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The Hindu
a day ago
- General
- The Hindu
‘Priyank Kharge must resign on moral grounds as law and order has failed in Kalaburagi'
Criticizing the misuse of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, members of the Kalaburagi Nagarikara Hithrakshana Vedike have termed the false case filed under the Atrocities Act against BJP MLC N. Ravikumar as politically motivated and vendetta politics by Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge and the Congress government. Vedike members and BJP leaders Avvanna Myakeri and Ambarayya Ashtagi, addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, said that Mr. Kharge is misusing legal provisions to target BJP leaders. Mr. Myakeri and Mr. Ashtagi said that the entire incident reported in Chittapur town on May 21, where the Congress workers and supporters of Mr. Kharge wrongfully confined Leader of Opposition in the Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy for five hours in a guesthouse, was carried out on the directions of their leader [Mr. Kharge]. They also added that the protest rally against Mr. Narayanaswamy and Mr. Ravikumar organised by the Nagarika Horata Samiti in Kalaburagi on May 31 was a rally sponsored by Mr. Kharge himself. Mr. Ashtagi said that the district's deteriorating law and order situation and rampant rise in crimes have instilled fear among the public. Mr. Kharge should avoid using police officers wrongly but focus only on maintaining law and order. They demanded that those officials of the District Task Force Committee and Taluk Task Force Committee indulging in illegal extraction of sand should be suspended immediately. Mr. Kharge, who is also district in-charge Minister, has failed to maintain law and order in Kalaburagi district and he should own moral responsibility and resign from the Cabinet immediately, they said.
The Hindu
29-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Vedike demands suspension of Minister Priyank Kharge
The members of Zilla Nagarika Hitharakshane Vedike demanded suspension of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister Priyank Kharge from the Cabinet for allegedly misusing his power for wrongful confinement of Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council, at Chittapur town on May 21. Vedike members Ambaraya Ashtagi, former Mayor Vishal Dhargi, former Zilla panchayat member Basavaraj Bennur, who are also BJP leaders, jointly addressing press conference in Kalaburagi city on Thursday alleged that a group of rowdy elements those indulged in illegal sand mining at Chittapur taluk, nurtured by Mr. Kharge were responsible for disturbing law and order situation at Chittapur on that day of incident. Mr. Ashtagi claimed that the entire episode was the result of a planned conspiracy against Mr. Narayanaswamy; he claimed that a group of 30 to 40 people tailed the BJP leader from Kalaburagi to Chittapur and they carried black paint and eggs to attack him at Chittapur guest house. He also accused the police of lodging false cases under the SC and ST(Prevention of Atrocities) Act against N. Ravi Kumar, MLC. Mr. Bennur and Mr. Dhargi said that besides confining Mr. Narayanaswamy for five hours in guest house at Chittapur, the Congress workers and followers of Mr. Priyank Kharge have allegedly manhandled Mr. Ashtagi along with other BJP leaders – Pritam Patil, Nijagunagowda Yalgod and Shivu Ashtagi; and a case has been lodged against Arun Yagapur, Maruti Halagi, Shivanand Hongunti, Rafeeq, Uday Sagar and Nagaraj Kallak, he added. The Vedike members demanded suspension of Mr. Priyank Kharge from the State cabinet, stern action against the police officers for dereliction of duty in connection with Chittapur incident; they also demanded action against the Congress workers and anti-social elements for taking law into their hands.
