Hearing for HD Revanna's anticipatory bail adjourned to 2:45 PM today
Bengaluru: The Special Court of People's Representatives has deferred the hearing of the anticipatory bail application filed by former Minister HD Revanna in connection with a woman's kidnapping case.
Advocate BN Jagadish, representing the SIT (Special Investigation Team), requested time to present arguments and file objections against Revanna's anticipatory bail. An accused has already been apprehended in relation to the kidnapping case, and the SIT aims to gather pertinent evidence from this individual. Consequently, they sought an extension to prepare their objection.
However, Murthy Naik, Revanna's advocate, opposed the request for additional time, citing a notice issued under IPC Section 41. He further argued that Revanna must attend the hearing by 5:30 PM today and seeked attention towards the absence of specific allegations directly implicating Revanna in the kidnapping within the FIR.
Following deliberation, the court instructed the SIT to submit their objection and postponed the hearing until 2:45 PM.
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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.
