Neha Hiremath's family takes centre stage at Amit Shah's campaign meeting
Hubballi: In turn of events at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's campaign rally, the family of Neha Hiremath, who tragically lost her life, took to the stage to demand justice. The incident happened during Shah's Lok Sabha election campaign speech in Hubballi.
Neha's parents, accompanied by her brother, met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah prior to the commencement of the campaign meeting. Expressing their demand for justice, they were seated on the platform adjacent to the event stage.
Amidst speculation and discussion, Neha Hiremath's father, Niranjan Hiremath, a member of Hubli's Congress party, shared the stage with BJP leaders, garnering attention and raising questions about the arrangement of seats for Neha's family at the BJP's campaign event.
The presence of a member from an opposing political party on the stage of the Union Home Minister's campaign rally, alongside the stringent security measures in place, has sparked debates regarding the orchestration of the event.
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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.
