Hubballi: Member of Parliament Govind Karjol launched a sharp critique against the Congress party on Thursday, asserting that they will never appoint a Dalit leader as Chief Minister and are merely using the community as a "vote bank."

Speaking to reporters in the city, Karjol stated, "The Congress will never, for any reason, make Satish Jarkiholi the Chief Minister. The discussion around a Dalit Chief Minister is limited to just talk."

He accused the Siddaramaiah-led government of fostering internal conflict while the party's central leadership in Delhi remained passive. "Mallikarjun Kharge has been striving to become Chief Minister for 40 years, and Dr. G. Parameshwara for 20 years, but to no avail," Karjol remarked.

The BJP leader claimed that despite being in power for the majority of the post-independence era, Congress has consistently deceived the Dalit community by taking their votes without ever appointing a leader from the community to the state's top post.

Karjol also raised the issue of internal reservations, questioning the Congress government's inaction. "We have been fighting for internal reservation for 35 years. What is the Congress, which came to power promising its implementation, doing now?" he asked.

He further criticised the state government's handling of the matter in the Supreme Court.

"The Supreme Court had issued an order regarding internal reservation from the perspective of social justice... However, when the case was recently heard in the Supreme Court, no one from the state government was present for the proceedings," Karjol alleged.

"The government led by Siddaramaiah is not prepared to implement social justice. It is only engaged in eyewash, doing injustice to the poor, and sowing seeds of poison in society. Their intention is to keep the internal reservation issue unresolved," he added.

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Mangaluru: RSS leader Dr. Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat has been granted bail by the Puttur Fifth Additional District and Sessions Court in a case related to alleged communal hate speech.

The case pertains to a complaint filed against Bhat for delivering a speech during a Deepotsava event that was allegedly communal, derogatory towards women, and capable of disturbing public order. The incident took place on October 22 at Uppalige in Puttur taluk during the Deepotsava and Gopuja programme, where Bhat was present.

Following the complaint filed by Eshwari Padmunja at the Puttur Rural Police Station, the police had issued a notice directing Bhat to appear for inquiry. Subsequently, Bhat filed an anticipatory bail petition before the court.

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During the hearing on October 27, the court issued an interim order restraining coercive action and adjourned the matter to October 29 for complete hearing. On October 29, the counsel representing complainant Eshwari Padmunja sought permission to argue under Sections 338 and 339 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). The court adjourned the matter several times post that.

On Wednesday, the court granted bail to Prabhakar Bhat.

Advocate Mahesh Kaje represented him in the proceedings.