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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said present connected Sunday (January 11, 2025) that Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has not returned Karnataka Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill.
The Governor has neither rejected nor approved the Bill, helium said.
Speaking to property persons earlier leaving for Bengaluru aft winding up his programmes scheduled successful Mangaluru connected January 10 evening, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that the Governor volition beryllium explained astir the Bill if helium seeks an explanation.
‘Reddy, Sriramulu jealous’
To questions, the Chief Minister said that removing banners displayed successful transportation with the inauguration of the statue of Maharshi Valmiki was the crushed for the caller clashes betwixt BJP and Congress workers successful Ballari. “Why was determination a request to region the banners ?” helium asked.
Since BJP leaders G. Janardhana Reddy and B. Sriramulu are not enjoying governmental powerfulness now, they are exhibiting their jealousy successful the substance related to clashes, the Chief Minister said.
Mr. Siddaramaiah questioned BJP’s determination to instrumentality retired a padayatra from Ballari to Bengaluru connected January 17 to condemn the clashes.
The Chief Minister said that the Congress took retired its 320-km padayatra from Bengaluru to Ballari successful August 2010, targeting the past ruling BJP connected amerciable mining and corruption. It was successful protestation against the Reddy brothers treating Ballari arsenic their idiosyncratic fiefdom and the past Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa not reining them in.
The CM said that the Congress had launched the padayatra nether the banner ‘Ballari Chalo’ aft accepting the situation thrown by Janardhana Reddy and Karunakara Reddy and their adjacent subordinate and curate R. Sriramulu successful the Assembly, who had dared the enactment to measurement into their location district, and asked “Why is BJP is taking retired padayatra now?”
Mr. Siddaramaiah denied that determination is simply a tussle for powerfulness (for Chief Minister’s position) successful the Congress. “It is each instauration of media,” helium said.
