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Hans India
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- Hans India
Is this Rahul Gandhi's commitment towards Scheduled Castes: Karnataka BJP on KN Rajanna's 'ouster'
Bengaluru: The Karnataka BJP on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and raised questions over his commitment towards the Scheduled community after state Minister K.N. Rajanna was reportedly asked to resign from the cabinet. State Cooperation Minister Rajanna, who hails from the Scheduled Tribe community, was reportedly asked to resign after he said that if there was "voter fraud" in Karnataka, the state Congress should have pointed it out much earlier. Rajanna's remark is said to have not gone down well with the Congress leadership, after which he was reportedly asked to resign. The BJP has also stated that it will demand a statement from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in both the Legislative Assembly and the Council over Rajanna's "ouster". Speaking to reporters at Vidhana Soudha, BJP State President and MLA B.Y. Vijayendra said, "What did K.N. Rajanna, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's close associate and senior cabinet colleague, do to be sacked from the cabinet? The people are asking this question. What crime did Rajanna commit to warrant his removal? This development is not just an internal matter of the Congress party. The issue should be discussed in the session." "The reason for throwing him out of the cabinet should be made public. Is this the commitment of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, towards the Scheduled Castes? Rahul Gandhi arrived in Bengaluru last week and made repeated allegations against the Election Commission, claiming that the BJP had come to power at the Centre through malpractices," he stated. "Rahul Gandhi has avoided filing a complaint with the Election Commission. On the other hand, when former minister Rajanna revealed the truth, he was sacked from the cabinet, which is not right. In both Houses, we will seek an answer from Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on what prompted him to seek Rajanna's resignation," he said. "This is not just an internal matter of the Congress party. The truth must come out while the session is underway. It is the duty of the Chief Minister to inform the House about this decision. Hence, we are raising the matter in both Houses," he added. "Does Rahul Gandhi, who carries a copy of the Constitution and travels across the country, lack the courage to face the truth?" Vijayendra said. 'The people of the state are questioning Congress leaders who give lengthy speeches on Ambedkar. Is it justifiable to take such action against Rajanna?" he stated.
Indian Express
12 minutes ago
- Indian Express
Dear Supreme Court, we owe street dogs dignity, not exile
Written by Meghna Bal When I was a little girl, my earliest and deepest camaraderie was with dogs. Not just our dogs at home, most of whom were rescued from the street as puppies, but the canines dotting my colony. Most were eager for a pat here or a scratch there, and some were timid but eventually came around. In nearly four decades of going up to dogs on the street, I've never had a bad experience, that is, been bitten (or even growled at). I cannot say the same for my experiences with humans, but that is another story. I am, then, shocked and disgusted by the recent order of Justices Pardiwala and Mahadevan, asking the NCR municipal authorities to willfully disregard existing law and pick up all stray dogs from the streets of New Delhi. In this context, I wish to bring the following to the attention of the Supreme Court. First, stray dogs do not become more territorial and aggressive when they are fed. A study by researchers at the Dog Lab of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata found that humans played a significant role in dog behaviour. Kindness to strays may result in significantly less conflict with humans. Ergo, where people fed dogs and were generally beneficent towards them, the dogs were more approachable because they did not see humans as a threat. Further research by the Dog Lab indicates that strays are not aggressive or unfriendly animals. In 1,941 dog sightings, the researchers found extremely low levels of aggressiveness among strays, both towards humans and other animals. Second, it is well-established that humans in our country have a largely symbiotic relationship with the stray animals on our streets. They keep rat populations in check, and mitigate criminal activity by staying vigilant through the night. They also serve as quotidian companions for the loneliest of us, those who have no one to turn to. If all stray dogs are picked up, and rat populations in the city mushroom, and we see a rise in cases of bubonic plague, who will be answerable? Third, rabies is not only caused by stray dogs. It can be caused by monkeys, cats, rats, squirrels, and cattle. The high incidence of rabies deaths is possibly because of the limited availability of rabies immunoglobulin (RIG), which one study found was only available in 20 per cent of healthcare centres surveyed. RIG is a necessary treatment for more severe animal bites. If you go to a private hospital, a rabies vaccine and immunoglobulin, if available, will cost at least Rs 30,000, if not more. If you want to get it from a government hospital, there are fixed timings to get it on any given day, which means that if you get bitten after these timings, too bad for you. Rabies deaths are a failure of policy and governance. And by putting the blame on the shoulders of dogs, the SC is absolving the state of neglecting its citizens. Fourth, studies have found that children are more prone to dog bites than adults, but this is not because dogs are insidious creatures looking to prey on the young of other species. It is a lot more complicated. Dogs can be in pain or have an illness, which may make them more aggressive. According to a research paper titled 'Pet dog bites in children: management and prevention', smaller children have a greater tendency to move their faces closer to novel objects, which can trigger reactions from dogs. Researchers also note that children tend to be less inhibited around animals than adults. The responsibility lies with parents to supervise and manage interactions between children and animals, and indeed all other beings. Human beings present the greatest danger to our children in the city, with more than a lakh cases of crimes against children being registered in 2022. Yet, we do not see any suo motu cases being taken in such matters? Why? Fifth, a major reason for the failure of the animal birth control (ABC) in Delhi is the unwillingness of the MCD and NDMC to pay organisations that have been carrying out sterilisations for them. I know of NGOs that were owed multiple crores by the municipal authorities for the sterilisations that they carried out, yet the authorities have not paid them. Most did not speak out because of fear of administrative retribution. Instead, they drop out of the ABC programmes altogether. The law is meant to protect the vulnerable. And there is no creature more deserving of that protection than one who has given us loyalty without ever asking for anything in return. We owe them not exile, but dignity. And we owe ourselves the kind of society that measures its greatness not by how it treats the powerful, but by how it treats those who have no power at all. To the Supreme Court: Please set aside the order and direct the NCR authorities to do their jobs by implementing a sterilisation and vaccination program. The writer is Director of the Esya Centre, a New Delhi-based tech policy think tank. Views are personal
The Hindu
12 minutes ago
- The Hindu
Sports Bill will result in extreme centralisation of sports administration, says Congress
The Congress on Tuesday (August 12, 2025) slammed the government for "bulldozing" the National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 through the Lok Sabha and claimed that the legislation will result in the "extreme centralisation" of sports administration. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh alleged that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will get the most favoured treatment, not subject to any laws of the land like the RTI. "The National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 was bulldozed through the Lok Sabha yesterday and will perhaps be subject to the same treatment in the Rajya Sabha today," he said on X. On Monday (August 11, 2025), the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth, and Sports Digvijaya Singh had written to the Lok Sabha Speaker requesting that the Bill be referred to the Committee for deeper examination and wider consultations. "That is what such Committees are for. However, the Modi government— as has happened so very frequently in the past— ignored this perfectly legitimate request," Mr. Ramesh said. "The Bill will result in the extreme centralisation of sports administration. And, of course, the BCCI will get the most favoured treatment, not subject to any laws of the land like the RTI," he said. The long-awaited National Sports Governance Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha here on Monday with Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya describing it as the "single biggest reform in Indian sports since independence", amid Opposition protests over revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. The National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill was also passed in the Lok Sabha. Amid the din, the Bills were passed by a voice vote.
