Kodagu; Measures were taken to save flood-hit people: CM Kumaraswamy
Bengaluru: Appropriate measures will be taken to evacuate Hattihole village’s people who are badly hit by rains. Concerned authorities have already visited the spot and would take appropriate steps to evacuate people Said Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy.
Speaking to reporters, the Chief Minister said that he had discussions with Air Force officials to help people in these districts.
PWD Minister Revanna, Tourism and District in-charge Minister SR Mahesh have camped there to rescue the people, the Chief Minister said.
“I have spoken to the DCs of rain affected areas, including Kodagu, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Chikmagalur, Shimoga, and Udupi districts and collected the information about the situation. They have been instructed to assist the public,” Kumaraswamy added.
I have directed the District in-charge ministers, deputy commissioners of these respective districts to rush to these districts and intensify the rescue operations.
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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.
