Karandlaje howler: People from TN 'plant bombs' in K’taka

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare claimed that people from Tamil Nadu 'plant bombs' in Karnataka, drawing censure from the neighbouring state’s Chief Minister MK Stalin.

She made the comments during a BJP protest in Nagarathpet in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

The demonstration was against the beating up of a shopkeeper by youths in the area a day prior.

Apparently, the young men had assaulted the shopkeeper for refusing to turn off Hindu devotional songs that he was playing on a loud volume.

However, the BJP’s Karandlaje and Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya claimed that it was an attack against the shopkeeper due to his Hindu religious identity.

On the occasion, Karandlaje accused the Congress of “appeasing” minorities, an oft-repeated charge.

“Law and order in Karnataka has deteriorated. People who come from Tamil Nadu plant bombs here. People from Delhi chant ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans and people who comes from Kerala were involved in acid attacks,” Karandlaje told the media.

“The person who should have been in jail attacks a man for playing Hanuman Chalisa. Where is law and order? Where are you Home Minister G Parameshwara?'' she asked.