Former MLA Raghupathi Bhat voices discontent over BJP's Vidhan Parishad candidate selection
Udupi: Former MLA Raghupathi Bhat expressed his discontent with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after the party announced its candidates for the Vidhan Parishad. The ticket for the teacher constituency was given to the Chikkamagaluru candidate of the JDS party and the ticket for the graduate constituency was given to the BJP candidate from Shivamogga.
Bhat, who has been a longstanding member of the BJP and has served in various capacities since 1994, voiced his disappointment on Facebook.
The BJP decided to field candidates from different regions for the teacher and graduate constituencies, deviating from its tradition of nominating candidates from the coastal region for four decades. Bhat highlighted this departure, stating that despite the presence of educated and capable individuals from Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, Chikkamagaluru, and Kodagu, the party chose candidates from other areas.
Recalling his own experience, Bhat mentioned that despite being denied a ticket in the previous Assembly election, he continued to support the party. He was assured by party elders that he would be allowed to contest in the graduate constituency election. Consequently, he actively participated in the membership campaign and contributed significantly to the party's efforts in Shivamogga.
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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.
