A day after the Centre banned radical outfit Common Entrance of India (PFI) underneath the Illegal Actions Prevention Act (UAPA) senior Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) chief and former Karnataka chief minister, BS Yediyurappa, on Thursday, referred to as mentioned it the “illegitimate baby” of opposition chief Siddaramaiah.
“Siddaramaiah had solely lifted them (PFI) up to now… it’s his illegitimate baby. In the present day, your entire nation is with us…he doesn’t know what to speak and is talking in a wayward method,” Yediyurappa mentioned.
“Siddaramaiah is the prime purpose for all of this (issues brought on by PFI). As a substitute of considering truthfully about it, it’s stunning that he continues to lie. I request that at the least now he ought to grow to be conscious,” Yediyurappa, who can be a member of the BJP’s parliamentary board, added.
Hitting again at Yediyurappa, Siddaramaiah requested as to why the BJP didn’t take motion towards the PFI throughout its time period in 2019. “What did he (Yediyurappa) do when he was chief minister. See, RSS is their illegitimate baby,” Siddaramaiah mentioned.
On Wednesday Siddaramaiah had demanded a ban on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the ideological guardian of the BJP, on the identical strains because the PFI.
Siddaramaiah who has been an ardent critic of the RSS, spared no alternative to focus on the Sangh Parivar on points like communalism and Hindutva.
“The RSS and others are spoiling peace in society and motion needs to be taken towards them additionally,” Siddaramaiah had mentioned.
The Congress has blamed the BJP for PFI’s development saying the outfit’s presence helps their “communal model of politics”. In return, the BJP has accused the Congress for the PFI’s development “to profit from vote financial institution politics”.
The PFI has a powerful presence within the coastal districts of Karnataka amongst different areas and its political arm, Social Democratic Get together of India (SDPI), had additionally received within the gram panchayat elections and different native our bodies, particularly within the coastal districts. Its scholar wing, Campus Entrance of India (CFI) was additionally on the forefront of the hijab row in Karnataka, supporting the scholars of their agitation towards the restrictions of sporting headscarves with the college uniform.
“To state clearly, PFI, SDPI and others are all of the ‘B’ group of the BJP. Due to them (PFI, SDPI), their (BJP) communalism works if not it received’t. In the event that they (BJP) actually had dedication, as quickly as they got here and in the event that they did have proof, they need to have banned them proper then however didn’t. Now that the elections are approaching, they’re posturing as if they’re displaying sturdy governance,” Yatindra Siddaramaiah, the Congress legislator from Varuna, mentioned.