BJP accuses Cong of 'stealing' theme song of ex-Pak PM Imran Khan's party for its MP poll campaign
Bhopal (PTI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday alleged the Congress has "stolen" the theme song of Imran Khan-founded Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf for its "Jan Aakrosh Yatra" campaign in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, inviting a sharp attack from the opposition party.
The Yatra is scheduled to set out from September 19 from seven places in the state, where assembly elections are due in November this year.
The row erupted after MP BJP unit secretary Rahul Kothari alleged the Congress has copied "Chalo, Chalo Imran Ke Sath", which he said is the theme song of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, in its recently-released song "Chalo, Chalo Congress Ke Sang Chalo Chalo" for the Jan Aakrosh Yatra.
The state BJP shared the video of the theme song of the Pakistan-based party along with the Congress' poll campaign song on its official X account.
"Till now, the Congress used to accept those who raised slogans in favour of Pakistan and against Hindustan. Now, Madhya Pradesh Congress is also borrowing songs from Pakistan," Kothari alleged.
He claimed Congress' Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh was missing from the poster of Jan Ashirwad Yatra, "but he is giving the background music".
This is the height of appeasement. It won't be a big deal if Congress flag soon turns completely green, Kothari said.
"Congress' love for Pakistan came to the fore again. @INCMP stole the theme song of Imran Khan's party of Pakistan for its campaign song in the Madhya Pradesh elections. Congress's habit of 'stealing' is old but why so much love for Pakistan? Congress should answer," the BJP posted on X.
State Congress media department chairman KK Mishra said, "Unfortunately, those who are friends of Pakistan are raising objections over the campaign song of Congress. Those who got Army personnel martyred to take electoral advantage objected to a song."
Mishra said the BJP might have forgotten who went to Pakistan without invitation and who had invited the neighbouring country's prime minister for his oath ceremony.
The Congress launched the "Chalo, Chalo..." song on September 17. The Yatra is expected to cover 11,400 kilometres across all 230 assembly segments in Madhya Pradesh in 15 days to highlight various issues like "corruption, unemployment, and crime against Dalits and women", among others.
The BJP has already rolled out Jan Ashirward Yatra' to "seek the blessings of the people". The Yatars, being taken out from various places, will culminate in Bhopal on September 25.
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Karnataka Cabinet ratifies decisions on internal reservation for SCs
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka Cabinet has ratified its earlier decisions on internal reservation for Scheduled Castes and approved key modifications to streamline recruitment, including withdrawal and reissue of notifications and adoption of a 400-point roster system.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil on Thursday said the Cabinet reaffirmed its commitment to implementing internal reservation within the 15 per cent SC quota and expediting long-pending recruitment across departments.
"The Cabinet ratified decisions taken in earlier meetings (April 16 and April 24) and made modifications regarding reservation policies," Patil said.
He said the government will implement internal reservation within the 15 per cent quota for Scheduled Castes in specified proportions and revise recruitment notifications accordingly, with a 400-point roster to be followed.
If fewer than three roster points for SC arise in recruitment, then all 101 Scheduled Caste communities will be allowed to compete under SC general, he said.
Patil added that recruitment notifications issued without incorporating internal reservation will be withdrawn and reissued in line with the revised policy.
"If the Supreme Court approves 24 per cent reservation for SC/ST, six per cent backlog posts will be filled," he said, noting that urgent steps will be taken to fill 56,432 approved posts.
The latest decision follows the Cabinet's April 24 resolution that cleared a revised internal reservation formula within the overall 15 per cent SC quota, paving the way for long-pending government recruitment. The government had approved 5.25 per cent reservation each for the "right-hand" and "left-hand" groups, and about 4.5 per cent for other Scheduled Castes, including nomadic communities.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had then said the categorisation was worked out proportionately within the constitutional ceiling. "From tomorrow onwards, the recruitment process will begin with the issuance of notifications," he had said after the April 24 Cabinet meeting.
He also noted that the SC quota was fixed at 15 per cent and ST at three per cent in line with the 50 per cent cap laid down in the Indra Sawhney case, while pointing out that the Supreme Court had permitted internal reservation within constitutional limits.
