Shamsudhin Adoor elected president of Bearys Welfare Association Bangalore
Bengaluru: The Bearys Welfare Association, Bangalore, has announced its newly elected office bearers for the upcoming term, following a unanimous selection process. The appointments aim to strengthen the association’s ongoing welfare initiatives and community engagement activities.
Shamsudhin Adoor has been unanimously selected as the President, while Umar Haji B.M will serve as the Vice President. Waaheid Kayrkhan has been appointed as the General Secretary, with Mohammed Tasleel taking charge as the Joint Secretary. Mohammed Ashraf Kuchoor will serve as the Treasurer.
Ten individuals have been named as Executive Committee Members. They are: Ahmed Bava Bajal, Yusuf Perody, B.M. Haneef, Yusuf Mani, Abdul Khader Mustaq, Athuru Chaiyabba, Ashraf Kodi, Tanveer Ahmed, Mohammed Haneif, and Junaid P.K. The outgoing secretary, Mohammed Shareef T.K, will continue to serve as the Ex officio member of the committee.
Additionally, four senior members have been co-opted into the Executive Committee. These include G.A. Bawa, Ibrahim Goonadka, Siddiq Beary, and Hamzathullah Kuvenda.
In a structural update, the association has also incorporated a Governing Council into its bylaws. This council is intended to offer guidance and ensure the smooth functioning of the association. The members of the newly formed Governing Council are Syed Mohamed Beary, B.M. Farookh, Umar Teekay, Iqbal Ahmed, and Dr. Maqsood Ahmed.
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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.
