Bengaluru:
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday accused BJP Nationwide President J P Nadda of enjoying politics over the Belagavi incident whereby a tribal lady was paraded bare.
“BJP’s rule in Karnataka witnessed multiple instances of violence against women, but BJP National President J P Nadda has forgotten this to politically target us. Unfortunately, he is using a recent incident of violence against a woman in Belagavi for politics,” Mr Siddaramaiah posted on X.
A 42-year-old lady was stripped bare, paraded, and assaulted after being tied to an electrical pole early on Monday in Karnataka’s Belagavi district after her son eloped with a girl, police mentioned, including that that they had arrested seven individuals in reference to the incident.
“The violence inflicted on a woman and her family members in Belagavi is highly condemnable. It is shameful that BJP President Nadda is exploiting such an incident for political gain,” Mr Siddaramaiah added.
The Chief Minister mentioned that as quickly because the Belagavi incident got here to gentle, the state Dwelling Minister G Parameshwara, and Minister of Girls and Baby Welfare Laxmi Hebbalkar visited the survivor’s dwelling not solely to console her but additionally to offer compensation.
The police had apprehended the culprits inside 24 hours and put them behind bars, he mentioned.
“I am personally overseeing the investigation of this case. Our government is committed to ensuring that such inhumane acts do not occur by meting out strict punishment to the guilty,” Mr Siddaramaiah mentioned.
The Chief Minister claimed that the state BJP leaders have been additionally happy with the measures taken by the state authorities. Nevertheless, Mr Nadda’s sudden awakening and his try to fire up this case 4 days after the incident point out a political motive relatively than real concern for ladies, he alleged.
“If Nadda genuinely cared for women, he would have taken action against the previous BJP government for failing to protect them. According to the National Crime Bureau (NCRB) report, there were 17,813 cases of violence against women in Karnataka during the last year (2022) of BJP rule, compared to 14,468 cases the previous year in 2021. What was the BJP National President doing then? Was he in exile? Did he not notice the increasing cases of violence against women under their own government year after year?” he requested.
The Chief Minister alleged that from Manipur to Gujarat, from Uttar Pradesh to Madhya Pradesh, wherever BJP is in energy, the instances of violence in opposition to ladies are growing, as reported by the NCRB. These instances show that BJP is inherently anti-women, he alleged.
He alleged that the interior disputes inside the state BJP have been escalating whereas denting the occasion’s repute. Senior leaders of the occasion have been making critical allegations in opposition to the occasion president and Opposition leaders, he mentioned.
“If Nadda has the courage and power, he should send an investigative committee to look into these allegations,” Mr Siddaramaiah mentioned on X.
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