If delay of Confidence Motion unethical, is Operation Lotus ethical, asks Krishna Byre Gowda
Bengaluru: "Will the BJP leaders, who term the delay of Confidence Motion as unethical, justify the 'Operation Lotus' as ethical", Minister Krishna Byre Gowda asked in the House.
Participating in the continued debate in the Assembly here on Monday, the Minister explained in detail the audio and video records of the discussion between the disgruntled MLAs and the BJP leaders and the 'Operation Lotus'. BJP leaders have been demanding the Confidence Motion if the coalition leaders have ethics. On what ethical ground they were asking Confidence Motion? The BJP leaders were in a hurry to form the government by toppling the coalition government through 'Operation Lotus', he criticized.
BJP leaders have been claiming that they do not have any relationship with the MLAs who resigned from their positions. But Gokak MLA Ramesh Jarakiholi was in contact with BJP leaders for the last six-seven months. He had supported the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections. The Congress has already lodged complaint against him with the Speaker, he said.
An audio record of Hirekerur MLA BC Patil speaking to a BJP leader was disclosed, and in which, he was offered Rs 25 crore and ministerial berth. It was not imagination. The Congress MLA was directly lured with money and position and it was disclosed, he said.
"After failing to protect your party MLAs, you are asking me to give pass marks. How could I give the marks? Instead of researching in the MLAs who have given the resignation, if you were able to bring back four to five MLAs, I would not have this difficulty".
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Flagrant injustice to underprivileged: Mehbooba on govt action against Shopian school
Srinagar (PTI): PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian an unlawful entity under the UAPA was a "flagrant injustice" to the underprivileged sections of society.
She also alleged that banning such "altruistic institutions" without any solid evidence of anti-national activity "shows a deep seated prejudice and ill intention".
The institution allegedly run by individuals affiliated with a banned organisation has been declared an "unlawful entity" under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
In a post on X, Mehbooba said, "Every single day the j&k government acts as a mute bystander & a timid enabler of vicious assaults on J&Ks identity & dignity. Declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom as an unlawful entity under UAPA is a flagrant injustice to the poor underprivileged sections of society".
The former chief minister said the institution served as a "beacon of quality education" for students unable to afford expensive schooling.
"It has produced reputed doctors and professionals who served this nation with dedication. Banning these altruistic institutions without any solid evidence of anti national activity shows a deep seated prejudice & ill intention," she added.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg issued a two-page order based on the dossier presented by Senior Superintendent of Police Shopian pointing towards the alleged illegal activities at Darul Uloom Jamia Sirajul Uloom at Imam Sahib in Shopian district in south Kashmir.
According to the order issued by Garg on April 24, there were "credible inputs and evidence on record, to indicate sustained and covert linkages of the institution with Jamaat-e-Islami, which the Government of India banned in 2019.
