Former Karnataka CM Calls for NIA Probe into Alleged Pro-Pakistan Slogans

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency to look into the use of Pro-Pakistan slogans and asked for the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in the state to be dismissed because “it was not functioning according to the Constitution”.

Bommai claimed that “anti-nationals” were shielded by the state government.

Speaking with media following his submission of a memorandum to the governor on Thursday asking for the removal of the Congress government in this place, he declared that the budget that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had given was “far from true” and that the Congress Party had become morally bankrupt.

“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 claimed that while the visual media made it evident that pro-Pakistan slogans were being raised, the government had been deceiving the public by misrepresenting the FSL findings. This indicates that the administration was attempting to conceal this tragedy, he claimed.

“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.

In response to the statement made by Congress MLC BK Hariprasad, Bommai claimed that the MLC’s stance reflected the party’s philosophy.

“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.