MYSURU: After the two recent murder cases, Opposition leader in the Assembly, Siddaramaiah, hit back at Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai’s statement that murders had also taken place during Siddaramaiah’s time.
Siddarmaiah demanded Bommai’s resignation over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
His remarks came in wake of two brutal killings in Mangaluru.
“The Chief Minister is making a statement out of frustration. If you can’t run the government, let it go. If you don’t believe in democracy, if you can’t listen to the words of the opposition, then resign and go away,” said Siddarmaiah.
He also stressed that if there are any links of SDPI and PFI in the murder cases, then immediate action should be taken. “If the SDPI, and PFI have violated the law, if there is evidence for it, then let them be banned.”
Siddaramaiah’s statements came after Home Minister Araga Jnanendra, while making a statement on the incident, said that the involvement of the extremist Popular Front of India (PFI), and its political arm Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) is suspected.
The Opposition leader also questioned the state government’s morals and said, “This government has no morals. How can those who have no morals bear the moral responsibility of these cases?”
Praveen Nettaru, a young BJP Yuva Morcha worker, was attacked with lethal weapons by unidentified people on a bike in Bellare in Dakshina Kannada late Tuesday evening. The Karnataka Police on Thursday arrested two people in connection with Nettaru’s murder.
In another incident, a 23-year-old youth was hacked to death by an unidentified group on the outskirts of Mangaluru, on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Fazil and was attacked by lethal weapons.
Following the incident, Section 144 was imposed at Surathkal, Mulki, Bajpe and Panambur. Investigations are under way in both cases. (ANI)