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Time for Congress to walk the talk

Time for Congress to walk the talk

Published by Parlour News

The Congress recently announced the launch of ‘Jai Bapu, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan’, a campaign to commemorate the 75th year of the Constitution. Hindutva ideologues have denigrated M.K. Gandhi while their antipathy towards Dr. B.R. Ambedkar became evident through the disparaging remarks made by Home Minister Amit Shah in Parliament. In this light, this campaign appears to hold promise. Since coming to power in Karnataka in 2023, the Congress government has signalled its commitment to the Constitution. It hosted an international conference titled ‘Constitution and National Unity’ in February 2024 and held massive celebrations in September 2024 to mark the International Day of Democracy and the Chief Minister urged people to abide by constitutional values. Notwithstanding these, a genuine commitment to democracy must minimally ensure that everyone feels like an active participant in a consultative process. Therefore, spaces for peaceful dissent should not be curtailed. In 2021, the BJP government in Karnataka passed the Licensing and Regulation of Protests, Demonstrations and Protest Marches (Bengaluru City) Order, making public protests outside a designated area illegal. The …

CM Siddaramaiah says Allama Prabhu’s a suitable name for Freedom Park in Shivamogga

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said it would be proper to name the Freedom Park in Shivamogga after Allama Prabhu, the mystic poet of the 12th century, who presided over Anubhava Mantapa. The Chief Minister made this statement at the programme to launch the Yuva Nidhi scheme, held at Freedom Park in Shivamogga city, following a request from Madhu Bangarappa, Minister for School Education. In his preliminary remarks, Madhu Bangarappa, who is also Minister in charge of Shivamogga district, requested the Chief Minister name the park after Allama Prabhu, a native of Balligavi in Shikaripur taluk. In his speech, Shivamogga MLA S.N. Channabasappa of the BJP, who presided over the event, said that the freedom park, where once the district prison functioned, had been named after freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad. Former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa declared it long ago in an open function. He suggested to the Chief Minister against changing the name and favoured retaining it as Azad’s Park in commemoration of his (Chandrashekhar Azad’s) sacrifice for the nation at a young age. However, the …