Do Not Fall In BJP Trap On Hijab Row: Rahul Gandhi To Karnataka Congress

Rahul Gandhi asked that the Karnataka Congress focus on the core governance issues. The Bommai government, he said, has failed to deliver on those.

Congress's Rahul Gandhi today asked party leaders from Karnataka not to play into the hands of the BJP in its plans to polarize the state through the hijab issue. The BJP-ruled state – where the row over the use of headscarves in educational institutions has emerged as a divisive issue -- is heading for assembly elections next year.

At a meeting with senior party leaders from Karnataka -- including the leaders of the opposition in both houses of the state assembly, the party's state unit chief and other office bearers --  Mr Gandhi asked that they focus on the core governance issues. The Bommai government, he said, has failed to deliver on those.

The Congress plans to hold a series of public agitations to highlight the failures of the state's BJP government, senior party leader Randeep Surjewala said after the closed-door meeting in Delhi.

The leaders have planned to highlight the cyrpto currency scam, 40 per cent corruption in government contracts, apart from lack of employment, rising prices and various local issues, he added.