DK BJP condemns JDS workers' attack on BJP MLA Preetam Gowda
Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District BJP on Thursday staged protest outside Deputy Commissioner’s office and condemned the attack on the party’s Hassan MLA Pradeep J Gowda by JDS workers.
Local party leaders, members and workers gathered outside Dakshina Kannada DC office and protested while also shouting slogans against CM HD Kumaraswamy and former Prime Minister HD Devegowda, alleging that the father son duo was the perpetrator of the attack.
“Kumaraswamy, claims that he did not had any interference in the whole episode, but he himself along with his father and brother Revanna perpetrated the whole attack. As Preetam won from a constituency which was dominated by this Gowda family, out of jealousy this attack was done” Ravi Shankar Mijar, Dakshina Kannada’s Vice President said during the protest.
Sanjay Prabhu, Dakshina Kannada Treasurer of BJP, termed the Kumaraswamy led government as the ‘Goondagiri government’. He said “Kumaraswamy ordered this rioting by his party workers. He wants everyone from his family to either be a MLA or an MP, now that his son and Revanna’s son are in-line they are looking for a constituency from where they can field them, and hence they have targeted Hassan, and to instill fear in our MLAs mind this attack was done”.
“This is nothing new, the father and sons have done, they have a factual history of doing such things in the past, so we are not really surprised, but then again, we are not going to back away, we will fight them and defeat them”.
“If he says he had no knowledge about the incident or he hadn’t ordered it, then he should immediately resign from his post, accepting the moral responsibility for the actions of his party workers” Sanjay said.
He further added “If the state has to progress, then this government has to go, and for the betterment of this state, this government will be toppling soon”.
Ex-MLC Monappa Gonda, while addressing the protest, expressed the district BJP’s solidarity with Preetam Gowda and the party worker Rahul who sustained injuries during the JDS workers’ attack on the MLA home, and has been hospitalized since.
“The police are hand-in-glove with the CM and his family, no action can be taken against the party workers, no case will be registered and no arrests will be made in this regard, we know this. Preetam’s family was inside the house, the workers posed threat to their life, yet nobody cares” he said.
About the incident:
JDS workers who planned a protest outside the MLA Preetam’s house, after his audio speaking ill of HD Deve Gowda and his family including Kumaraswamy, was made public.
The workers, who had staged dharna outside MLAs house, anguished over the incident, stormed towards his house and started pelting stones which resulted in one BJP worker sustaining injuries who was later hospitalized.
BS Yeddiyurappa and other leaders rushed to Hassan to meet the injured worker, party has since organized protests in various parts of the state.
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TMC's reign of terror prevails in West Bengal: Rahul
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday strongly condemned the killing of party worker Debdeep Chatterjee allegedly by TMC goons, and said his party will not bow before this politics that stains India's non-violent tradition.
Chatterjee was brutally murdered in Asansol during post-poll violence. He was closely associated with Asansol North Congress candidate Prasenjit Puitandi, the party claimed.
The worker was attacked and beaten by those linked to the ruling All India Trinamool Congress and succumbed to injuries shortly thereafter, the West Bengal Congress alleged.
"The murder of Congress worker Debdeep Chatterjee by TMC-affiliated goons after the elections is utterly reprehensible. My deepest condolences to the grieving family," Gandhi said in a post on X.
"In West Bengal today, it is not democracy but TMC's reign of terror that prevails. Intimidating, attacking, and eliminating opposing voices after votes are cast -this has become the defining character of TMC," Gandhi also said.
He said the Congress' politics has never been based on violence, nor will it ever be.
"We too have lost our workers, yet we have always chosen the path of non-violence and the Constitution. This is our legacy, this is our resolve. "The demand is clear -immediate arrest of all the guilty, the harshest punishment, and grant full security and compensation for Debdeep's family," the former Congress chief said.
"We will not bow before this politics that stains India's non-violent tradition. Justice will be done," Gandhi said.
The West Bengal Congress, in a post on its X handle, said this tragic incident exposes the complete collapse of law and order in the state and raises serious questions about the safety of opposition workers in West Bengal.
"The fact that such violence has occurred immediately after polling highlights a deeply disturbing pattern of political intimidation and vendetta," it said.
The Congress stands firmly with the bereaved family and demands immediate arrest of all those responsible for this heinous crime and a fair, impartial, and time-bound investigation. It also said adequate compensation and protection for the victim's family.
"It is deeply concerning that even an FIR had not been registered at the time of reporting, further indicating administrative apathy in the face of such a grave incident.
"The Indian National Congress reiterates that democracy cannot survive in an atmosphere of fear and violence. We will continue to raise our voice against such atrocities and fight to ensure justice for every victim," the party said.
The Congress said the murder of Chatterjee by goons associated with TMC is highly condemnable and termed it a direct attack on democracy.
"Democracy in West Bengal has ended, and TMC's reign of terror continues. Silencing and subduing opposing voices through violence has become TMC's hallmark. We demand that the culprits be arrested immediately and given the harshest possible punishment. We will not allow the democracy of our country to be destroyed by these anti-people forces," the Congress said.
