BK Hariprasad calls for RBI Director's sacking over his controversial remarks on bank employees
Bengaluru: Karnataka Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council and senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad on Saturday called for the sacking of RBI Director S Gurumurthy over his controversial remarks on the public sector bank employees.
At the 52nd anniversary celebration of Tamil magazine Thuglak, held recently in Chennai, Gurumurthy, who is also its editor, used the Tamil word ‘Kazhisadai’ (translated as scum/filth) to refer to public sector bank employees in a derogatory manner. This was followed by a backlash against Gurumurthy across social media platforms and several Unions calling for his resignation as the Director of RBI.
“RSS affiliate Gurumurthy with zero capabilities is made RBI director. He insults bank employees with unsavory remarks in the presence of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the statement is not condemned,” he said in a tweet.
Further, he alleged that the statements made by Gurumurthy “hurts the self-dignity of bank employees who toil hard,” and added that he should be “sacked immediately.”
RSS affiliate Gurumurthy with zero capabilities is made RBI director
— Hariprasad.B.K. (@HariprasadBK2) May 14, 2022
He insults Bank employees with unsavoury remarks in presence of FM @nsitharaman, & statement is not condemned
It hurts the self dignity of bank employees who toil hard. This guy should be sacked immediately
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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.
