Court of conscience is above all other courts, says Siddaramaiah

One must abide by one’s own ‘court of conscience’ irrespective of whether one gets praise or criticism, he says at a programme organised to mark Gandhi Jayanti

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, facing a probe over alleged irregularities in the allotment of sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to his wife, invoked Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and said “the court of conscience” is above all other courts.

“Everyone may not get justice from the legal courts. But we must act as per our conscience,” the Chief Minister said while participating in a programme organised by the Karnataka Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi to honour various achievers. “We must act as per our conscience irrespective of whether people praise or criticise us,” said Mr. Siddaramaiah.

Law vs. conspiracies

Later, addressing the Gandhi Jayanti programme at the KPCC office, the Chief Minister accused the BJP of trying to destabilise democratically elected governments in the country by trying to defeat law of the land with conspiracies.

At another event organised by the Department of Information and Public Relations, the Chief Minister called upon people not to tolerate the likes of Godse (Nathuram Godse who killed Mahatma Gandhi). “We need to defeat the evil forces who worship villains like Godse by indulging in false propaganda,” he said. He alleged that the BJP was conspiring to build the country on his ideology.

“Gandhiji may have been killed physically. But it is not possible to kill his ideologies. Let us strengthen Gandhiji’s idea of India and defeat those who want to build India on Godse’s model,” he said.

“It is not possible to implement the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar merely through speeches. The government should take up relevant programmes to implement their ideology alongside trying to create awareness about their life and message. Both myself and my government are doing this,” he maintained.

Describing the former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri as a very honest leader and politician, he said the highest respect that one could pay to them was to walk in the direction showed by them.

The Chief Minister also offered floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on the Vidhana Soudha premises and flagged off a walkathon from Gandhi Bhavan to the Vidhana Soudha. Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar and several senior Ministers were present.

Published - October 02, 2024 05:12 pm IST