He is not happy with Mahadayi Tribunal verdict: Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, August 15: Former chief minister and Congress Legislative Party leader Siddaramaiah said that he was not fully happy with the verdict given by the Mahadayi Tribunal in Mahadayi water dispute.
Speaking to reporters at the KPCC office here on Wednesday, SIddaramaiah said that it was partial fulfillment. The state government had asked 36.5 tmc of water. But the Tribunal has just given 13.5 tmc of water. For drinking purpose, 5.5 tmc of water would be available and the rest for power generation. Even that water would also flow towards Goa after power generation. Ultimately , it was a benefit for Goa, he said.
His government had fought legally for five years in Mahadayi issue. The advocates from the state had presented their arguments before the Tribunal efficiently due to which, the state has got a partial relief, he said.
“After independence, we have marched far away. But the intentions of the Constitution were not yet fulfilled. We have to recall all those who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Every citizen in the country should get the freedom in real terms. Everyone should get social justice”, he said.
Now, local bodies elections were declared and the party has to prepare for that. After local bodies election, cabinet expansion would be held. As of now, he would not go to Delhi. He would go there if AICC president asked him to come, he said.
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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.
