The Karnataka BJP Monday held a ‘Dharmasthala Chalo’ rally, condemning the Congress authorities for allegedly concentrating on Hindu non secular centres within the state. The rally got here within the wake of the continuing probe by a Particular Investigation Staff (SIT) into the alleged secret burials on the temple city in Dakshina Kannada district.
Throughout the rally, BJP leaders pressed for a probe by the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) into the alleged secret burials and for the state authorities to re-investigate a 2012 rape and homicide case to make sure justice for the household of the sufferer.
Talking on the rally, Union Minister of Shopper Affairs, Meals and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi alleged that the SIT probe at Dharmasthala was a part of a conspiracy by the Congress in opposition to the bulk group within the nation. Likening the investigation to the row at Sabarimala temple, he accused the get together of “working in opposition to Hindus to appease minorities”.
The investigation at Dharmasthala, he stated, was a part of the Congress’s efforts to cut back the affect of the BJP within the coastal district.
BJP state president B Y Vijayendra stated that the assault on Dharmasthala was as a consequence of ‘evil’ and ‘anti-Hindu’ Congress ruling the state.
Following the general public occasion, a delegation of leaders underneath Vijayendra visited the residence of the 2012 rape and homicide sufferer and provided help for the relations to pursue the case.
Chatting with reporters, Vijayendra stated that the BJP would bear the authorized bills if the sufferer’s household determined to problem the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court docket order, which acquitted the one accused arrested within the case.
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A young person was raped and murdered in 2012 close to Dharmasthala. Although one arrest was made within the case, the CBI court docket acquitted the accused for need of proof and slammed the officers who performed the preliminary investigation for not gathering the proof required. The household of the sufferer has maintained that the accused was framed within the case to make sure that the actual perpetrators of the case went scot-free.
Responding to the rally in Dharmasthala, Deputy Chief Minister D Okay Shivakumar requested whether or not the BJP was not pleased with the SIT probe that the get together itself had demanded. “There are two teams within the BJP. It’s their conspiracy. BJP employees themselves plotted this to deliver disrepute to Dharmasthala. Now, they’re doing drama,” he stated.