BJP people belong to family of those who killed Gandhi: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, Nov 30: Former chief minister Siddaramaiah lashed out at the BJP leaders saying that they have been speaking against cow slaughter and protecting cows despite they hailed from the clan of those who killed Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi.
Speaking at a workshop on ‘Constitution’ held at the KPCC office here on Friday, Siddaramaiah said that those who speak about cow protection have not cleaned the cow dung or the waste once in their lifetime. “I have cleaned the cow dung, cleaned the cowshed. Did upper class people clean the cow dung once?” When asked KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao and vice president BL Shankar present on the stage whether they have cleaned the dung or not, they said no.
Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde issued a statement on changing the Constitution. But both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah have not taken any action against him, which means they were also supporting his stand of changing the Constitution. He does not know whether BJP state president Yeddyurappa has read the Constitution or not. He might have read the Constitution for his selfish motive. BJP people have been opposing the Constitution right from the first day and they could not protect the Constitution, he said.
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BJP slams move to make CM Siddaramaiah as RDPR varsity chancellor replacing Guv
Bengaluru (PTI): Opposition BJP on Friday condemned the government's move to make the chief minister the chancellor of the Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) University replacing the governor, terming it as an attempt to pollute the higher education system.
State BJP president B Y Vijayendra said this attempt to cut down on the powers of the governor is a conspiracy to upset the constitutional system.
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved a bill, according to which the chief minister will be appointed as the chancellor, replacing the governor at the RDPR University in Gadag.
The governor is the chancellor for all public universities in Karnataka.
Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot currently holds the post.
"With a good intention that politics should not mix in education and as per the intent of the constitution, the Governor who is also the constitutional head of the state is the chancellor of the universities. But the government led by Siddaramaiah (CM), which is engaged in a series of corruption, by abusing its existing powers, is trying to pollute the higher education system," Vijayendra posted on 'X'.
He said the government's move will allow "unnecessary political interference" in the field of rural development studies.
"The Congress government, which has been impatient towards the governor since the beginning, sees him as an enemy to cut down on the powers, and it is a conspiracy to upset the constitutional system. This move of the state government is highly condemnable," he added.
Earlier in September, the cabinet, at a meeting held in Kalaburagi, decided to divest the governor of the power to appoint the vice-chancellor of RDPR University.
Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H K Patil on Thursday defended the government's move and said, "It will make the university more active and quick decisions will be taken...this system is there in many states, including Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh."
