B.Y. Vijayendra at a rally along with the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha candidate Kota Srinivas Poojary and MLAs in Udupi on Saturday, April 20. | Photo Credit: UMESH S. SHETTIGAR
Karnataka State president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) B.Y. Vijayendra on Saturday, April 20, alleged that Thursday’s (April 18) murder of a woman college student in Hubballi demonstrates the complete failure of the law and order situation in the State.
Addressing party workers and the public at the Yuva Bharata Samavesha organised by the BJP Yuva Morcha at Udupi, Mr. Vijayendra alleged that the murder was also the consequence of the minority appeasement by the Congress government in Karnataka. The prevailing situation gives rise to doubts about whether there was Taliban rule in the State, he said.
Claiming that the Hubballi murder was the outcome of ‘love jihad,’ Mr. Vijayendra said it was unfortunate that the Chief Minister and the Home Minister were terming it to be a personal issue. Miscreants assaulting a youth who wrote a song on Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also because of the minority appeasement of the Congress government, Mr. Vijayendra charged.
The BJP president said he would not be going to appeal to ensure the victory of the BJP candidate for the Udupi-Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha constituency Kota Srinivas Poojary, because Hindutva was flowing in the blood of everyone on the coast. Mr. Vijayendra said he and party cadres would strengthen the hands of Mr. Modi by ensuring the party victory in all the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in the State.
Mr. Poojary, BJP district president Kishore Kumar Kuundapura, Yashpal Suvarna, A. Kiran Kumar Kodgi, Gurme Suresh Shetty, V. Sunil Kumar, Harish Poonja, MLAs; K. Raghupathi Bhat, former MLA; and others were present.
Later, Mr. Vijayendra addressed the party workers at Bantwal and participated in a roadshow at Ujire in Dakshina Kannada.
