Will HD Kumaraswamy also resign if CM Siddaramaiah resigns?: JD(S) MLA GT Deve Gowda
Challenges BJP, JD(S) leaders over Siddaramaiah's resignation demand
Mysuru: JD(S) MLA G.T. Deve Gowda has challenged the opposition leaders demanding Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's resignation. Speaking at the inauguration of the Mysuru Dasara celebrations at Chamundi Hills, Gowda questioned whether JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy and others facing cases would also step down.
"Why should Siddaramaiah resign? Which law mandates resignation immediately after an FIR is filed?" Gowda asked, while asserting that the court had not ordered the Chief Minister to be jailed or resign. He also pointed out that the Governor has merely asked for an investigation and that Siddaramaiah’s governance is being well-received by the people due to the welfare schemes introduced by his administration.
The JD(S) MLA further noted that Siddaramaiah has a strong political mandate, with the support of 136 MLAs, and questioned as to why he should resign. He further questioned why H.D. Kumaraswamy, who won by a margin of 2 lakh votes, must resign.
G.T. Deve Gowda reiterated that Siddaramaiah had previously faced joint opposition from the JD(S) and BJP in the 2006 by-elections but had emerged victorious. "He will continue to be victorious, as he has the blessings of Goddess Chamundeshwari," he added.
The comments come amid heightened political tensions and demands from opposition leaders for the Chief Minister’s resignation following the registration of an FIR against him related to the alleged MUDA scam.
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Savarkar used to eat meat, was not against cow slaughter, says Karnataka Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao
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Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has claimed that Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar used to eat meat and was not against cow slaughter.
“Savarkar, a 'Chitpavan Brahmin', used to eat meat. He was a non-veg eater and he was not against cow slaughter. He was modern in a way,” he said at an event here on Wednesday.
“Some say that he used to eat beef as well. As a Brahmin, he used to eat meat and was openly propagating eating meat. So he had that thinking,” the Minister claimed.
Rao added that Mahatma Gandhi was a vegetarian and had a firm faith in Hinduism “but his actions were different. He was a democratic person.”
“(Founder of Pakistan Muhammad Ali) Jinnah was another extreme. He was a hardcore Islamist believer. He used to drink wine and it is said that he used to eat pork as well but he became a Muslim icon after the two-nation theory and politics. But Jinnah was not a fundamentalist but Savarkar was a fundamentalist,” he said.
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