The case pertains to a group of men allegedly barging into the room of a lodge at Hangal in Karnataka's Haveri district and thrashing a couple for the 'crime' of being together despite practising different faiths.
Alleging that efforts have been made to "hush up" the "moral policing" incident in Karnataka's Haveri, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday asked the Congress-ruled government in the state to constitute a special investigation team to probe the incident.
Stating that it is impossible to get justice for the sexually assaulted victims from the local police of various districts, former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Saturday demanded that a Special Investigation Team be constituted to probe the gang rape incidents.
Alleging "power has intoxicated" the Congress government, BJP leader and former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Sunday said that a state of "undeclared emergency" is prevailing in Karnataka.
After the arrest of Hindu workers in Karnataka, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday said that such politics of hatred will certainly lead to the end of Congress's reign in the state.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday accused the state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of indulging minority appeasement politics while doing "injustice" to Dalits and tribal communities.
Referring to the management of the drought situation by the Siddaramaiah government, Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the current attitude of the Congress government shows that it is not alive to the problems of the farmers.
As the row over the Cauvery water-sharing issue continues, Karnataka former CM and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the Karnataka government lacks the will to protect the water rights of the state.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday took a dig at the Siddaramaiah government and said that the state government seemed to be getting wisdom after committing a bundle of mistakes over the Cauvery water issue and now it was talking to farmers and legal experts.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that pontiffs, farmers and the citizens of Bengaluru will become rebels if the state government continues to neglect the Cauvery water row adding that the Siddaramaiah government is behaving casually in this matter.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that the state government is in a quandary on the issue of Cauvery River water distribution adding that the lawyers who were representing the state did not argue its case properly in front of the Supreme Court.
While talking to the reporters, said that the state government is committing mistakes repeatedly and putting the people of the state in a difficult situation.