Siddaramaiah, Yediyurappa share stage in Mysuru
Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and former Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa, both appeared together on the same stage in Mysuru in a tribute program honouring the late V. Srinivas Prasad, former minister, at the Ambedkar Educational Cultural Trust on Manandavadi Road.
Despite their political differences, Siddaramaiah and Yediyurappa sat side by side during the event, even engaging in conversation. Notably, the Chief Minister accepted a slip from Yediyurappa, keeping it in his shirt pocket and discussing its contents with him.
V. Srinivas Prasad's wife Bhagyalakshmi Prasad, Social Welfare Minister Dr. HC Mahadevappa, several MLAs and MPs were also present.
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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.
