Raja Amareshwar Nayak, Raichur MP, has maintained distance from the remarks made by Higher Education Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan, who had said that the government was ready to encounter the assailants involving in crimes to maintain law and order. He said that the statement given by Mr. Ashwath Narayan was his personal opinion.
He was talking to reporters in Yadgir on Saturday.
Mr. Nayak said: “I appeal to the State government to take stern action in handling assailants to ensure peace in coastal Karnataka.”