Bengaluru, October 29: “Mr. Janardhan Reddy, instead of shedding tears saying that Siddaramaiah has jailed me for four years without reason, read this book written by your own party MP”, said former chief minister Siddaramaiah to Janardhan Reddy.

Former minister Janardhan Reddy has said that ‘Siddaramaiah has tortured mine and Sriramulu families. He has jailed me for four years and devastated my life”. Responding to Reddy’s statement, Siddaramaiah gave vented his ire in Twitter.

Tagging the front page of the book ‘Mining Mafia: Ivaru Yaru Gottenu, Ivara Kathe Helalenu’, written by BJP MP Pratap Simha regarding the illegal mining in the state, Siddaramaiah took Reddy to task.

Ridiculing in Twitter, Siddaramaiah said that “Mr Janardhan Reddy, instead of shedding tears saying that Siddaramaiah has jailed me for four years without reason, read this book written by your own party MP. You will come to know what crime you have done to go to jail”.

Pratap Simha retaliates

Reacting to Siddaramaiah’s tweet, MP Pratap Simha said that ‘hey Siddaramaiah, after shouting that Kumaraswamy won’t become chief minister, you have offered unconditional support and begged his father to make Kumaraswamy as chief minister. Have you forgotten the press conference you have conducted with the person you have termed as scoundrel, he asked in his Twitter response.

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Dhaka, Nov 28: Deposed prime minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina on Thursday condemned the arrest of Hindu spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das and said the leader must be released immediately.

Das who was taken into custody earlier this week on sedition charges.

"A top leader of the Sanatan religious community has been unjustly arrested, he must be released immediately," Hasina said in a statement.

"A temple has been burnt in Chittagong. Previously, mosques, shrines, churches, monasteries and homes of the Ahmadiyya community were attacked, vandalised and looted and set on fire. Religious freedom and security of life and property of people of all communities should be ensured," the former prime minister said in the statement posted on Awami League's X account.

Hasina fled to India on August 5 following widespread protests against her Awami League-led government over a controversial job quota system. Three days later, Yunus, a Nobel laureate, took over as the Chief Adviser of the interim government.

Hindu minority groups have been frequently reporting atrocities against their community members in different parts of Bangladesh, even after Yunus took charge.

There are also reports of the rise of extremist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami and similar ideological extremist wings.