Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Sunni Federation (SSF) marked its 50th year anniversary with the Golden 50 Conference held at the Palace Grounds in Bengaluru on Sunday. Meanwhile addressing the conference, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah asserted the SSF to work in the sphere of maintaining unity, constitution and integrity of the country.

Siddaramaiah further called upon the students to devote their energy and organization and equip the students towards advancing the country rapidly in the path of development.

“Diversity is the quality of the Indian soil. I’ve heard that this Organization has been at the forefront of protecting the friendly and diverse culture of the country for the past 50 years. The country’s constitution must be delivered to each and every student. If the values of the constitution remain, the country will survive,” he said.

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He further added that India belongs to every Indian. "Our land has been shaped by the penances and values filled by Buddha, Basava, Ambedkar, Kuvempu and Sufi-Saints. Every person in the state has protection guaranteed under the constitution." Simultaneously he also assured that no one would be allowed to take the law into their hands and discriminate on the basis of name, caste and religion.

Prominent personalities including, Mufti Sulthanul Ulama A.P Aboobaker Musliyar, Deputy Chief Minister D.K Shivakumar, Speaker U.T Khader, Housing and Minority Affairs Minister Zameer Ahmed, CM’s Political Advisor Ahmed and other state leaders of the SSF were on the dais.

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New Delhi (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha, marking the end of his two-decade rule in the eastern state and paving the way for a new chief minister.

The oath was administered by Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan in his chamber at a brief ceremony. The Chairman later welcomed him as a member of the Upper House and also on his return in Parliament.

Kumar took the oath in Hindi in the presence of Union Minister J P Nadda, who is also leader of the house, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Panchayati Raj Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Ram Nath Thakur and Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Bihar deputy chief minister Samrat Chaudhary was also present at the oath-taking.

JDU leader and party's working president Sanjay Kumar Jha, Congress chief whip in Rajya Sabha Jairam Ramesh, besides BJP MP and former union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy and BJP chief whip in Lok Sabha Sanjay Jaiswal, were among those present during the oath-taking.

"Vice President of India and Chairman, Rajya Sabha, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, administered the oath to Shri Nitish Kumar as an elected Member of Rajya Sabha, from Bihar, at Parliament House today," the Vice President's office said on X, while sharing pictures of the oath-taking.

After the oath-taking, Kumar came out of the new Parliament building and spoke about the time he was a member of the Lok Sabha and sat in the old Parliament building.

As Kumar assumes the Rajya Sabha role, it marks the end of his long two-decade rule in Bihar. Kumar will soon resign as chief minister and the NDA is likely to elect a new chief minister of Bihar on April 14.

He has already resigned as a member of the State Legislative Council on March 30 after he was elected to Rajya Sabha.

The JD(U) supremo was elected to the Upper House of Parliament on March 16, and he had to quit as an MLC in the 14-day period after his election.