Don’t act on Muzrai dept commissioner’s order till June 18: HC
Bababudangiri issue
Bengaluru, June 11: The High Court on Monday directed the Karnataka State Government against taking any action based on the order of the Commissioner of the Religious Endowment and Muzrai department on puja rituals at Dattatreya Peetha of Bababudangiri in Chikmagaluru district till June 18.
After hearing an argument on a petition filed by Sri Guru Dattatreya Peetha Temple Conservation Committee against the department Commissioner’s order, the Single Judge Bench headed by Justice Arvind Kumar directed the government postponing the further hearing. The court also issued notices to the state government, Hindu Endowment and Muzrai Department, Chikmagalur Deputy Commissioner, Tahsildar and Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin Shah Khadri in this case.
Lawyer for the applicant Jagadeesh Baliga argued that the state government had accepted the report of an Expert Committee, headed by Justice HN Nagamohan Das, and appointed a Muslim Maulvi as a priest for Datta Peetha on March 19. But the government had constituted the committee when the matter was in the court. The Expert Committee did not visit the Datta Peetha. In spite of this, it has made several recommendations and the previous government had agreed them. It has decided to issue Gazette notification in a hurry, he argued.
He also said that the state government is favouring a particular community. Violating the Supreme Court and Karnataka High Court orders, the government is taking unilateral and irresponsible decisions which are uncalled for, he said.
However, Advocate General Uday Holla sought time to file objections against the petition and assured of not taking any action till further hearing.
Accepting this, the Bench gave time till June 18 to file the objections and directed the state government not to take any action based on the order issued by the Department Commissioner on March 19 till the next hearing.
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Kharge likens BJP and RSS to poison; says 'poisonous snake should be killed'
Pune, Nov 17: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday likened the BJP and RSS to "poison" and termed them as "politically most dangerous" in India.
Addressing a rally in Sangli on the penultimate day before the campaigning for the Maharashtra assembly polls concluded, Kharge used the "killing the poisonous snake" analogy in his speech.
"If there is anything which is politically the most dangerous in India is the BJP and RSS. They are like poison. If a snake bites, the person (who is bitten) dies...such a poisonous snake should be killed," said Kharge.
He targeted Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the death of 10 newborns in a fire at a medical college.
Without naming Vishal Patil, the Congress rebel and Independent MP from Sangli, Kharge accused him of betraying the party and supporting his sister-in-law, who is contesting as an Independent nominee in the November 20 assembly elections.
In a dig at BJP, Kharge said the number of leaders who campaigned in Maharashtra polls outnumbered the number of candidates of the saffron party in the fray.
"The Prime Minister, Home Minister (Amit Shah) and other leaders have come here. Today, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath was also here. No idea what happened to him. In UP, in a fire at a hospital in Jhansi, 10 kids died. Despite that, his rallies in Maharashtra didn't stop," the Congress president said.
Kharge took potshots at PM Narendra Modi for holding rallies for state-level elections.
This is an election for assembly and not to elect the prime minister of the country, he said, adding that his (Modi's) "thirst for authority" is unsatiated.
He slammed Modi for not visiting strife-torn Manipur and instead travelling abroad.
"Modi was here till yesterday. Today he is abroad. Manipur is burning, people are dying, adivasi women are disrespected, and women are raped but Modi never visited Manipur. He is on foreign tours. Today he is also visiting a country. I want to tell him first to look after your home. Make the country strong first. You can go anywhere later," Kharge added.
He questioned the output of Modi's meetings with Donald Trump, Pakistan's prime minister, and presidents of Russia and China from India's perspective.
The 83-year-old leader said his age didn't stop him from supporting the Congress' ideology and meeting people.
"There are leaders who were given positions by the party and benefited. We are not criticising anyone but if the Congress party is giving you everything, you should not betray it," said Kharge in an apparent dig at Vishal Patil.
Kharge said the Congress didn't want any rift in the family of (former chief minister) late Vasantdada Patil, who hailed from Sangli.
"I was told that the Lok Sabha MP from Sangli (Vishal Patil) won with the support of Congress party and Congress party has re-inducted him with respect," he said.
Kharge said he respects the woman candidate who is contesting as an Independent because of her association with Congress.
"I had promised and told Ramesh Chennithala (Maharashtra Congress incharge) that we will offer whatever she wants after the elections. We sent Chennithala and KC Venugopal to talk to them as we did not want any rift in Vasantdada Patil's house and Sangli," he added.
Kharge said his assurances, however, didn't work.
Jayashree Patil, from former chief minister Vasantdada Patil’s family, has entered the fray as an independent candidate from Sangli against Congress nominee Prithviraj Patil.
"It is difficult to wake up those people who are pretending to sleep," Kharge added.
