Let's wait and watch: Bommai says ahead of cabinet meeting to finalise Cong guarantee implementation
Bengaluru: Basavaraja Bommai, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka, has expressed his stance on the guarantees made by the state Congress government, stating that the decision regarding them will be determined in the upcoming cabinet meeting.
During a press interaction in Haveri on Wednesday, Bommai commented, "Let the Chief Minister conduct meetings to execute the guarantees. The specifics will become clear during the cabinet meeting tomorrow." He emphasised that the meeting would reveal what will be provided, what will be withheld, and what conditions may be imposed.
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When asked about Deputy CM DK Shivakumar's meeting with MLA Lakshman Savadi and former Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar, Bommai stated that it was an internal matter of Congress party.
“Regarding the revision of textbooks, he said DK Shivakumar has added that he will form a committee to revise textbooks. Let us wait and observe the changes that will be made," Bommai added.
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HP Cong Minority Morcha delegation meets with party leader Venugopal over mosque row
Shimla (PTI): A delegation of the Himachal Congress Minority Morcha apprised the party's central leaders on Thursday of the atmosphere of fear created in the state by targeting a particular community and staging demonstrations near mosques.
The delegation led by Iqbal Mohammad, president of the state Congress Minority Morcha, also comprised imams of various mosques. It met with Congress general secretary K C Venugopal and its Minority Morcha national president Imran Pratapgarhi in New Delhi.
In a statement here, the state Congress Minority Morcha said the situation has become tense due to demonstrations by Hindu outfits in front of mosques and efforts were being made to vitiate the atmosphere and instill fear among Muslims.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is trying to take people of all religions along but some elements are trying to spoil the atmosphere and malign the government, it added.
According to the statement, Venugopal spoke to the chief minister over the phone over the issue.
Ten people were injured during a protest demanding the demolition of a portion of a mosque in Shimla's Sanjauli area last week. In Mandi, police used water cannons on protestors demanding the demolition of an unauthorised portion of a mosque in the town.
On Tuesday, residents of Kasumpti in Shimla submitted a memorandum to demolish a mosque in the area and similar demands are also coming in from Sunni and other areas in the state.
A dispute between a barber from the minority community and a local businessman in the Malyana area in the suburbs of Shimla on August 30 turned into a communal issue with Hindu groups demanding the demolition of unauthorised mosques and residents calling for the identification and verification of outsiders coming in the state.
