Bengaluru, December 25: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy’s statement ‘shoot out killers’, that was said emotionally after his party leader Prakash of Thoppenahalli in Maddur taluk was killed, has snowballed into a controversy after opposition party BJP criticizing the CM strongly.
“A Chief Minister of the state should not give such statements. He should have thought about the law and order situation in the state before issuing such a statement. Instead of directing the authorities to punish the criminals within the legal framework, he has asked the police to shoot out the killers which is not fair”, said Opposition leader BS Yeddyurappa.
Speaking to reporters at a free health check up camp organized to mark the birth anniversary of former prime minster Atal Bihari Vajpayee here on Tuesday, Yeddyurappa said that with the love towards his party worker, Kumaraswamy has forgotten that he is the CM of the state. Such statements would instigate the police and officers to take wrong steps. Whether he was JDS worker or a common man, such killings should not happen. I strongly condemn the murder of Prakash. Such statements would have negative impact on the state. Kumaraswamy should tender apology of the state immediately, he demanded.
However, former prime minister HD Deve Gowda justified the statement issued by Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy. The JDS supremo retaliated Yeddyurappa who sought apology from Kumaraswamy. “I would not give answer to the statement of Yeddyurappa. Before this murder, the village has witnessed three more killings. Those who have come out of jail on bail, have attacked our party workers. The murder of party worker has pained Kumaraswamy. So, Kumaraswamy has given such statement in grief. Nothing wrong in it”, he justified.
Later, Kumaraswamy said that action would be taken as per law. Is it possible to shoot out when somebody instructed it? There is no need to analyse it, he said.
Clarifying about his statement, Kumaraswamy said that out of grief he has issued the statement. It is suspected that the accused in Prakash murder case are involved in two more murders. The murder has not caused any clash. Officials have been investigating the case, he said.
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New Delhi (PTI): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday appealed to the Bangladesh interim government to ensure the atrocities on the Hindus are stopped and ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das is released from jail immediately.
RSS general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale in a statement also appealed to the Indian government to continue its efforts to stop the atrocities on the Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh and take necessary steps to build global opinion in its support "as soon as possible".
"The attacks, murders, looting, arson as well as inhuman atrocities by Islamic fundamentalists on Hindus, women and all other minorities in Bangladesh are extremely worrying and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh condemns this," he said.
Instead of stopping this, the present Bangladesh government and other agencies are only silent spectators, Hosabale said.
"Out of helplessness, a new phase of injustice and atrocities seems to be emerging against the Hindus of Bangladesh to suppress the voice raised by them in a democratic way for self-defense," the RSS general secretary said.
"It is unjust for the Bangladesh government to send ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, who is leading the Hindus in such peaceful demonstrations, to jail," he added
Bangladesh Police earlier on Monday arrested International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport area in Dhaka while he was travelling to Chittagong.
"The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh appeals to the Bangladesh government to ensure that the atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh stop immediately and release Shri Chinmoy Krishna Das from imprisonment," Hosabale said.
"The RSS also appeals to the Indian government to continue its efforts to stop the atrocities on Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh and take necessary steps as soon as possible to build global opinion in its support," he added.
At this crucial time, the RSS general secretary said, India and the global community and institutions should stand with the victims of Bangladesh and express their support, and demand that their respective governments make every possible effort to ensure that atrocities on the Hindus and other minorities are stopped in Bangladesh immediately.
This is necessary for world peace and brotherhood, he added.