Kalaburgi, September 17: Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy lashed out at BJP president BS Yeddyurappa indirectly that the latter who has been claiming that he has 104 MLAs with him was the real hypocrite and he was the real villain to the coalition government.

Speaking to reporters here on Monday, the CM said that he has never mentioned any one's name as kingpins who have been trying to destabilize the coalition government. But the BJP people have been touching their backs. They have been floating rumours saying that the Congress MLAs would resign. No Congress MLAs or leaders were the villains for the government. You have to find out who is the real villain to the coalition government, he asked scribes.

The coalition government was stable in the state under the protection of former chief minister Siddaramaiah. Many people do not know this truth. The government would complete its full five years tenure under the protection of Siddaramaiah, he said.

Unnecessarily, his name was being dragged into some issues. Siddaramaiah has been cooperating with the government fully. The state government has no confusions and the reports that the coalition government has threat from Siddaramaiah were far from truth. BJP people have been making futile attempts to destabilize the government due to which they have been creating confusions by giving meaningless statements, he said.



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Shivpuri (MP) (PTI): A 30-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by the sarpanch and seven others over a land dispute in a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district, an official said on Wednesday.

Narad Jatav was fatally attacked on Tuesday evening after he and his maternal uncle objected to a road created through their land to a hotel belonging to the sarpanch, Padam Dhakad, in Indergarh village, the official said. The accused, including Dhakad's sons and wife, are on the run.

Following the dispute over the road, Narad allegedly removed the water supply line from a common borewell to the hotel. Dhakad and his family then beat him with sticks and killed him, Kotwali police station in-charge Kripal Singh Rathore said.

Jatav’s family protested in the medical college where his body was taken for autopsy, demanding the registration of a first information report (FIR) against the accused, he said.

Later, police pacified them and registered a murder case against the sarpanch and his other family members, including his wife and sons, Rathore said.

The eight accused persons are absconding and efforts are being made to nab them, he added.

Condemning the murder, former chief minister Kamal Nath wrote on X, “A Dalit youth was beaten to death with sticks in Indergarh of Shivpuri. After this murder in broad daylight, it has been proved once again that Dalits are not safe in Madhya Pradesh,” he said.

There is not a single day when an incident of atrocity on Dalits does not occur in the state, said the Congress leader.

“Under the BJP rule, the audacity of bullies is increasing and it has become their habit to oppress the Dalits and tribals,” he wrote on the social media platform.

Nath also demanded special arrangements to ensure the safety of Dalits and tribals in MP.