The confrontation between Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration continued Friday after he insisted he wouldn’t retract his feedback concerning the Mangaluru stress cooker blast case. Shivakumar as soon as once more declared that the BJP was utilizing the case to paper over failures in coping with corruption and theft of voters’ knowledge.
“My stand is evident. I’m not going to take again my phrases on Mangaluru blast case. I’m not defending the accused however making an attempt to say that the BJP is utilizing such incidents to cowl their failures. Essential points like corruption and voter knowledge rip-off are sidelined utilizing the blast case (however) by no means I had mentioned to not examine the accused,” Shivakumar mentioned.
On Thursday the Congress chief accused the state’s BJP authorities and its prime cop, director-general of police Praveen Sood, of damaging Karnataka’s world picture. He additionally requested why the blast had been declared a ‘terror exercise’ with out correct investigation.
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“Ruling authorities and DGP instantly declared it ‘terrorist exercise’ with none investigation… as if just like Mumbai terror assault. How can the police name somebody a terrorist with out even a primary investigation?” he requested.
“No traders are considering Mangaluru and Udupi area due to panic created by police and authorities. It’s a hazard signal for the expansion of the state,” he declared.
Karnataka dwelling minister Araga Jnanendra slammed DK Shivakumar for questioning the integrity of the state’s police power. “Congress is stooping to a brand new low on daily basis… sadly, DK Shivakumar is doing politics over a terror assault,” he mentioned, including, “He’s enjoying politics with a watch on minority votes.”
On November 19, an explosion happened in an auto-rickshaw in Mangaluru, injuring the motive force and the passenger – 24-year-old Mohammed Shariq who’s the prime accused. Police referred to as it a ‘terror act’ and claimed the accused has hyperlinks with organised terror teams