BJP leader alleges CM Siddaramaiah snooping on rival Cong faction of Shivakumar
Bengaluru (PTI): Senior BJP leader R Ashoka on Monday alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has let the intelligence agencies to track the activities of the MLAs supporting Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar.
Referring to a media report, he said the CM uses intelligence agencies to snoop on his rivals within his own party to protect his chair.
"So now, State Intelligence has a new full-time job - tracking dinner attendance of DyCM D K Shivakumar's faction," Ashoka, who is Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly, said in a post on 'X'.
The BJP leader alleged that though drug factories are run unchecked, communal tensions are on rise and law and order has weakened, the top priority of this government is to count MLAs and shadowing political rivals.
"This is the complete politicisation of administration under CM Siddaramaiah. The state machinery exists to protect the people of Karnataka, not to protect your chair," Ashoka charged.
He also took a dig at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi.
"Where is Rahul Gandhi now? The same Rahul Gandhi who lectures about misuse and weaponisation of institutions is silent now," the former Deputy Chief Minister said.
Stating that Karnataka deserved governance and not surveillance politics, he said Siddaramaiah must stop misusing state intelligence for personal political survival.
Amid a power tussle between Siddaramaiah and his deputy Shivakumar, 40 MLAs loyal to the latter gathered in a hotel in Bengaluru and reportedly discussed how to see their leader become the chief minister.
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Instagram user comments will “bomb Ullal Masjid”; Speaker Khader orders action
Mangaluru: An Instagram user allegedly posted a threatening comment claiming that he would “blast Ullal Masjid.”
After the comment came to the notice of Speaker U T Khader, he directed the police to take stringent action against the miscreant.
In this connection, an FIR has been registered at Ullala Police Station, and the police are searching for the accused.
Speaker UT Khader, urging the City Police Commissioner to initiate action against the accused, stated, “People of all faiths live harmoniously in Ullal. The police department should exercise caution against such posts that disturb communal harmony in the region.”
The user, reportedly identified as “shankar11916,” posted a comment on the social networking site Instagram stating, “Support maadi bro Ullal Masjid hatra bomb blast madthini,” (Support me brother, I will blast bomb near Ullal Masjid) which later went viral.
Expressing gratitude for the information shared, City Police Commissioner Sudhir Kumar Reddy said, “It is a crime to post a message on social media claiming that a bomb will be exploded near the Ullal Masjid. The police of Ullala station have registered a case in this regard. We will arrest the accused soon.”
