BJP stages ‘Khaali Chambu’ protest against CM Siddaramaiah’s 17th budget
Bengaluru (PTI): The opposition BJP in Karnataka on Friday staged ‘Khaali Chambu’ protest saying that the budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is an empty vessel, which has nothing to offer to people.
Holding ‘Khaali Chambu’ (empty vessel), the party legislators, including the Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka, BJP state president B Y Vijayendra, MLC N Ravikumar, MLAs Arvind Bellad and V Sunil Kumar, took out a march on the Vidhana Soudha premises.
Condemning the budget, the protesters raised slogans like "Siddaramaiah’s budget is Khaali Chambu" and "Reproof to the Khaali Chambu government".
Addressing reporters here, Ashoka said the Congress government in the state believes in the philosophy of leading a lavish life on borrowed money.
"This budget is bland. It has no new projects. The only new project is more and more borrowing," he said.
In the last three years, the state added a loan of Rs 4.39 lakh crore on the people of the state, Ashoka claimed. The next governments will not be in a position to pay the interest, let alone the principal amount and the fiscal deficit has reached Rs 97,000 crore, the BJP leader said.
"If Siddaramaiah continues as chief minister for the next two years, our borrowings will reach Rs 10 lakh crore. His government’s borrowing is 10 times more compared to all the chief ministers in the past," Ashoka charged.
He added that there is no reference to new irrigation projects, potholes and garbage crisis in Bengaluru.
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Flagrant injustice to underprivileged: Mehbooba on govt action against Shopian school
Srinagar (PTI): PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian an unlawful entity under the UAPA was a "flagrant injustice" to the underprivileged sections of society.
She also alleged that banning such "altruistic institutions" without any solid evidence of anti-national activity "shows a deep seated prejudice and ill intention".
The institution allegedly run by individuals affiliated with a banned organisation has been declared an "unlawful entity" under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).
In a post on X, Mehbooba said, "Every single day the j&k government acts as a mute bystander & a timid enabler of vicious assaults on J&Ks identity & dignity. Declaring Dar Ul Uloom Jamia Siraj Ul Uloom as an unlawful entity under UAPA is a flagrant injustice to the poor underprivileged sections of society".
The former chief minister said the institution served as a "beacon of quality education" for students unable to afford expensive schooling.
"It has produced reputed doctors and professionals who served this nation with dedication. Banning these altruistic institutions without any solid evidence of anti national activity shows a deep seated prejudice & ill intention," she added.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Anshul Garg issued a two-page order based on the dossier presented by Senior Superintendent of Police Shopian pointing towards the alleged illegal activities at Darul Uloom Jamia Sirajul Uloom at Imam Sahib in Shopian district in south Kashmir.
According to the order issued by Garg on April 24, there were "credible inputs and evidence on record, to indicate sustained and covert linkages of the institution with Jamaat-e-Islami, which the Government of India banned in 2019.
