"This is a part of appeasement politics. Who recommended the withdrawal of the case against those who set the Police Station on fire? Congress people did that. Last year, petrol bombs were hurled at the Ganesh procession in Nagamangala, Mandya. Recommendations were made to withdraw the ca
A case has been registered under sections 196(1)(a) (promoting enmity between groups), 299 (deliberate acts intended to outrage religious feeling, and 353(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS).
After the recent incident of stone-pelting during Ganesh visarjan in the Maddur region of Karnataka, Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra has accused the State government of appeasement and administrative failure, adding that anti-national elements are given free hand.
Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra on Tuesday slammed the Congress government in the State over the stone pelting incident at Maddur in Mandya district during the Ganpati procession a day earlier.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the RSS and the BJP of disrupting peace in the state. He was reacting to the BJP delegation's proposed visit to Maddur in Mandya district, where tension rose after a stone pelting incident during the Ganpati procession.
"I am not able to understand what he did to get detained under such a strict law like the PSA? Was there any incident of stone-pelting? On the contrary, there is no action against those who played with our religious sentiments and spoiled the atmosphere at the Hazratbal Shrine. Only innoc
Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday slammed Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy CM DK Shivakumar over the stone pelting incident, which happened during a Ganpati procession in the state.
A total of 21 people have been arrested following the stone pelting incident and the subsequent protest which broke out in response. Earlier on Monday, police lathi charged the protesters in an effort to disperse the crowd.
Shobha Karandlaje said, "...During the Ganpati celebrations, permissions were not given to hold cultural programmes, play DJ, take out processions. Yesterday, during the Ganesh Idol immersion in Maddur, people pelted stones. A similar incident happened last year also...The state governmen
Following the stone pelting incident during the Ganesh Idol immersion in Maddur town, Mandya, on Sunday, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the Bharatiya Janata Party is indulging in provocation and added that legal action will be taken against those involved, irrespective of th
Speaking to ANI, Bommai accused the Congress government of creating "disharmony in society," which he claimed had resulted in such incidents of violence.
Speaking to the reporters, Karnataka Home Minister said, "An incident has happened in Maddur town, Mandya, a stone pelting incident, which is now under control. The police have already arrested a few people...Section 144 has been imposed. One or two small incidents also happened in the state