September 13 to be announced as ‘Women Employees’ Day’, says CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: Appreciating the contribution of women employees to the functioning of the government, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said that September 13 will soon be announced as ‘Women Employees’ Day’.
Siddaramaiah, who participated in the Mahila Sammelana organized by the Akhila Karnataka Rajya Sarakari Mahila Naukarara Sangha, Bengaluru, on Thursday, said that the state government has decided to permit women employees to take one day paid menstrual leave per month. “Discussions are on with the Women and Child Welfare Minister about letting the Sangha use the Balabhavan for its official activities. Also, September 13 will be announced as ‘Women Employees’ Day’,” he added.
The CM also said that women employees were already contributing to the government work as much as men adding that the government is committed to eliminating gender inequality in our society.
“Women of the earlier generations were deprived of education, but the enforcement of the Constitution has ensured equal rights, including education, for everyone. Literacy rate in India was merely 10-12 per cent, but today, it is 78 per cent. Since women play a major role in shaping the personalities of their children, they should necessarily develop a sense of rationality and scientific temper in them. The women should help children develop awareness about blind beliefs in society too,” Siddaramaiah said.
Speaking about the efforts of the government further, the CM said, “The Shakti Yojana has provided free rides to3.5 crore women. We consider this social capital, and the money saved is being used to provide education to children, among other facilities. Our government has also implemented the Sixth and Seventh Pay Commission, to empower women financially and socially, just as Dr. BR Ambedkar too wanted.”
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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.
