Protests against me with black flags, eggs 'state sponsored': Siddaramaiah
Chikkamagaluru, Aug 19: A day after eggs were hurled at his car and black flags were waved during his visit to Kodagu, Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly Siddaramaiah on Friday termed it a "state sponsored" protest.
Alleging that those who pelted eggs at his car were from "an organisation to which Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse belonged", the senior Congress leader and former chief minister wondered whether such people will spare him, as he was speaking against them.
"Yesterday at Titimati, there were about 10 youths shouting slogans; after that at four places they had gathered, Couldn't the police have stopped it? If the Chief Minister comes, will they let people protest with black flags? Won't they carry out preventive arrests? What was wrong with the Superintendent of Police (SP)?" Siddaramaiah said.
Speaking to reporters, he said on August 26, he along with Congress workers will lay siege to the SP's office in Kodagu, alleging that there is no law and order and that the official had "wrong intentions" and had colluded with the RSS, Bajrang Dal and Sangh Parivar and had allowed the incident to happen.
"Yesterday's was a state sponsored protest...can't we do it (protest) holding black flags? Can't our workers do it for the Chief Minister of Ministers? It was an act of cowardice, they have done it when I had gone to assess rain-related damage and hear out the farmers," he added.
Alleged BJP Yuva Morcha workers and activists of Hindu groups had raised slogans like 'Kodagina Virodhi Siddaramaiah', 'Go back Siddaramaiah' and 'Hindu Virodhi' when he was in Kodagu on Thursday to visit rain-affected areas. They were protesting against his statement asking "Why put Savarkar's photo in Muslim area?"
Noting that as the Leader of Opposition, he is a "shadow Chief Minister", Siddaramaiah said it is the duty of the government to provide proper security for him.
"It shows that there is no law and order in the state...it is a corrupt, bad and communal government. In fact there is no government at all, it is dead," he alleged.
Earlier addressing an event, the Congress legislature party leader, while speaking about Thursday's incident said, "These people 'eliminated' Gandhi. Will they leave me? They killed Gandhi, Godse had shot at Gandhi, but they worship his photo."
"Yesterday they were protesting holding posters of Savarkar, they are calling a man who apologised to the British as Veer Savarkar. I don't have any personal enmity or anger against Savarkar. He was also a human being, but his conduct was not right," he said.
ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಇಲಾಖೆ ಸಂಘಪರಿವಾರದ ಕೈಗೊಂಬೆಯಾಗಿದೆ.@BJP4Karnataka ಪಕ್ಷದ ಪುಂಡರ ಗೂಂಡಾಗಿರಿಗೆ ಅವಕಾಶ ನೀಡಿ, ಕೈಕಟ್ಟಿಕೊಂಡು ತಮಾಷೆ ನೋಡುವ ಪೊಲೀಸರ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ ಲೋಪ ಖಂಡಿಸಿ ಈ ತಿಂಗಳ 26 ರಂದು ಕೊಡಗಿನ ಎಸ್.ಪಿ ಕಚೇರಿಗೆ ಮುತ್ತಿಗೆ ಹಾಕುತ್ತೇವೆ.
— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) August 19, 2022
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Second PUC results: Life convict clears exam with distinction, DGP lauds effort
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Bengaluru: A life convict lodged in Ballari Central Prison has successfully cleared the second PUC examination.
Ashok Kumar S, who appeared for the examination under prison escort, secured 481 marks out of 600, registering 80.1 percent.
Director General of Police (Prisons and Correctional Services), Alok Kumar (IPS), shared the development on his official ‘X’ handle, commending the inmate’s achievement.
In his post, he stated that it was heartening to see a life convict score over 80 percent in the examination, adding that the inmate had appeared from Ballari Central Prison under escort.
It’s heartening to see that one of our life convict prisoners Ashok has obtained 80.1% marks in PUC exam. He appeared under Prison escort from Ballari Central Prison for his exams.
— alok kumar (@alokkumar6994) April 9, 2026
Glad to see that Walls of the prison has not subdued his hopes for a better future. pic.twitter.com/Nzlcy076SR
He further noted that the achievement reflected that the “walls of the prison have not subdued his hopes for a better future.”
Alok Kumar in his post also shared the result sheet of Ashok.
The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) declared the second PUC results for 2026 on April 9.
A total of 6,32,200 students appeared for the examination across all streams, of whom 5,46,698 passed, recording an overall pass percentage of 86.48 per cent.
