Udupi BJP MLA Raghupathi Bhat seeks NIA probe into hijab row
Mangaluru(PTI): Udupi BJP MLA K Raghupathi Bhat on Friday demanded an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the hijab controversy that started at the government girls' pre-university college in Udupi.
Bhat, who is also the college development committee president, alleged in a statement that the students have approached the Supreme Court questioning the interim order of the Karnataka High Court at the behest of Campus Front of India (CFI).
He charged that the six Muslim girl students of the college had opened Twitter accounts in October-November last year and posted the contents of CFI statements on their accounts which were anti-national.'
They had tweeted that the Muslim community did not get justice in the Babri Masjid issue and they will fight to get their rights at any cost, the MLA said.
Innocent girls are being brainwashed with blind religious ideology and this has been conveyed to the state Home Minister and the police department, Bhat said in the statement.
Bhat said only a comprehensive investigation by the NIA will bring out the reasons for turning the hijab issue into a controversy. The youth Congress has also joined hands with the CFI by moving the Supreme Court on the issue.
The MLA claimed that Muslim leaders in Udupi do not want any friction between the two communities and those from outside are creating trouble by conspiring to disturb peace in the district.
A thorough investigation should be held into the reasons that led to the controversy, he said.
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Sportspersons winning gold in Olympics to get Rs 6 crore cash prize, says CM Siddaramaiah
‘Silver medalists to get Rs 4 crore, bronze-winners to get Rs 3 crore’
Bengaluru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has announced a cash prize of Rs 6 crore for sportspersons who win gold in the Olympics, and expressed confidence that sportspersons from Karnataka would reach the top in their respective games.
The CM, speaking during the ‘Karnataka Olympics 2025’ awards ceremony organized by the Karnataka Olympics Association, Bengaluru, on Sunday, congratulated the winners.
Assuring that the state government was supportive of sports, he said that, sportspersons who win silver would be given Rs 4 crore and bronze-winners would get Rs 3 crore as cash prize.
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Siddaramaiah added that reservation for sportspersons in appointment to government jobs is being implemented starting January 2026. “Up to 3 per cent jobs in the Police and Forest Departments and 2 per cent in the other government departments are being reserved for sportspersons. An official order will be passed in this regard in January 2026,” he said and called upon youngsters to enter the sports field in larger numbers.
The CM also lauded the contributions of the Karnataka Olympics Association in the field of sports, since 1958, when it was founded. “The Association has been even more active since MLC Govindaraj took charge as Chairperson. It is a matter of pride that just like in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, the Olympics Association in our state too functions from its own building,” he added.
