Govt has not stopped Kumaraswamy from fighting from his end, clarifies DK Shivakumar
Hassan sex scandal
Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar declared that the government had not obstructed JD(S) State President HD Kumaraswamy from fighting legally in the Hassan sex scandal, where JD(S) MP from Hassan Prajwal Revanna, who is Kumaraswamy's nephew, is the primary accused.
The JD(S) senior leader and former CM of Karnataka was welcome to stand up for the MP as well as his father and Kumaraswamy's elder brother HD Revanna to fight against the allegations faced by the duo, Shivakumar told the reporters who met him near his house at Sadashiva Nagar on Thursday.
He stressed on the freedom given by the state government when a reporter pointed out that Kumaraswamy has been demanding that the case be handed over from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) formed by the state government to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a probe. Shivakumar, however, said that he would comment on the CBI taking over the investigation after he returned from the campaign rallies in Andhra Pradesh.
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The Deputy CM also refused to comment on opinions regarding his involvement in the case, clarifying that he had given his full statement on the issue already. The rest of the matter would be discussed in the Assembly session, he added.
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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.
