Sudhakar has no morals to speak against BSY, Vijayendra: MP Renukacharya
Davangere: Former minister M.P. Renukacharya launching a scathing attack on MP Dr. K. Sudhakar, stated that he lacks the moral standing to speak against former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra.
He accused Sudhakar of being an opportunist who joined the BJP solely for a ministerial position and not out of loyalty to the party.
Addressing reporters, Renukacharya labeled Sudhakar a "third-class politician" who remained inactive despite holding two portfolios in the BJP-led government.
He further criticized him for ignoring calls from MLAs while serving as a minister. "Because of my persistence, a 200-bed hospital was sanctioned for Honnali. When Yediyurappa was CM, a Jayadeva Hospital branch was announced for Davangere in the budget, but Sudhakar later canceled it," he alleged.
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Holding Sudhakar responsible for the BJP’s electoral loss, Renukacharya warned him against making statements against Vijayendra. "We lost the elections due to leaders like Sudhakar. If he dares to speak against Vijayendra, he should be careful," he said.
Renukacharya also took a dig at MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, suggesting that his fight should be directed at the Congress rather than Vijayendra. "If Yatnal has the strength, let him march in Kanakapura and Varuna instead of attacking our state president. Some leaders are speaking against Vijayendra, but they are only spitting at the sky—it won’t make any difference," he remarked.
Furthermore, he questioned Yatnal’s past association with the JD(S) and his participation in an Iftar gathering, sarcastically commenting that someone who once "fed biryani to everyone" cannot claim to be a true Hindu.
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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.
