Reservation Bill is BJP’s election gimmick: Siddaramaiah
Mysuru, Jan 9: “It’s not possible to discuss the issue of appointment to boards and corporations on streets. It will be discussed in the Coordination Committee meeting and solve it”, said former chief minister Siddaramaiah.
He told reporters here on Wednesday when he was asked about Minister HD Revanna’s displeasure over appointment to boards and corporation, that he would not speak about the issue on streets. He would convene a meeting of the Coordination Committee shortly and discuss the issue in detail, he added.
Seat sharing in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election would also be discussed in the Coordination Committee meeting, Siddaramaiah said.
Election gimmick
Blasting at the BJP leaders, Siddaramaiah said that presenting a Bill on giving 10 per cent reservation to upper general castes was just an election gimmick. He would welcome the move of giving reservation to the poor in the upper castes.
It was the BJP which has been opposing the reservation. But now, they have presented the Bill on reservation which is an election gimmick, he said.
Except the BJP backed organizations, all other labour organisations have participated in the Bharat Bandh called by the labour organizations. Their protest was justifiable. It was not Congress-sponsored. The central government should solve the problems of the labour sector, he said.
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Stop atrocities on Hindus immediately, release ISKCON monk from jail: RSS to Bangladesh interim govt
New Delhi (PTI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday appealed to the Bangladesh interim government to ensure the atrocities on the Hindus are stopped and ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das is released from jail immediately.
RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale in a statement also appealed to the Indian government to continue its efforts to stop the atrocities on the Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh and take necessary steps to build global opinion in its support "as soon as possible".
"The attacks, murders, looting, arson as well as inhuman atrocities by Islamic fundamentalists on Hindus, women and all other minorities in Bangladesh are extremely worrying and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh condemns this," he said.
Instead of stopping this, the present Bangladesh government and other agencies are only silent spectators, Hosabale said.
"Out of helplessness, a new phase of injustice and atrocities seems to be emerging against the Hindus of Bangladesh to suppress the voice raised by them in a democratic way for self-defense," the RSS general secretary said.
"It is unjust for the Bangladesh government to send ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, who is leading the Hindus in such peaceful demonstrations, to jail," he added
Bangladesh Police earlier on Monday arrested International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka while he was travelling to Chittagong.
"The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh appeals to the Bangladesh government to ensure that the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh stop immediately and release Shri Chinmoy Krishna Das from imprisonment," Hosabale said.
"The RSS also appeals to the Indian government to continue its efforts to stop the atrocities on Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh and take necessary steps as soon as possible to build global opinion in its support," he added.
At this crucial time, the RSS general secretary said, India and the global community and institutions should stand with the victims of Bangladesh and express their support, and demand that their respective governments make every possible effort to ensure that atrocities on the Hindus and other minorities are stopped in Bangladesh immediately.
This is necessary for world peace and brotherhood, he added.
