Our opposition to religion that has no equality: Former CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, Oct 07: I have no objection to any religion. However, there is a disagreement about the religions that do not have equality and do not give respect to human beings; said Siddaramaiah, former chief minister.
Speaking at a function organized by Okalipuram Residents' Welfare Association at Maheshwari Bhavan on Sunday, he said, "Our government has implemented similar plans for all religions. I have no jealousy against any religion.
The BJP ran a false campaign accusing me as an anti-Hindu for celebrating Tipu Sultan's birthday. However, the state celebrated the birthdays of 13 people including Vishwakarma, Krishna, Hadapada Appanna, Kittur Rani Chennamma, and Devara Dasimayya. Was that anti-religion? He asked.
“In a democracy, humanity should be more important to everyone, and not the religion. In the Nadageethe, Kuvempu has written ‘Sarva janāṅgada śāntiya tōṭa.’ In the same way, our government has implemented a number of programmes that apply to everyone, he said.
Speaking at the occasion, KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao said that the Siddaramaiah government had introduced many programmes for Dalits, backward, minorities, students and youths. No other government was as successful as the Siddaramaiah’s government.
The election result is not essential for us. We have lost the election not because people did not like us; instead, it was because of the propaganda against us. People still believe him, he said.
Congress leader G. Sampath, Anand Guruji, Veeranna Mattikatti, R Gundu Rao, Tabu Dinesh Rao, Mahadev Nayak, Raj Karthik, and others were present.
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'Ab kya hoga, ye rab jane...': Tharoor takes dig at failed US-Iran talks in Pakistan
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New Delhi (PTI): Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday took a swipe at the "failed" US-Iran peace talks in Pakistan with an Urdu couplet, saying only god knows now what will happen.
"Ab kya hoga, ye rab jane; Na woh mane, na ye mane (only god knows what will happen now as both sides did not agree)," Tharoor said on X, tagging a post-talks video clip of US Vice President J D Vance, who led the American delegation at the negotiations in Islamabad.
The United States and Iran failed to reach a peace deal at their historic 21-hour talks in Pakistan, leaving the fate of a tenuous two-week ceasefire in doubt, with both sides attempting to hold each other responsible for the collapse of the negotiations.
अब क्या होगा, ये रब जाने
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) April 13, 2026
ना वो माने, ना ये माने https://t.co/DYrXpa7C8h
Vance said the Iranian side did not accept Washington's terms for ending the war even as the US presented its "final and best offer".
Hours after the talks collapsed, US President Donald Trump said on social media that the negotiations with Tehran failed as "Iran is unwilling to give up its nuclear ambitions".
Trump said the US Navy will actively interdict any vessel in international waters found to have paid tolls to Iran for transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping route that handles roughly 20 per cent of global oil and LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas).
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the head of the Iranian negotiation team, said it is for the US to decide whether it can "earn our trust or not".
The Iranian foreign ministry, without elaborating, said the US side resorted to "excessive" and "illegal demands".
The failure to reach an agreement has dimmed the prospect of reopening the Strait of Hormuz to stabilise the global energy marke
