Ram is our family God and I'm his devotee: Karnataka Cong MLA Iqbal Hussain
Bengaluru: Karnataka Congress MLA, H A Iqbal Hussain on Thursday said Ram is his 'family God' and he is his devotee.
The legislator from Ramanagara also said he will celebrate 'Ramotsava' in a ''grand but secular way''.
''I've already said I'm a Rama devotee. I worship all Gods and welcome them. There is no second thought about that,'' Hussain told reporters.
He added that since his childhood he had been worshipping Saraswati, Lakshmi, Ganesha and Rama.
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''I have decided to celebrate 'Ramotsava' with devotion with all the political parties in a grand but secular way,'' Hussain said.
On the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, he said, ''some people do something for their political gain but Congress never uses God and religion to divide people.'' ''Congress has an ideology, commitment and discipline, which I follow,'' Hussain said.
To a query on the consecration of Ram temple in Ayodhya in an election year, he merely said: ''it is left to them (BJP).'' ''We worship all the Gods including Rama. For them it could be new but not for us. For us, Rama is our family God and we have a Pooja room. They are using Rama for politics. We are not,'' Hussain said.
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MP: Congress MLA's son booked for abetting woman's suicide
Bhopal, Sep 15: Madhya Pradesh police on Sunday registered a case against Pushpraj Singh Patel, son of Congress MLA Sena Mahesh Patel, for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 25-year-old woman, an official said.
The woman, identified as Damini Thakur from Alirajpur district, killed herself earlier this week unable to stand repeated threats issued by the accused who was forcing her to marry him, an official said.
The accused is the son of Congress MLA from Jobat constituency, Sena Mahesh Patel.
"The woman's family members complained that Pushpraj Singh Patel was forcing her to marry him," said Superintendent of Police (SP) Rajesh Vyas.
The accused had repeatedly threatened Thakur and her previous fiancés, causing disruptions in her engagements. In 2019, Patel’s threats led to the dissolution of Thakur's first engagement. A similar situation emerged in 2024 with her second engagement.
The woman was engaged to a man from Vadodara in 2019 but Patel repeatedly threatened her fiance and even attacked him, leading to the cancellation of the engagement, the SP said.
"She (Thakur) was engaged to a man from Vadodara in 2024, but Patel threatened her brother and fiance, which created apprehension about breaking the engagement, forcing the woman to commit suicide," Vyas said.
Police have registered a case under section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and are investigating the matter.
