Two youth drowned in Sita river
Kota, May 17: Two youth who have been to Sita river at Avarse for swimming drowned in the river on Thursday afternoon.
The deceased were identified as Kiran Poojary (22), son of Parvati of Manikal and his cousin Vikram Poojary (22). They have been to Avarse to their relative’s house for lunch at 12.30 pm. Later, they have been to the river to take a dip. At this time, both of them drowned in the river. As they did not return even after 2 pm, the family members went towards the river to call them and found their clothes on the river bank. When the locals searched in the river, they found the bodies of the youth at 3.30 pm.
Vikram Poojary was working as a conductor in a private bus, while Kiran Poojary was working in a hotel at Sabarakatte. Both of them were the bread winners for their families. Kota police registered a case.
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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.
