Lankesh murder: BJP asks what SIT will do if Rahul has already given verdict
September 08, 2017  13:57
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The BJP today lashed out at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi in a strongly-worded attack on his comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Sangh parivar in the wake of the murder of activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh.


Senior BJP leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad condemned the "malafide comments" on the "regrettable and unfortunate killing" of the journalist-activist. Various party leaders, he added, had spoken out against the murder. Showing copies of news reports of Lankesh's brother, Indrajit Lankesh, claiming that she had worked for the surrender of Naxalites, Prasad asked why the Siddaramaiah government had not provided her security.


"Indrajit Lankesh is on record having said publicly that his sister was working actively to ensure the surrender of Naxalites...so was she doing it with consent and approval of the state government...and if so why was she not provided adequate security?" Prasad asked at a press conference. It had also been said that Naxalites were unhappy with this. "Why was there such a security failure by the Congress government in Karnataka?" he added.


Condemning every murder is correct but why did my liberal friends maintain silence after the killings of BJP-RSS workers in Kerala and Karnataka? Does an RSS worker in Kerala have the right to follow his ideology or not?-- Even before the I of investigation could start, Rahul Gandhi publicly alleged that RSS and right wing ideology is responsible. On this unfortunate, dastardly killing, the great Rahul Gandhi -- who always speaks without doing any homework -- already gave a certificate that the Sangh and right-wing organisations were responsible for the murder-- Would like to ask the Karnataka CM in the light of that (Rahul Gandhi's) comment, should we expect a fair probe by the SIT and does CM agree with comment?


Taking on Cong Vice President Rahul Gandhi, Prasad asked why he had not questioned his party's government in the state. Rahul has already blamed RSS wing groups for killing the journalist, Prasad said. How then could a fair probe be expected from the Congress government in Karnataka, he added.


Stressing that the BJP respects everyone's right to express their feelings and sense of repulsion, Prasad lashed out against "so called liberals of double standards" who remain silent on on the killings of RSS workers in Karnataka and Kerala.
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