Picture : Twitter/ ANI
Prohibitory orders have been clamped in Mangaluru following back-to-back murders of two people belonging to different communities in the last couple of days.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said, if the situation demands, the “Yogi model” government that exists in Uttar Pradesh will come into force in the southern state too to deal with anti-national and communal elements that are trying to create unrest.
As he completed one year in office on Thursday, the Chief Minister also gave a hundred out of hundred score for his government’s performance.
“For the situation in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi (Adityanath) is the right Chief Minister. Similarly, there are different methods to deal with the situation in Karnataka and all of them are being used. If the situation demands, Yogi model government will come in Karnataka too,” Bommai said.
For us, the lives of all people are equally precious. We will take strict action in all three (murder) cases. As and when required, we will take necessary action within the framework of law…it might be the UP model or the Karnataka model, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai was quoted as saying by ANI
He was responding to a question on demands by a section of BJP and Sangh Parivar supporters, who have turned their angst against the state government accusing it of not standing up to protect the lives of Hindu workers, calling for a “Yogi model” of governance in Karnataka, following the murder of a party Yuva Morcha member in Dakshina Kannada.
While Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activist Praveen Nettar was hacked to death on Tuesday night, Mohammed Fazil was murdered by four unknown assailants on Thursday night.
Two residents of Bellare have been arrested in connection with Nettar’s murder, investigation is on to nab the assailants of Fazil.
Meanwhile, a large number of people took part in the funeral procession of Fazil Mangaluru on Friday. “The prohibitory orders have been imposed from Thursday night till July 30 morning,” Mangaluru Police Commissioner N Shashikumar said.
