Shiva Ashtagi, district vice-president of BJP Youth Morcha, demanded the removal of Planning and Statistics Minister D. Sudhakar from the Council of Ministers for what he alleged was grabbing the lands of Dalits apart from unleashing atrocities on the victims.
In a media note released on Saturday, Mr. Ashtagi said that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and the Congress party as a whole must prove their secular credentials by removing the tainted Minister from the Council of Ministers.
“The atrocities on Dalits are on the rise despite a Dalit [G. Parameshwara] being the Home Minister of the State. It is equally shameful on the part of Dalit organisations who remained silent on the issue,” Mr. Ashtagi said.
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