Mysore/Mysuru, May 16 -- Former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha launched a blistering attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, alleging that the Congress Government in Karnataka had failed to deliver meaningful development in the last three years.

Reacting to the State Government's decision to permit 'hijabs' in schools, Prathap Simha claimed that no Muslim leaders had sought such permission and accused the Government of allowing 'hijabs' purely for political appeasement by sidelining the school uniform code.

"The Congress agenda is not to win Muslim affection but to provoke Hindus," he alleged, adding that even Muslim girls themselves may not know whether they want 'hijabs' or not.

The former MP ...