Cauvery Protests: Bengaluru Police Commissioner denies permission for Tuesday Band call
Prohibitory orders to remain enforced from Monday midnight: Police Commissioner B. Dayanand
Bengaluru: Alongside bandh calls over the ongoing Cauvery issue on Tuesday by various organizations, the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner B. Dayanand on Monday clarified that permission will not be granted to band calls slated for September 26.
He was addressing the media after a meeting with the police officers, during which he stated that, “ There is no opportunity for bandh tomorrow, we have instructed the organizers that there is no permission for the bandh tomorrow.” He further warned the organizers that strict action will be taken if a bandh is observed forcefully tomorrow.
“Additional police will be deployed for security, Prohibitory orders will remain effective from midnight of September 25 to midnight of September 26,” he added.
He further stated that, "we have taken precautions to prevent a repeat of the 2016 incidents. Additionally, there is an ongoing discussion regarding the provision of security for buses, including if Tamil Nadu buses also require security, we will provide that.”
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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.
