh, Delhi |
September 2012 | 1 to 16 | Programmes for college/school teachers/students Swadeshi Saptah |
October 2012 | 5,6,7 14 | Rashtriya sabha Nagpur Tengdiji punya divas |
November 2012 | 10 22 | Programmes for farmers and visiting villages SJM stapana divas State vichara varga |
December 2012 | 12 | Kutumba maasa Swadeshi divas |
January 2013 | Yuva maasa | |
February 2013 | Arogya maasa | |
March 2013 | Vyapaari maasa | |
April 2013 | Pranth arogya shibir | |
May 2013 | Karyakarthas abhyasa varg | |
June 2013 | Varshik yojana and reviewing the years’ activities. |
It was also decided in the baitak that study circles will be conducted every month in Bangalore south on 2nd Thursday, Tumkur on 2nd Tuesday, Mandya on 3rd Tuesday and Mysore every 4th Friday.
A one day Vichara varg is planned in Bangalore on Sept 16th, Tumkur in July, Mysore in July and Mandya in September.
After the baitak, the karyakarini met and it was decided that each member should devote more time in adjoining zillas. Likewise Sri Pradip was entrusted with Hassan district, Sri Vijayakrishna with Ulsoor and Malleshwaram Bhag of Bangalore, Sri Srinivas with Chickballapur, Sri Ravish with Vijayanagar and Shankarapuram of Bangalore and Sri Govindrao with Tumkur city.
The following responsibilities were announced in the baitak.
1. Sri R.Vijayakrishna- Bangalore city co-convener
2. Sri Prasad- Bangalore city study circle pramukh
3. Sri Srinivas- Anekal Bhag(Zilla) convener
4. Sri Renukaradhya- Tiptur Taluq Convener
