Chikkaballapur ZP Chief Accountant's driver commits suicide, blames MP Dr. K Sudhakar
Chikkaballapur: The driver of the Chikkaballapur Zilla Panchayat Chief Accountant is reported to have committed suicide, blaming BJP MP Dr. K Sudhakar and his supporters for his act in his death note.
The Chief Accountant’s driver, Babu (33), who was employed on contract basis, allegedly hanged himself from a tree on the deputy commissioner’s office premises.
Chikkaballapur Rural Police, who arrived at the spot and inspected the area, found Babu’s death note, where the latter has blamed MP Dr. K Sudhakar and his supporters Nagesh N and Manjunath for his suicide.
The driver has said in his note that Nagesh and Manjunath had promised him a permanent government job during Sudhakar’s tenure as state government minister, but asked him to pay Rs 40 lakhs for it. He added that he had not only given the duo all the money he had but also taken a loan and given them Rs 25 lakh. Nagesh and Manjunath, however, did not get him the job, he has said.
The driver has said in his note, “Nagesh and Manjunath had promised me a permanent government job during Sudhakar’s tenure as state government minister, but asked me to pay them Rs 40 lakh for it. In addition to all the money I had, I took a loan of Rs 25 lakh and gave them the money. Nagesh and Manjunath, however, did not get me the job.”
Chikkaballapur District In-charge Minister Dr. MC Sudhakar opined that it was a serious allegation against the MP. He assured that the matter would be probed and due legal action would be taken against the guilty parties.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
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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.
