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Rishikesh Bahadur Desai

BJP’s attempts to politicise the Hubballi murder case will not succeed, says Satish Jarkiholi

BJP is trying to politicise the Hubballi murder case. But it will not succeed in reducing the chances of the Congress, Satish Jarkiholi, Minister and Congress leader, said in Hukkeri on April 21.

“This is not the first time the BJP is politicising such an incident. They have done it in the past several times. But when something like this happens during their rule, they ignore it. They did not raise their voice about the rape and murder of Manisha Walmiki in Uttar Pradesh. During BJP rule in Karnataka, a woman called Gangamma suffered a similar fate in Vijayapura district, but they did not speak about it. They tend to utilise several problems for political benefits. But they will not succeed,” he said. To a query on the BJP’s campaign that `Hindu girls were not safe in Congress rule’, he said that that too was another of the BJP’s old political tricks. “But such tricks will not work. The State is developing at a rapid pace and there are welfare measures like the Congress guarantees. I am sure the people will see through the BJP’s lies,” he said.

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