SN Channabasappa, the BJP’s Shivamogga district secretary in Karnataka, has been arrested for threatening to behead Chief Minister Siddaramaiah if he eats beef on Monday.
A video is currently in circulation that shows Channabasappa making the threat at a protest organised by the party against Siddaramaiah’s remark that that he would eat beef if he wished and that the BJP did not have the right to question him.
They know only such language, BJP people known for it.
Siddaramaiah, Karnataka Chief Minister
Initially, the BJP denied any such statement, but later said that the man was only a worker and not a party leader, and that the party has sought an explanation from him.
Why don’t you ask him? If a (leader) in a district has said something, what can we do? Don’t make up stories. I will not go by media reports. I will find out from him what he has said.
S Prakash, BJP State Spokesperson to The News Minute
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is behaving like a dictator. He has stated he will eat beef if he chooses to do so and nobody can stop him. Let him eat beef at Gopi Circle in Shivamogga. If he does so, he will be beheaded. We won’t think twice about that. By making such a statement, the Congress leader has hurt the sentiments of Hindus. We have all grown up drinking cow’s milk.
Channabasappa as quoted in Deccan Herald
Some time later, Prakash called this reporter back and said that Channabasappa was not the district secretary of the party, but only a party worker. “We have 80 lakh members in the state. How can we be responsible for them?”
(The writers, Anisha Sheth and Sarayu Srinivasan, work with The News Minute.)
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