MP K. Sudhakar takes a dig at Vijayendra, calls him arrogant
Bengaluru: Chikkaballapur MP Dr. K. Sudhakar has launched a scathing attack on Karnataka BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra, accusing him of arrogance and showing self-importance. Speaking at a press conference at his residence in Bengaluru, Sudhakar claimed that Vijayendra believes he has already secured the Chief Minister’s position and does not trust anyone.
"Vijayendra does not have the quality to trust people. His arrogance and pride have increased. The party leadership has allowed him to place his preferred individuals in key positions, making whoever he wants the State President, State Secretary, General Secretary, and Vice President. His approach has left me deeply disappointed," Sudhakar remarked.
This comes amid growing discontent within the Karnataka BJP, with Sudhakar joining the ranks of senior leaders like Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Ramesh Jarkiholi, and Sriramulu, who have also voiced concerns over Vijayendra’s leadership.
Sudhakar, who had defected from the Congress to join the BJP, claimed that he had taken a political risk to ensure B.S. Yediyurappa became Chief Minister. However, he now feels sidelined under Vijayendra’s leadership.
"I came to the BJP at the risk of my political career to support Yediyurappa. But Vijayendra has decided to bury my politics. If I send a message to party national president J.P. Nadda, he responds. But Vijayendra neither takes calls nor replies to messages," he lashed out.
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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.
