'Will kill India's spirit of federalism': Congress leader on Madhya Pradesh govt job decision
New Delhi: Congress MP Vivek Tankha on Wednesday hit out at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for announcing that government jobs would only be given to the youth of Madhya Pradesh, saying it would "kill" India's spirit of federalism if all states followed this dictum.
Chouhan had on Tuesday said necessary legal provisions would be made to ensure that only local people get jobs in the state government. He had also said resources of the state were meant for residents of the state.
"Populist madness at its worst: not implementable in the face of SC 5 judge bench judgments," Tankha tweeted. "If all states follow this dictum will kill India's spirit of Federalism."
He also wrote a letter to Chouhan, saying the declaration of the 100-per-cent job reservation was without understanding the interests of the state and contrary to the judgments of the court.
Such a declaration is not in the public interest and misleads the people, Tankha said in the letter.
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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.
