Karnataka government mulling to introduce dress code for visitors at temples
Bengaluru: Karnataka Government is reportedly mulling to introduce dress code for the people visiting Temples in the state as it says with the move the government will preserve the culture and tradition and etiquettes of the temple.
Karnataka Muzarai Department Minister, Kota Srinivas Poojary while speaking to reporters at Vidhansoudha on Thursday said the government had received proposals in this regard and the matter was being taken up for discussion.
The Minister further pointed that several important temples in South India including many in Kerala have implemented a dress code for the visitors and that in line with similar views the state government was mulling towards introducing dress code in important temples of the state.
Recently, VHP and Bajrang Dal demanded implementation of dress code at the Kukke Subramanaya Temple after which the visitors and followers of the temple had sought Muzarai Department’s intervention against it.
Speakng about it, Poojary said that the government had received proposals from several temples and organisations in this regard and the government will discuss the issue and take a call in coming days. He also added that the issue will also discussed at the religious meeting that will be held on January 20-21 and after the discussion the feedback of the officials will also be taken before taking the final call.
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Congress will win thumping majority in Karnataka, says Mallikarjun Kharge after voting
Kalaburagi (PTI): After casting his vote here on Tuesday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that the grand old party will register a thumping majority in Karnataka and that there "was no doubt" about it.
The second phase of Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka is underway in 14 constituencies. The 81-year-old Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha was accompanied by his wife Radhabai Kharge to a polling booth at Basavanagara here.
While speaking to reporters here, he said, "Things are good, good reports are coming from everywhere. Alliance partners (INDI Alliance) are getting strength in this third phase (nationally). Definitely in this phase too we will get good support from the people," he added.
Kharge said that he has been voting from Basavanagara in Kalaburagi since he became eligible for voting at the age of 21 (It is now 18).
"I never got it (polling locality) changed. When I became Minister, when I became opposition leader, KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) President, opposition leader in Parliament, I have never forgotten Basavanagara," he said.
"People here have given me love and affection, they really developed my leadership. I'm grateful to the poor people, who stood with me. I'm with them," he added.
Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani is the Congress candidate from Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) Lok Sabha segment, which the Congress veteran represented twice (2009, 2014), but lost in 2019.
The fourteen Lok Sabha constituencies where elections are underway on Tuesday are: Chikkodi, Belgaum, Bagalkot, Bijapur, Gulbarga, Raichur, Bidar, Koppal, Bellary, Haveri, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada, Davangere and Shimoga.
The state has 28 Lok Sabha constituencies. The first phase of polling in the other 14 seats in most of the southern and coastal districts was held on April 26.
