Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje says people from TN plant bombs in Karnataka, Stalin fumes
Bengaluru: Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday slammed the Congress government in Karnataka over the deteriorating law and order situation and claimed that people from Tamil Nadu plant bombs in the state, remarks which drew criticism from neighbouring state’s Chief Minister M K Stalin.
During an agitation by the BJP against the attack on a trader for playing ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ during the ‘Azaan’ (Islamic call for prayer) here on Sunday, Karandlaje accused the Congress government of indulging in ‘vote bank politics’ and hurting the interests of Hindus.
”Law and order in Karnataka has deteriorated. People who come from Tamil Nadu plant bombs here, people from Delhi chant ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans and people who come from Kerala were involved in acid attacks,” the BJP Bengaluru North candidate told reporters here.
”The person who should have been in jail attacks a man for playing Hanuman Chalisa. Where is law and order in the state? Where are you Home Minister G Parameshwara? Why are you silent Chief Minister Siddaramaiah?” she asked.
Hindus are paying the price for the Congress’ ‘vote bank politics’, she alleged.
”Injustice is being meted out to Hindus under the Congress rule. Hindus are being hoodwinked. We should understand this,” the BJP leader said.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Stalin condemned Shobha Karandlaje’s remarks. ”Strongly condemn Union BJP Minister @ShobhaBJP’s reckless statement. One must either be an NIA official or closely linked to the #RameshwaramCafeBlast to make such claims. Clearly, she lacks the authority for such assertions. Tamilians and Kannadigas alike will reject this divisive rhetoric of BJP,” the TN CM said on the micro-blogging site ‘X’.
He urged the Election Commission of India to initiate appropriate legal action against Shobha for causing threat to peace, harmony and national unity.
He also appealed to the EC to take note of the ‘hate speech’ and initiate stringent action immediately.
According to the sources close to Karandlaje, she was referring to the blast that took place near the BJP office at Malleshwaram in the city 11 years ago in which some people from Tamil Nadu were arrested.
In the February 27 incident where three people were arrested for chanting ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, one of the accused is from Delhi.
In another incident on March 4 in Mangaluru, a man from Kerala hurled acid on three girls studying at a government pre-university college.
Strongly condemn Union BJP Minister @ShobhaBJP's reckless statement. One must either be an NIA official or closely linked to the #RameshwaramCafeBlast to make such claims. Clearly, she lacks the authority for such assertions. Tamilians and Kannadigas alike will reject this… https://t.co/wIgk4oK3dh
— M.K.Stalin (@mkstalin) March 19, 2024
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases; Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
