Congress condemns installation of Savarkar’s portrait in Suvarna Vidhana Soudha
Belagavi: Condemning the installation of Savarkar’s portrait on the porch of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here, the leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah led a protest with the Congress MLAs at the main entrance of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha on Monday.
In a letter to the Speaker, Siddaramaiah urged that the ideals and thought processes of various other great personalities must be kept alive and their portraits must be installed in the assembly hall of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha at Belagavi.
“Visionaries, intellectuals, and national leaders such as Maharishi Valmiki, Basavanna, Kanakadasa, Shishunala Shareef, Narayana Guru, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Babu Jagjivanram, Kuvempu, and Vallabhbhai Patel have contributed greatly to the culture, tradition, and development of the country. Their thought processes and ideals hold true to all times and are worth following,” Siddaramaiah said, in the letter.
The Congress leader also urged the Speaker, “We request that the portraits of all these great men be installed at the Assembly hall of the Belagavi Suvarna Soudha, and their ideals illuminated.”
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Vijay unable to prove majority, not invited for CM oath ceremony: Sources
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay has reportedly not been invited to take oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after failing to demonstrate support from the required number of MLAs, sources in Raj Bhavan said.
According to media reports that quoted sources in the office of R.N. Ravi Arlekar, Vijay could not prove the backing of 118 legislators, the majority mark in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Despite last-minute efforts to secure support from the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam (AMMK), and an IUML legislator, Vijay reportedly managed support from only 116 MLAs, falling short by two members.
Sources said Vijay failed to submit letters of support from the VCK and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Later, the IUML issued a statement clarifying that it was not part of the TVK-led alliance.
Meanwhile, AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran is also said to have informed the Governor that his party would support the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) instead.
Earlier in the evening, Vijay had met Governor Arlekar and staked claim to form the government, stating that he enjoyed the support of 118 MLAs.
