Video of public toilet seats installed without partition in Smriti Irani's constituency goes viral
Amethi: A video of 4 public toilet seats installed side by side without partition in Uttar Pradesh has been going viral on social media on Friday. The incident was reported to be from Katehti village in the Jagdishpur block of Amethi which falls under Union Minister Smriti Irani's parliamentary constituency.
The public toilet was built for the convenience of the villagers but remains locked. Even though substantial amounts were allocated for the construction of this public toilet, all five seats constructed are non functional as the seats inside are caked up with dirt.
Taking to X, formerly known as twitter, UP Congress expressed amusement over the situation, questioning, How would it be if this public toilet built in Amethi is declared the eighth wonder of the world. Targeting Amethi MP Irani , they demanded accountability, asking who is responsible for this, whether the contractor, officials, or the minister herself.
Responding to UP Congress’s tweet, Shrikant Yadav, District Public Relations Officer (DPRO) said A new public toilet has been constructed elsewhere in the village and the toilet in question is now outdated. He further added, The orders to remove the toilet seats from the old facility were issued but were not executed as planned. An investigation will be carried out to determine the circumstances surrounding this peculiar situation
अमेठी में बने इस सार्वजनिक शौचालय को दुनिया का आठवां अजूबा घोषित कर दिया जाए तो कैसा रहेगा...
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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.
