Bengaluru: Whereas Karnataka’s newly-appointed deputy chief minister D.Ok Shivakumar is commonly heard telling social gathering staff and legislators to “worship the social gathering, not the individual”, he didn’t protest when a first-time MLA took oath in his title on the ground of the legislative meeting in Bengaluru Monday.
The transfer by Basavaraju Shivaganga, legislator from Channagiri in Davangere district, got here regardless of pro-term Speaker R.V. Deshpande’s particular directions earlier than the method began at 11 am Monday, “Once you take your oath, you are able to do so within the title of the Structure of India or god. However it won’t be authorized whether it is made within the title of any individual”.
Shivaganga, a Lingayat MLA, was first seen in search of the blessings of Shivakumar and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, earlier than heading to take the oath administered by the legislature secretary.
The MLA learn the template together with his title in line with the textual content given by the legislature secretary after which went on to say that he took his oath within the title of God and “my aaradhya dhaiva (Kannada for lovely deity) D.Ok. Shivakumar”.
The secretary of the Karnataka Legislative Meeting appeared shocked on the point out of Shivakumar’s title and even gestured for Shivaganga to cease, however he continued.
“Go want sir [Deshpande] after which signal the guide [for MLAs],” the legislature secretary, M.Ok. Vishalakshi, was heard whispering to Shivaganga.
Shivaganga was not the legislator within the newly-elected Karnataka meeting to have deviated from the oath-taking stipulations. Earlier, Shivakumar himself whereas taking oath because the state’s new deputy CM Saturday, had executed so within the title of his religious guru, Gangadhara Ajja.
Basanagouda Patil (Yatnal), the firebrand Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) legislator from Vijayapura, took oath within the title of ‘Hindutva and Goumata (cow)’ Monday. A number of others too violated the temporary.
Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah had locked horns over the CM’s submit, earlier than the Congress introduced the latter’s title for the highest submit, after the social gathering’s decisive victory on this month’s meeting election. The Congress gained 135 of 224 seats within the Karnataka meeting.
Throughout the four-day deliberations following the victory, many Congress MLAs had come out in assist of their respective leaders — Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah — as CM and Shivaganga’s oath is probably going an extension of the identical “loyalty”.
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Different MLAs who violated the temporary
In the meantime, Yatnal not solely violated Deshpande’s directions for the oath-taking, but in addition complained concerning the order through which he was made to take the oath, asking why he was not being known as sooner.
When knowledgeable that the MLAs had been being known as within the alphabetical order of their names, Yatnal joked that he be known as ‘Aadharniya [respectful] Basanagoud’ in order that he could skip the queue.
Others who deviated from the Speaker’s directions whereas taking oath included Gali Janardhana Reddy, an Unbiased MLA and former BJP minister, who entered the meeting after a decade-long absence. Reddy took oath within the title of “Anjanadri” or the Anjanadri Hill, the birthplace of Lord Hanuman in Koppal district.
A number of others took oath within the names of their deities and the folks of their constituency.
Just a few Congress members, nonetheless, objected to first-time Dalit MLA Bhagirathi Murulya for taking oath within the title of native deities, Satya Saramani, Satyapadinaru and Ammanavaru, her native deities. Murulya is a BJP MLA from Suliya in Dakshina Kannada.
She obtained assist from Yatnal, who protested towards the brand new legislator being “heckled” and stated it was the Congress that had began the follow of taking oath within the title of individuals and native and private deities.
The incident additionally noticed offended response on Twitter, the place a consumer, recognized by the deal with @vijeshetty, stated, “When @DKShivakumar can take oath on the title of Ajjayya [his spiritual leader], why double normal for a less-privileged MLA Tulunad Daiva’s [deities of the Tulu-speaking people of coastal Karnataka] is been disrespected in each stage. Congress MLA ought to apologise @INCKarnataka. Kudos to Bhagirathi Murulya and Thank You @BasanagoudaBJP for the assist.”
(Edited by Richa Mishra)
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