Karnataka Health Minister assures end to medicine shortages in govt hospitals by December
Bengaluru: Karnataka's Health Minister, Dinesh Gundurao, has announced that the ongoing issue of medicine shortages in government hospitals is being resolved. He assured the public that there will be no shortage of medicines in any government hospital after December.
Speaking at the inauguration of the newly renovated Emergency Care Unit at Jayanagar Public Hospital, Minister Gundurao emphasized the importance of ensuring the availability of free medicines alongside medical treatment in hospitals. He expressed his commitment to building public trust in government hospitals by ensuring the proper availability of medicines.
To address the issue, the Health Minister said he has instructed the State Medicines Supply Corporation to expedite the supply of medicines to hospitals across the state. He said that providing medicines effectively within hospitals will eliminate the need for external public medicine centers, simplifying access to essential medications for patients.
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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.
