Vice President Dhankar cancels 3-day visit to Karnataka
Bengaluru, Jan 13: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar has cancelled his three-day visit to Karnataka, which included unveiling of the 112-foot statue of ''Adiyogi'' by the Isha Foundation in Chikballapura on January 15.
Dhankar was scheduled to arrive on January 14 and leave January 16. According to a communique from the state government on Friday, Dhankar's visit stands cancelled due to ''unavoidable reasons''.
Apart from unveiling the Adiyogi statue, the Vice President was scheduled to inaugurate the new Management Development Centre (MDC) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Bengaluru.
Earlier today, the Karnataka High Court had allowed the Isha Yoga Centre's Adiyogi statue to be inaugurated in Chikkaballapura district on January 15.
However, it has ordered a status quo on the construction activities at the site.
On January 11, the court had ordered status quo following a public interest litigation against the construction alleging that it had violated various rules and laws related to forests and land acquisition.
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
