Cabinet approves ordinance to curb harassment by microfinance institutions to borrowers
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has taken a major step to prevent harassment by microfinance institutions, with the cabinet approving an ordinance to regulate their recovery practices.
At a cabinet meeting led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday, the decision was made to introduce an ordinance aimed at curbing unethical loan recovery methods used by microfinance institutions.
Addressing the press after the meeting, Minister H.K. Patil stated that many microfinance institutions have been using harsh and inhumane methods to recover loans.
He added that the Chief Minister has called a meeting of senior ministers to discuss key issues. The cabinet has authorized the Chief Minister to proceed with the ordinance to address these concerns effectively.
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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.
