Dingaleshwar Swami campaigns in Dharwad, asks voters to ensure Pralhad Joshi is defeated
Hubballi: Fakeera Dingaleshwara Swami, pontiff of the Shirahatti Mutt, campaigned vehemently in the district for the defeat of incumbent MP from the constituency and BJP candidate for the current Lok Sabha elections, Pralhad Joshi.
Addressing a mega rally at Kundgol town, the pontiff urged voters not to favour Joshi while polling but to contribute to the MP's defeat in the current elections. Referring to his position as Lingayat seer, Dingaleshwar Swami told the gathering that he had taken off the sacred necklace symbolizing his stature, adding that he had sworn to wear the necklace only after Joshi was dethroned.
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The pontiff requested the Dharwad voters attending the campaign rally to beat Pralhad Joshi in the ongoing polls as it would let him wear the sacred necklace again.
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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.
