Yatnal asks if Banu Mushtaq’s religious ideology lets Dasara inaugural with prayers to Hindu deity
Bengaluru: MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has taken objection to the selection of award-winning writer Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Mysuru Dasara 2025 celebrations, sharing his displeasure on social media.
Yatnal posted on his ‘X’ account on Sunday that while he greatly respected writer and activist Mushtaq, but offering prayers to Goddess Chamundeshwari, the deity of Karnataka as a part of the inauguration of Dasara would be in contrast to the writer’s religious ideology.
“Islam prohibits idol worship and also permits only one god and one holy book. Banu Mushtaq should clarify if she still follows this ideology or if she has accepted that salvation can be attained through multiple ideologies,” he has demanded.
The MLA further stated that, while it would not be acceptable for Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Dasara celebrations without such a clarification, there was no objection regarding her participation in the literary and cultural programs during the event, also as a guest during the inaugural program.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
