BJP is conspiring to topple pro-people govt: Eshwar Khandre
Bengaluru, September 20: “BJP is also aware that the coalition government in the state is safe and stable. But the BJP has been trying to create negative image among people on the coalition government”, KPCC working president Eshwar Khandre alleged.
Speaking to reporters at the KPCC office here on Thursday, Khandre said that for the last one month, the BJP leaders have been creating false propaganda that the coalition government would collapse and thus obstructing the programmes of a pro-people government. Not even a single MLA from Congress would go to BJP. But the BJP leaders have been luring the Congress MLAs and threatening them. People have been observing their anti-people attitudes carefully. In future, the people would definitely taught them a lesson, he warned.
No Congress MLA has gone to Maharashtra. In order to tarnish the image of the government, the BJP leaders have been spreading such rumours. He has also spoken to some of the MLAs. All MLAs were in their constituencies. Some others have gone for tours. But none of the Congress MLAs have gone with the BJP, he clarified.
“BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra held a press conference and displayed the documents related to IT raids on the houses and offices of Minister D.K Shivakumar. He should clarify on how he got the documents of Income Tax Department and Enforcement Directorate which are the autonomous agencies of the country. IT department has conducted raids on Shivakumar due to political reasons and he would face it legally”.
- Eshwar Khandre, KPCC Working President
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Karnataka Governor gives assent to legislation against ‘honour killing’ in inter-caste marriages
Bengaluru: The government has brought into force the Karnataka Freedom of Choice in Marriage and Prevention and Prohibition of Crimes in the name of honour and tradition (Eva Nammava Eva Nammava) Act, 2026, intended to restrict ‘honour killings’ in inter-caste marriages.
According to The Indian Express, the legislation received assent from Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot on April 9 and was officially notified in the state gazette on April 10. The law had been passed unanimously by the state legislature last month.
The Bill was proposed by the Congress government in the wake of caste-linked ‘honour killings’ in the state, including the December 21, 2025, murder near Hubli of a 20-year-old Lingayat woman by her father for marrying a man from another caste.
The phrase ‘Eva Nammava Eva Nammava’ in the title is in reference to the message of universal humanity that the Lingayat saint Basavanna espoused. Basavanna, who rebelled against the caste system to lay the foundation of the Lingayat faith system, an amalgamation of all castes, used the words meaning ‘he is a part of me’ to say all people are one.
Under the new law, crimes committed in the name of ‘honour’, including murder, assault, threats, and social boycott, are specifically addressed with stringent punishments. ‘Honour killing’ offences carry a minimum imprisonment of five years, while serious assaults attract at least three years in jail.
The new law defines the social boycott of inter-caste couples as forcible eviction to remote corners of villages, refusal to provide services, refusal to provide work, refusal to conduct business, denial of loans and admissions to schools, and makes it punishable.
In the case of ‘honour killings’ per se, the new law prescribes a minimum imprisonment of five years, and in the case of assaults, a prison term that is not less than three years for serious injury and two years for minor injuries.
The offences under the proposed law are cognisable and non-bailable, which means police can carry out arrests without court permissions after taking up a case.
The legislation follows several reported inter-caste relationship-related killings in Karnataka in 2025, including cases in Raichur and another involving 18-year-old Kavita.
The law to protect the freedom of choice in marriages is among several social bills that the Congress government has brought out in line with its policies for the backward and downtrodden communities in the state.
