BMTC set to increase services to KIAL airport as Bengaluru braces for 'Bandh' on Monday
Bengaluru: In response to the Bengaluru Bandh called by the Federation of the Private Vehicles Association on Monday, the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has announced additional services between the city and Kempegowda International Airport.
To ensure that airport passengers do not face any inconvenience during the bandh, BMTC has implemented precautionary measures. The corporation has advised its drivers to increase the number of trips between Kempegowda Airport and various city destinations. BMTC's Vayu Vajra buses will commence operations from the airport at midnight on Sunday. Normally, BMTC runs more than 500 trips daily, but in anticipation of the bandh, they have been instructed to add an extra 100 trips, according to a BMTC statement.
The Federation of Private Vehicles Association has called for the bandh to voice several demands, including compensation for losses incurred following the implementation of the Shakthi Scheme. This bandh call is expected to disrupt the daily commute of many people throughout the city.
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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.
