Inquiry ordered into K'taka officer Rohini Sindhuri's alleged violation of rules for use of funds
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government issued an order on Thursday for a departmental inquiry against IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri following allegations that she had been violating rules by expending government funds without prior permission.
Rohini Sindhuri has been facing allegations of getting the residence of the Mysuru Deputy Commissioner renovated and purchasing clothes and bags without taking the permission of the senior officers in the department. She allegedly gave inappropriate responses and submitted no records as proof for her actions during a primary investigation on the matter.
Under Secretary to the Government James Tharakan, who heads the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (DPAR), has ordered a departmental inquiry of the allegations by an investigation committee, led by retired IAS officer Yogendra Tripathi and BBMP Special Commissioner Ujwal Kumar.
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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.
