Mangaluru: Chief Minister Yediyurappa has no knowledge of finance. Otherwise he would have not told that the govt has gone bankrupt, said Former chief minister Siddaramaiah.

Speaking to mediapersons at the Mangaluru Airport, Siddaramaiah said that treasury would never be filled. Tax would be spent on essential works as soon as it comes.

The central government has given Rs 1,200 crore that too after two months, while the state government had asked Rs 38,000 crore. This money is insufficient for the emergency management. They would have given at least 5 thousand crores. Release of such a small amount of funds is the failure of the state government. It would not have happened if the state government had put pressure on the centre, Siddaramaiah added.

Responding to a question from journalists about the cases being filed against those who speak against the central government, Siddaramaiah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was following Hitler's legacy.

Former ministers UT Khadar, K Abhayachandra Jain, MLC Ivan D'Souza, Harish Kumar and Youth Congress district president Mithun Rai were also present.

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Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka School Education Department has issued a circular strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs in educational and cultural programmes.

It stated that such dances would negatively impact students' mental health and moral values. It will create indiscipline and harm the sanctity of education.

"All the Deputy Directors (Administration) of the state's School Education Department have been asked to take strict measures to prevent children or students from dancing to obscene songs in all government, aided and unaided schools in the state," the office of the commissioner of the School Education Department said in a recent circular.

"If it is found that children are being made to dance to obscene songs, appropriate action will be taken against the headmaster or management of such school," it added.

The department also listed certain measures in this regard, which include: strictly prohibiting children from being made to dance to obscene songs during educational and cultural programmes; selecting songs that are inspiring, positive, instilling national pride in children and reflecting the greatness, dignity, values, culture, and morality of the state.

Stating that the school headmaster and management are responsible for selecting songs and dances for cultural programmes, it said, they should also ensure that students wear decent clothes in dance or cultural programmes.