Unbecoming of Siddaramaiah to demand ban on RSS, says CM Bommai
Hubballi: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has come down hard on Siddaramaiah for the demand by the leader of the Opposition to ban the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).
The chief minister, who was addressing reporters in the city on Thursday, called it ‘unfortunate’ that Siddaramaiah was making such a demand.
“The Congress has no right to question the ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI), since the party members had themselves withdrawn cases against the organization. Now, as eyewash against such a move, they are demanding a ban on the RSS,” said Bommai.
“The Congress has failed at specifying or explaining why the RSS should be banned, since the organization has helped build several institutions for the backward classes of society. The members of the RSS have also helped provide relief to people struggling in times of natural disaster like floods. The RSS has always helped spread a sense of patriotism,” the chief minister said.
Bommai, however, refused to comment on the election to the post of the Congress president, calling it an internal matter of the Congress.
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Death toll from Israeli strikes in northeast Lebanon rises from 8 to 24, Lebanese news agency says
Deir al-Balah, Nov 1: Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 24 people in northeastern Lebanon, the country's news agency said, raising the death toll from eight there.
It was the latest deadly toll in the area since the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah escalated last month.
Israel's military has said that its operation in Lebanon is targeting Hezbollah's military infrastructure.
Lebanon's state National news Agency reported four airstrikes in different villages across country's northeast, saying rescuers were still searching for survivors in Younine, a town in the Bekaa Valley, from the rubble of a targeted house.
Hussein Haj Hassan, a Lebanese lawmaker representing the region in Baalbek-Hermel region, said that 60,000 people have already fled their homes in the area due to Israeli bombardment.
