Bengaluru, May 23 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Karnataka Leader of the Opposition (LoP), R. Ashoka, on Saturday criticised the Congress government in the state for constantly being engaged in minority appeasement. He also said that this is why the state government reintroduced the hijab and withdrew the Aland riots case. Speaking to reporters at the state BJP office in Bengaluru, Ashoka alleged that the Congress-led state government had been consistently pursuing policie…
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Davanagere (Karnataka), May 21 (IANS) The hijab versus saffron shawl controversy is likely to intensify in Karnataka, with the Sri Rama Sene on Thursday announcing its plan to distribute saffron shawls to students in schools and colleges from June 1 in protest against the state government’s decision to lift restrictions on hijab and also allow limited religious symbols like turban, kada, tilak, holy ash and kalawa in educational institutions while ruling out the use of saffron shawls. Addressi…
Udupi (Karnataka), May 16 (IANS) Karnataka Minister for Women and Child Welfare Laxmi Hebbalkar on Saturday urged political parties not to politicise issues related to education, stating that students’ interests and future should not be compromised.Commenting on the controversy surrounding the state government’s move to remove the ban on hijab and other religious symbols, Hebbalkar said students should not be dragged into political debates.“There should be no interference in education. Stu…
Bengaluru, May 15 (IANS) Responding to the decision of the government not to allow saffron shawls and headgear in schools and colleges, the Karnataka unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, accusing him of showing intolerance towards Hindu beliefs, traditions, and religious symbols while allegedly displaying favouritism towards minority communities.In a strongly worded statement, the Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, …
Bengaluru, May 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s IT Cell In-charge and West Bengal Co-Incharge, Amit Malviya, on Wednesday accused the Congress government in Karnataka of withdrawing the February 5, 2022, order on school uniform and allowing the use of hijab in schools under the guise of permitting “limited traditional and faith-based religious symbols”. In a statement, Malviya alleged that the state government had made the move “surreptitiously” through a new government circular.He claim…
Bengaluru, May 13 (IANS) Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Karnataka Leader of the Opposition, R. Ashoka, on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress-led state government over its decision to withdraw the 2022 school uniform order and permit limited traditional and faith-based relihious symbols, including hijab, in schools and colleges. In a strongly worded statement, Ashoka alleged that the Congress government had revived the hijab issue as part of a “desperate appeasemen…
Patna, Jan 7 (IANS) A decision by a jewellery shop owners’ body in Bihar to restrict the entry of customers with covered faces, including women wearing hijabs or niqabs, has triggered political controversy in the state.Reacting strongly, RJD state spokesperson Ejaz Ahmed termed the move unconstitutional and against India’s constitutional traditions.“Targeting hijabs and niqabs in the name of security hurts religious sentiments and amounts to an attempt to curtail the fundamental right to r…
Patna, Dec 22 (IANS) The hijab controversy in Bihar continues to intensify, with the opposition sustaining its attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and demanding an apology to the female doctor involved. The controversy erupted after the Chief Minister allegedly removed the hijab of a Muslim woman doctor during a ceremony held in Patna for the distribution of appointment letters to AYUSH doctors.Amid the growing political uproar, Tej Pratap Yadav, elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Na…