BJP accuses Karnataka chief minister of sedition; seeks action

Bengaluru | Friday | 21st September, 2018

Summary:

The Karnataka unit of the BJP accused Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy of sedition over his remark asking people to rise in revolt against the saffron party on Friday. In a complaint to the Director General of Police (DGP) Neelamani N Raju, the BJP alleged that the chief minister had violated section 124(A) (relating to sedition) and other sections of the Indian Penal Code. Launching a no-holds-barred attack on state BJP chief B S Yeddyurappa, Kumaraswamy had said: “If you dig too much (into our affairs), then we too have many things at our disposal.”“Government is in our hand. “Whatever was in Kumaraswamy’s mind finally came out in the form of words,” the BJP MP charged. Hitting back, Yeddyurappa said if the state government was with Kumaraswamy, the central government was with the BJP..