Prioritise pressing issues like Manipur violence: Stalin
Chennai (PTI): Ahead of the start of the Parliament's five-day special session on September 18, DMK President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday told his party MPs to raise pressing issues like Manipur violence together with opposition INDIA alliance's constituents to defeat the conspiracies of the BJP.
Stalin, referring to the special Parliamentary session, said on X: "It's time to unite and make a resounding impact."
"Our mission is clear: Do not be swayed by diversion tactics of BJP. Stand strong, raise your voices, and prioritise the pressing issues like Manipur violence and the flagged irregularities in the CAG report in unison with our #INDIA allies. Together, we can defeat the conspiracies of BJP and ensure justice for our great republic."
In a meeting of his party MPs here, which was chaired by Stalin, the DMK denounced the Centre's Vishwakarma Yojana as a conspiracy and said it would oppose the scheme in Parliament.
A resolution adopted in the meet said the Vishwakarma Yojana is a well-planned conspiracy aimed at encouraging hereditary occupations. It sought to dissuade young people from attending colleges and wanted them to continue hereditary vocations. Hence it shall be opposed in Parliament. Fearing the opposition INDIA alliance, the BJP regime is keen on changing the country's name to Bharat.
The meet urged the Centre to advise Karnataka to release Cauvery water to the state. The DMK said it would request the Centre to clear Tamil Nadu's anti-NEET Bill.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
