The former Minister Vinay Kulkarni, who has been barred from entering Dharwad district in connection with the murder of zilla panchayat member Yogeeshgouda Goudar, has expressed anguish over being kept out of the district and sought to know whether he was a terrorist.
Speaking to presspersons in Belagavi on Saturday, he had not seen such political vengeance in his more than two-decade-long political career. “Am I a big terrorist so that I am kept out of my home district. I am deeply pained by it. I don’t want anyone to being pushed into such a situation,” he said.
Mr. Kulkarni said that not only his partymen but also Opposition party leaders from the BJP were upset over him being kept out of Dharwad. “As an MLA I did my work without looking at the party of the person who had come seeking help. What pains me most is that I am not able to see the livestock at my dairy, which I took care of like my children. I don’t know what type of political vengeance is this,” he said.
