KPCC spokesperson seeks action against BJP leaders including R. Ashok, Vijayendra under Goonda Act
Mysuru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson M. Laxman has called for the filing of a case under the Goonda Act against several BJP leaders, including Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok, BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra, MLA Ashwath Narayana, and Legislative Council member C.T. Ravi. He accused these leaders of inciting communal riots in the state, including the Nagamangala Ganeshotsava riots, and destabilising peace and order.
Speaking at a press conference at the KPCC office in Mysuru on Friday, Laxman claimed that the Nagamangala incident was a pre-planned act involving a collaboration between RSS, BJP, and JDS. He stated that the Congress government successfully managed to control the situation, but BJP and JDS leaders were making inflammatory statements against specific communities.
He further mentioned that 53 individuals had been arrested in connection with the Nagamangala riots, and the Home Minister would soon release documents exposing BJP-JDS involvement.
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Laxman emphasized that Vijayendra and Ashok had given provocative speeches targeting a particular community, insisting that they be charged under the Goonda Act.
"The Ganeshotsava immersion procession starts at 1.30 pm, they wait till it becomes night. At 7.30 pm, they came near the mosque, stood there for half an hour and started shouting ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans. This is all a pre-planned plot. They have done this to create a riot here. It is also a failure of the police department, the inspector there has been suspended." he said pointing out the ‘purposeful’ delay in the procession.
He also alleged that BJP state in-charge Radha Mohan Das had recently held a meeting discussing strategies to instigate riots amidst ongoing elections in two states.
Mysuru City Congress President R. Murthy, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijayakumar, and other Congress leaders were present at the press conference.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
