Bengaluru, Jan 19 (IANS) Criticising the Congress-led Karnataka government for its reluctance to hand over the Ballari violence case to the CBI, mining baron and BJP MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy on Monday asked whether the state was heading towards a situation akin to Sri Lanka.Speaking to reporters at the BJP headquarters in Bengaluru, Reddy, referring to the attack on his residence in Ballari, said, “Has Karnataka become Sri Lanka? Can a legislator’s house be attacked in this manner?”Reddy accu…
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Ballari, Jan 17 (IANS) Karnataka BJP MLA Gali Janardhana Reddy, his wife Aruna Laxmi, and close aide B. Sriramulu launched a scathing attack against the Congress-led state government and local Congress MLA Nara Bharath Reddy in the backdrop of an incident of violence in Ballari that resulted in the shooting of a Congress worker indicates that political tension in the region is likely to intensify in the coming days. They made these statements at a protest rally organised to demand a CBI probe in…
Ballari (Karnataka), Jan 17 (IANS) The Karnataka unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) staged a massive protest rally in Ballari, alleging an attempted murder of BJP MLA and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy. The party leaders demanded the immediate arrest of Congress MLA Nara Bharath Reddy and the handing over of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The rally was organised at the APMC Market area in the city. Thousands of party workers attended the protest, condemning the h…
Ballari (Karnataka), Jan 17 (IANS) Karnataka BJP will stage a large-scale protest demanding the arrest of Congress MLA Nara Bharath Reddy in connection with the death of a Congress worker and handing over of the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The protest rally will be held in Ballari city and the police department has made eloborate security arrangements considering the seriousness of the case.BJP MLA and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy stated that the party is organising a…
Bengaluru, Jan 7 (IANS) The Congress-led government in Karnataka on Wednesday appointed a new Inspector General of Police (IGP) and Superintendent of Police (SP) to Ballari, a region that has been in national news following banner-related violence that ended in a shootout resulting in the death of a Congress worker.The government transferred Ballari Division Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Vartika Katiyar and appointed IGP P.S. Harsha in her place. It may be noted that the government had earlier …
Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS) Commenting on the incidents of violence in Ballari over banner installation that ended with the death of a Congress worker, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Saturday said that the Congress would stand by party MLA Nara Bharath Reddy.Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Shivakumar said: “Until BJP MLA Janardhana Reddy came to Ballari, there was not even a single disturbance. There was no untoward incident, not even a minor FIR. Violence broke out only after his ar…