Vote rigging allegations: Countdown begins for massive protest led by Rahul Gandhi
Bengaluru: With serious allegations of “vote rigging in the last Lok Sabha elections” made by Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, the countdown has begun for a major protest being organised by the party in Bengaluru.
The protest, led by Rahul Gandhi, will be held at Freedom Park in the city at 11 A.M. AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, general secretary K.C. Venugopal, party in-charge Randeep Singh Surjewala, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, who is also KPCC president, along with ministers, Congress MLAs, MPs, and other leaders will participate.
A large stage has been set up at Freedom Park for the protest, and Congress leaders and office-bearers from various districts of the state are expected to arrive. The protest will be staged in the city’s central Sheshadri Road area, where traffic congestion is anticipated. In preparation, traffic police have already made certain adjustments to ensure smooth movement.
For security, 12 DCPs, 45 ACPs, 128 inspectors, 421 PSIs, KSRP platoons, and over 4,000 police personnel have been deployed.
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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.
