Summary:
The rally that started near Mahatma Gandhi statue on Race Course Road was stopped mid-way by the police who detained the leaders and took them away. Addressing the protesters, Siddaramaiah accused the BJP government of misusing the sedition laws against those speaking up against the government and BJP leaders. Sedition laws have been invoked against Congress leader U T Khader, a Mysore University student and the headmistress and student’s parent of a Bidar school, he said. “How can staging a school play amount to sedition? The Congress leaders accused the police of being partisan and targeting Congressmen, while not taking action against BJP leaders Anantkumar Hegde, Somashekar Reddy, M P Renukacharya and others for their inflammatory speeches..