Former Karnataka CM Bommai asks for NIA probe into "pro-Pakistan slogans" in Vidhana Soudha
Feb 29, 2024
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 29 : Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency into raising of pro-Pakistan slogans and the dismissal of the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the state since "it was not functioning according to the Constitution".
Bommai alleged that the state government protected "anti-nationals".
Talking to reporters after submitting a memorandum to the Governor seeking the dismissal of the Congress government here on Thursday, he said the Congress Party has gone morally bankrupt and the budget presented by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has been "far from true".
Now they have been exposed further by defending those who raised pro-Pakistan slogans. The Congress party was acting like a grave threat to democracy.
"Since the slogans had been raised in Vidhana Soudha, the nation's security was under threat. The Congress leaders think everyone would forget this incident since the joint session of the State legislature has ended but the people of Karnataka would not forget. The BJP would continue this agitation. If the incumbent government stood by Pakistan, then it didn't have any moral right to continue. It would be better if the present government goes as early as possible," Bommai said.
The BJP leader said the visual media clearly showed the raising of pro-Pakistan slogans but the government has been misleading the people by telling the story of the FSL report. This shows, he said, that the government was trying to hush up this incident.
"So far, no one has been arrested in this connection. In other cases, the cops would have arrested without waiting for the FSL report. If no truth was there then why did they file a suo motu case? The incumbent government was anti-national and anti-Kannadiga and it must be dismissed by the Governor," he said.
Replying to the Congress MLC BK Hariprasad statement, Bommai said the MLC's statement shows the mindset of the Congress Party.
"The Pakistan-sponsored terrorists were killing the Indian soldiers daily. Can they be called as friends? Seeing that statement they should be called as anti-nationals," Bommai said.
