“In Karnataka, we are issuing different methods to deal with communal forces. If the situation arises, the Yogi model will be implemented here too,” he said while interacting with the media.
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai after a youth leader was hacked to death on Tuesday said that if need be, he would implement the “Yogi Adityanath model” in the state to curb communal forces. The two men arrested in connection with the murder of Praveen Nettaru in Bellare are said to have links with the Popular Front of India, a radical Islamic group.
The killing has set off outrage within the party, and youth members held a mass resignation drive yesterday, declaring that the state government has been unable to protect them. The BJP and Sangh Parivar supporters accused Mr. Bommai’s government — which just completed one year — of not protecting the lives of Hindu workers.
On Thursday, the Karnataka CM said, “Considering the situation in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath is the right person as the Chief Minister to handle the state”.
“In Karnataka, we are issuing different methods to deal with communal forces. If the situation arises, the Yogi model will be implemented here too,” he said while interacting with the media.
At a midnight PC held shortly after Praveen Nettaru was hacked to death, the Karnataka CM said, “There is anger in our hearts following this killing. This incident within a few months after Harsha’s (Bajarang Dal activists) murder in Shivamogga has pained me”.
Stating that the killing was part of a pan-India conspiracy by anti-national forces to disturb the peace and sow hatred, Mr. Bommai had said his government is determined to end this situation.
Mr. Bommai further said, “Along with routine investigation, stricter laws and punishment to completely eliminate organizations and individuals involved in such terror activities such as PFI, we have decided to raise a specially trained commando force in the state, along with training and ammunition support for it.”
In Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is seen as being tough on the law-and-order front, which was one of his key election promises. There have been other measures in cases of communal clashes — heavy fines on miscreants and using bulldozers on their illegal properties. Opposition leaders have said those at the receiving end are almost invariably Muslims.
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