Bengaluru does not belong to “militants”, it is ours, said HD Kumaraswamy (Archive)
Bangalore:
Criticizing BJP Tejasvi MP Surya for his recent comments that Bengaluru has become the “epicenter of terrorist activities,” former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy said Tuesday that the comment is an embarrassment to the city, that it “does not it belongs to the militants. “
The Janata Dal (Secular) leader further said that the statement was even an “insult to the top leaders of the BJP” and demanded an apology from the “concerned BJP leader”.
“Some people who have ties to terrorist organizations were caught after the DJ Halli incident. Our criticism must be against them … not the home of millions of people … Bengaluru does not belong to militants, it is ours … Bengaluru is our pride, “read Mr. Kumaraswamy’s tweet in Kannada.
He was referring to an incident of mob violence on August 11 when more than 3,000 people sparked an uproar, setting fire to the residences of MLA R Congress Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy and her sister Jayanthi, as well as the DJ Halli and KJ Halli police stations in Bengaluru. .
Without naming the BJP leader, he added: “The insult made by some commentators within the BJP that Bengaluru is a center of terrorist activities is an embarrassment to the city. I saw in the media how CM BS Yeddyurappa fought to justify such a statement, during a press conference on Monday. This slanderous statement is also an insult to the leaders of the BJP. “
A day after becoming chairman of the BJP’s youth wing on September 26, Surya had said that Bengaluru had become an epicenter for terrorist activities and that he had urged the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah to establish a permanent division of the National Investigation Agency.
The statement drew strong criticism from the opposition. Earlier, DK Shivakumar from Congress had asked the BJP to fire him from his new post.
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