Yamini C S | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
A video of a pro-Hindutva group’s chief is making the rounds, through which he’s threatening Congress MLA Tanveer Sait’s life after his proposal to construct a statue of Tipu Sultan in Srirangapatna, close to Mysuru. The perimeter outfit’s chief warned Sait that if he builds even one toes of the statue, they may ‘take out his final rites’.
The video couldn’t be verified by Hindustan Occasions independently.
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It has nevertheless been shared by a number of handles on social media and even picked up by the Karnataka unit of the Congress, who slammed the state’s House division and questioned the protection of their representatives.
“Earlier a BJP goon had threatened to shoot @PriyankKharge, at this time one other has threatened MLA Tanveer Sait’s life. If these folks can provide out dying threats to our representatives and roam round freely, would not it imply that the House division is lifeless, @JnanendraAraga?” the Karnataka Congress tweeted.
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“@BSBommai, is Karnataka dominated by you or goons? @JnanendraAraga, are you continue to the Minister of House Affairs your self or have you ever handed over the place to criminals? Can the widespread folks anticipate safety if the federal government is nurturing those that threaten the lives of the folks’s representatives?” they added in a second tweet.
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The ruling BJP has not but responded to the Congress’ questions.
Sait, who represents the Narasimharaja constituency, had promised a 100-feet tall statue of the warrior on Thursday and stated it could stand as a logo of the “true historical past”, which has been “distorted” by the ruling BJP within the state.