Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje.
Bengaluru: Union Minister and BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje on Tuesday targeted the Congress government over the deteriorating law and order situation in Karnataka. He gave a controversial statement alleging that ‘people from Tamil Nadu’ come to Karnataka and plant bombs. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin criticized this comment of the Union Minister. Later, seeing the growing uproar, Karandlaje apologized to the people of Tamil Nadu for his statement and said that what he said was meant to highlight the other aspects of it. He said that if his words had hurt anyone, he apologized.
‘People coming from Kerala carry out acid attacks’
Let us tell you that during the demonstration organized by BJP against the incident of beating up a businessman for playing ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ during ‘Azaan’ in Bengaluru on Sunday, Shobha accused the Congress government of indulging in ‘vote bank politics’ and harming Hindus. Accused of hurting sentiments. The BJP candidate from Bengaluru North in the Lok Sabha elections said, ‘Law and order has become very bad in Karnataka. People coming from Tamil Nadu plant bombs here, people coming from Delhi raise slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ and people coming from Kerala do acid attacks. Karandlaje alleged that Hindus are paying the price of Congress’s ‘vote bank politics’.
Stalin’s counterattack on Karandlaje’s statement
Later, seeing the uproar over his statement, Karandlaje said that he was referring to the explosion at Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin condemned this statement of Union Minister Karandlaje. Stalin said on ‘X’, ‘I strongly condemn the absurd statement of BJP’s Union Minister Shobha. To make such claims one must either be an NIA officer or be closely associated with the Rameshwaram cafe blast. Clearly he has no right to make such claims. People of Tamil and Kannada communities alike will reject this divisive rhetoric of BJP.
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