To counter the controversial ‘PayCM’ poster campaign of the Opposition Congress, the BJP on Monday launched “PFI Bhagya” with a photograph of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and said it was a shame on part of the Congress leader to now claim that the PFI was banned because of his suggestion.
Revenue Minister R. Ashok, who released the poster against the Congress, said the Siddaramaiah government had withdrawn 175 cases registered against 1,600 activists of PFI and KFD. Cases had been registered against PFI members for indulging in communal violence in 2010 in Mysuru, Shivamogga and other parts of the State, he said.
The then DG/IGP and the Law Department officials had recommended against withdrawal of the cases. But the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government had withdrawn the cases to appease the minority community, he alleged.
