The opposition BJP in Karnataka wants Statistics and Planning Minister D. Sudhakar to step down if the case filed against him comes under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act.
An FIR was registered against the Minister for alleged land grabbing. The police have also charged him under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act and under Sections 427 (mischief to cause loss or damage), 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 447 (criminal trespass) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code.