Tejasvi Surya, MP from South Bengaluru, was appointed head of BJP Yuva Morcha
Bangalore:
Tejasvi Surya, a deputy from South Bengaluru and the newly appointed BJP chief Yuva Morcha, received much criticism for his comments that Bengaluru was an epicenter of terror. He was speaking in the context of having requested a National Investigation Agency (NIA) center in the city. But the comment was embarrassing for his own party that runs the government in his home state of Karnataka, and also drew criticism from opposition leaders, who accused him of tarnishing Bengaluru’s image.
Back in Bengaluru from Delhi, Surya talked about what the city means to him.
“We all love Bangalore. Bangalore is a city that has given me my identity today. Across the country, people who know me recognize me as the Bangalore boy. It has given me education, employment, our food on my table. He has given me an identity. The people of Bangalore have elected me and sent me to the parliament to protect their interests. That is why I asked the Honorable Minister of the Interior to protect Bangalore, “Surya said.
He said the NIA center was required. “In recent years, some sleeper cells, for some terrorist organizations, have been destroyed by the NIA. Our city cannot go into the hands of thugs and anti-national organizations who will go crazy. Therefore, NIA is needed in the city.” Surya said.
“Recently when some terrorist recruiters were arrested, the NIA in the course of its investigation revealed that these anti-national organizations wanted to use the forests of southern India and the support of Bengaluru to further their agenda of waging jihad against southern India. India. In light of all this, we have made a demand for a permanent NIA station in Bangalore. The Honorable Minister of the Interior, considering the gravity of the situation and the safety and security of the financial capital of India in the south, has assured that it will be sanctioned soon, “the MP said.
Congressional leaders had criticized his comments, and the head of the Karnataka Congress said that Surya was “killing Bangalore” and that he should be fired by the BJP.
Surya responded, referring to the recent riots in the city that the NIA is investigating, saying, “Members of Congress who are creating a problem out of thin air are doing it because they don’t want an NIA center in Bangalore. Because they know its Partner SDPI will be exposed and that will not favor their policy of division and hatred Those who did not support their own Dalit MLA when 3,000 people burned their house and the police who were in Bangalore are lecturing me on how to keep Bangalore safe. . “
Former prime minister and secular leader of Janata Dal, HD Kumaraswamy, without naming Surya, harshly criticized the comments about Bengaluru as the epicenter of terrorism.
“I also want to ask the JDS leaders today, the MLA whose house was burned, he was in the JDS before. How many JDS leaders supported him? They are afraid that their vote bank will be lost. I am more concerned about security and Bangalore security. They don’t want NIA in Bangalore, “Surya said.
Surya was a surprise selection as a BJP candidate for the Bengaluru South Lok Sabha seat in 2019, and this was not the first time that his comments and tweets have generated controversy.
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