It's not my birthday today, says Punjab CM Channi after getting PM Modi's greeting
Chandigarh, Mar 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday wished Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi a happy birthday but apparently got the dates mixed up.
Channi got the birthday greetings from other people too but he had to take to Twitter to clarify that it was not his birthday today.
Grateful for all the wishes pouring in for me today. However, it is not my birthday today, Channi said in a tweet.
Your blessings hold utmost importance in my life and motivate me to work harder. I wholeheartedly thank everyone for the love showered on me. Regards, the chief minister added in his tweet.
Prime Minister Modi too had wished Channi.
On Tuesday, PM Modi had extended birthday wishes to Bihar, Punjab and Tamil Nadu chief ministers Nitish Kumar, Charanjit Singh Channi and M K Stalin.
In his tweets, Modi wished them good health and a long life.
Grateful for all the wishes pouring in for me today, however today is not my birthday. Your blessings holds utmost importance in my life and motivates me to work harder. I wholeheartedly thank everyone for the love showered on me.
— Charanjit S Channi (@CHARANJITCHANNI) March 1, 2022
Regards.
On his birthday, best wishes to Punjab CM Shri @CHARANJITCHANNI Ji. Praying for his good health and long life.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 1, 2022
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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.
