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Karnataka Today newsletter: CM Siddaramaiah’s Rajyotsava speech highlights injustice in tax devolution, and more

Highlighting the need for justice in the devolution of taxes yet again, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on November 1, 2024 said that Kannadigas should be aware of the fact that although the State is contributing more than ₹4,00,000 crore through taxes, it is only getting ₹55,000 crore to ₹60,000 crore from the Centre.

In his address on the occasion of the 69th Karnataka Rajyotsava, Mr. Siddaramaiah said Karnataka is facing injustice because it is a progressive State. “Karnataka is the second largest contributor to the central tax revenue after Maharashtra.... No one should milk a milch cow completely dry, or else the calf will be malnourished,” he said

Meanwhile, Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) members observed Black Day on the occasion of Karnataka Rajyotsava in Belagavi. Activists raised slogans in favour of joining Maharashtra and held placards against the Union Government.

A five-year-old boy was injured when two bikers hurled stones at a car in which a family of four was travelling, at Kasavanahalli in Bengaluru at night on October 30. The boy suffered an injury on his forehead. He was rushed to a private hospital where doctors put three stitches to close the wound. 

The alleged incident occurred when Anoop George, a techie, was travelling with his wife and two children. Two bikers allegedly obstructed his path and told him to get down from the car. When he refused, they allegedly threw stones at the car, damaging a window and injuring the five-year-old boy sitting in the back seat. 

Situation in Kadakol village in Haveri district, where tension prevailed after stones were pelted on houses belonging to minority community for fear of losing their farmlands to Waqf Board on October 30, 202 night, is returning to normalcy with all those detained being released. However, as a precautionary measure, additional police personnel have been deployed in the village.

 On October 30 night, miscreants allegedly pelted stones and tried to ransack a few houses belonging to minority community leaders in the village. Police said a rumour that properties around the village temple had been listed as Waqf properties and would soon be acquired was the reason for the incident. Fiver persons who sustained minor injuries are recuperating.