Bhatkal’s Mohammed Zaid secures gold at State Karate Selection, will represent K’taka at Nationals
Bhatkal: Mohammed Zaid, a student of Anjuman Boys' High School, Bhatkal, and a trainee at Alliance Martial Arts Academy, Bhatkal has secured first place at the Akhila Karnataka Sports Karate Association State-Level Selection held at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, Bengaluru.
With this achievement, Zaid has earned a place in the National Karate Championships in Hyderabad, where he will represent Karnataka. This is a significant moment for Uttara Kannada district, as there have been very few instances in the championship’s 16-year history where a participant from the region has represented the state at the national level.
Zaid, the son of Mohammed Mohsin Raja, has been training under Alliance Martial Arts Academy, Bhatkal, which he said played a key role in his success.
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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.
