At least two towns in the Uttarkashi district have seen communal tensions simmer with hate speech rampant and, as a result, Muslims fearing their lives. With a noticeable silence from police and executive authorities, it is feared that tensions could spread further even leading to violence against Muslims
The RSS’ mouthpiece also noted that the Congress' national leaders played a minimal role in the campaign while the regional leaders took the front stage during the state election leading to a major victory in the Karnataka election
"...your government has no intent to address the systemic safety malaise, but is instead finding diversionary tactics to derail any attempts to fix accountability,” wrote the president of the Indian National Congress (INC), previously the union railway minister between 2013-2014.
A supposed journalist claimed without any basis that certain political parties were purposefully changing demography in some areas by citing population figures.
CPIM, Annie Raja, former civil servants and clerics seek FIRs, an independent SIT and binding guidelines on speech by constitutional functionaries, alleging sustained communal targeting and abuse of executive authority
The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires
Close to a dozen public intellectuals including Hiren Gohain, Harekrishna Deka, former DGP, Assam and author, Dr. Indrani Dutta, former Director, Omiyo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, among so many others, have in a letter petition to CJ, Gauhati High Court, Justice Vijay Bishnoi drawn attention of the Court to series of inciteful statements by Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister and urged suo moto cognisance