Civil society group, Bahutva Karnataka, a coalition of several progressive organisations, came down heavily on statements and actions of Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, terming them “partisan” and a violation of the Constitution of India.
In a statement, Bahutva Karnataka alleged that the Chief Minister discriminated even in death by visiting the house of a BJP party worker and ignoring those killed because of the hate his party fuelled. “There is no pretense of equality also anymore,” the statement said.
The members demanded the Chief Minister to apologise to the State for the three murders and said that he must apologise for his statement calling for the Uttar Pradesh model and withdraw the same. The forum said that CM’s call for the UP Model is a call for encounters, and is an insult to the police, judiciary and the Constitution.