Our opposition to religion that has no equality: Former CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru, Oct 07: I have no objection to any religion. However, there is a disagreement about the religions that do not have equality and do not give respect to human beings; said Siddaramaiah, former chief minister.
Speaking at a function organized by Okalipuram Residents' Welfare Association at Maheshwari Bhavan on Sunday, he said, "Our government has implemented similar plans for all religions. I have no jealousy against any religion.
The BJP ran a false campaign accusing me as an anti-Hindu for celebrating Tipu Sultan's birthday. However, the state celebrated the birthdays of 13 people including Vishwakarma, Krishna, Hadapada Appanna, Kittur Rani Chennamma, and Devara Dasimayya. Was that anti-religion? He asked.
“In a democracy, humanity should be more important to everyone, and not the religion. In the Nadageethe, Kuvempu has written ‘Sarva janāṅgada śāntiya tōṭa.’ In the same way, our government has implemented a number of programmes that apply to everyone, he said.
Speaking at the occasion, KPCC President Dinesh Gundu Rao said that the Siddaramaiah government had introduced many programmes for Dalits, backward, minorities, students and youths. No other government was as successful as the Siddaramaiah’s government.
The election result is not essential for us. We have lost the election not because people did not like us; instead, it was because of the propaganda against us. People still believe him, he said.
Congress leader G. Sampath, Anand Guruji, Veeranna Mattikatti, R Gundu Rao, Tabu Dinesh Rao, Mahadev Nayak, Raj Karthik, and others were present.
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Insurance consultant loses Rs 71 lakh in cryptocurrency investment fraud
Thane (PTI): A 42-year-old insurance consultant from Mumbra in Thane district of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated of more than Rs 71 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him into investing in cryptocurrency trading, police said on Tuesday.
A case was registered against six persons at Mumbra police station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita on charges of cheating and breach of trust. Nobody has been arrested to date.
The complainant, a resident of Kausa in Mumbra, alleged that the accused induced him to invest money in a firm, purportedly associated with a cryptocurrency platform, between August 2025 and March 2026.
He transferred Rs 71,60,015 through cash and online transactions at different times. However, the accused failed to return the invested amount and instead misappropriated the funds, a police official said.
