Bengaluru: A few months before Karnataka votes in the assembly elections, the state BJP is scaling up its attack on the ruling Congress. The latest ammunition is poor law and order in the state, as the BJP claims.
Last week, Deepak Rao, a 28-year-old BJP worker in Mangaluru of Dakshina Kannada district, was killed. Hours later, TR Basheer, a food stall owner, was attacked and killed in what the police consider to be a retaliatory killing.
Arrests have been made in booth the cases. But on Monday morning, the BJP mobilised its leaders and workers in Bengaluru to highlight the violence.
After the National Investigation Agency filed its chargesheet earlier this year, saying that the murder of Rudresh, an RSS worker, in October 2016 was an act of terrorism, the BJP, RSS and other right wing groups have been demanding a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its political wing, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is also accusing the BJP of creating communal tension in the state. He took on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was in Bengaluru on Sunday for a public rally. The two chief ministers traded charges on Twitter about law and order and welfare measures in their respective states.
Assembly polls are due in Karnataka by May and the BJP is hoping to reclaim the only state in south India that it ruled from 2008 to 2013. But the term saw many allegations of corruption, infighting and three chief ministers.
Last week, Deepak Rao, a 28-year-old BJP worker in Mangaluru of Dakshina Kannada district, was killed. Hours later, TR Basheer, a food stall owner, was attacked and killed in what the police consider to be a retaliatory killing.
Arrests have been made in booth the cases. But on Monday morning, the BJP mobilised its leaders and workers in Bengaluru to highlight the violence.
After the National Investigation Agency filed its chargesheet earlier this year, saying that the murder of Rudresh, an RSS worker, in October 2016 was an act of terrorism, the BJP, RSS and other right wing groups have been demanding a ban on the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its political wing, the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).
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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is also accusing the BJP of creating communal tension in the state. He took on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was in Bengaluru on Sunday for a public rally. The two chief ministers traded charges on Twitter about law and order and welfare measures in their respective states.
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Assembly polls are due in Karnataka by May and the BJP is hoping to reclaim the only state in south India that it ruled from 2008 to 2013. But the term saw many allegations of corruption, infighting and three chief ministers.
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