DK Shivakumar reacts to Centre's plan of changing India's name to Bharat
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar expressed his perspective on the proposal to change the country's name from India to Bharat, emphasizing the importance of addressing the citizens' real-life needs.
Responding to reporters' questions about this name change proposal, Shivakumar stated, "The real change can be seen when the people of the country experience improvements in their lives, such as access to food, employment, and housing. Has the people's income doubled in the past nine years? Have they received the promised 15 lakhs in their bank accounts? No. The BJP used to challenge us, saying they wouldn't leave a single grain of rice unaccounted for. But have they fulfilled even one of their promises?" he questioned.
Shivakumar also pointed out that many affluent and large-scale businesspeople are leaving the country. He highlighted that numerous Indian billionaires have acquired foreign citizenships by obtaining passports from other nations, which has resulted in capital outflows from India. He emphasized that merely changing the country's name would not bring any substantial benefits and that the focus should be on transforming the nation's culture.
Furthermore, Shivakumar called for the government to introduce new legislation aimed at improving the well-being of the people. He mentioned that initiatives like the Right to Information (RTI) Act, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), and the Food Security Acts were implemented during the UPA government's tenure, and he questioned whether the BJP had similar intentions.
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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.
