No guarantee when Cong govt will fall, says R Ashoka
Mangaluru: Opposition leader R Ashoka said that there is no guarantee for the Congress govt in Karnataka. "Only two years remain, but there is no guarantee when this govt will fall.
All police stations here have been made Congress stations. Mangaluru City police commissioner and the SP of Dakshina Kannada were transferred only to ensure that the police department dances to the tunes of the govt," Ashoka told reporters here on Monday.
"The BJP delegation led by BY Vijayendra has sought answers from police officials on the legal grounds on which police knock on the doors of Hindu activists during midnight.
Police should serve notice before conducting such raids. Police do not take initiatives to deport Pakistan and Bangladesh nationals," he said.
He suspected the involvement of anti-national elements from Kerala and Pakistan in the murder of Suhas Shetty. "The banned PFI is involved in it, and there is a need to find the source of their funding. We are confident that the NIA will bring all facts to light," he said.
In response to a query on MLC BK Hariprasad's statements questioning the necessity of an NIA probe into the murder of Suhas Shetty, as he was a rowdy-sheeter, Ashoka said that there are many definitions for a rowdy-sheeter. "How many cases does DK Shivakumar have, and didn't he go to jail? In how many cases has Rahul Gandhi obtained bail? The court should decide who is a convict," he said.
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