<p class="title">Mangalore MLA U T Khader on Monday urged the government to withdraw the weekend curfew.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He accused the government of instilling fear among people in the name of Omicron.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is a well-known fact that people are suffering from mild to moderate symptoms and none have lost their lives for Omicron, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yet, the government has imposed a weekend curfew which was politically motivated to derail Mekedatu Padayatra of Congress, he alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The weekend curfew was not to safeguard the health of people, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The former minister said that daily wage labourers and vegetable vendors are facing hardships and many had lost their employment following the weekend curfew.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Instead of curfew, he urged the government to create awareness among people on wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and taking precautionary measures to check the spread of Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lab at Wenlock Hospital is overburdened with a lack of staff. There is a lack of technicians at community health centres. The government should focus on improving facilities at health care centres, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Flays Centre’s decision</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The MLA also flayed the Centre’s decision to reject the tableau on Narayana Guru for the Republic Day parade.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dakshina Kannada MP and State BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel should speak on it, he added.</p>
<p class="title">Mangalore MLA U T Khader on Monday urged the government to withdraw the weekend curfew.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He accused the government of instilling fear among people in the name of Omicron.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is a well-known fact that people are suffering from mild to moderate symptoms and none have lost their lives for Omicron, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Yet, the government has imposed a weekend curfew which was politically motivated to derail Mekedatu Padayatra of Congress, he alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The weekend curfew was not to safeguard the health of people, he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The former minister said that daily wage labourers and vegetable vendors are facing hardships and many had lost their employment following the weekend curfew.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Instead of curfew, he urged the government to create awareness among people on wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and taking precautionary measures to check the spread of Covid-19.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The lab at Wenlock Hospital is overburdened with a lack of staff. There is a lack of technicians at community health centres. The government should focus on improving facilities at health care centres, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Flays Centre’s decision</strong></p>.<p class="bodytext">The MLA also flayed the Centre’s decision to reject the tableau on Narayana Guru for the Republic Day parade.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dakshina Kannada MP and State BJP President Nalin Kumar Kateel should speak on it, he added.</p>