The former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has cautioned the Congress government that it will have to pay the price if it thinks that political power can be misused to suppress political opponents.
Referring to some Ministers warning BJP ideologues of putting them into jail if they continue to speak against them, he said, “Such a situation of the Ministers trying to intimidate political opponents within 15 days of coming to power reminds of the Emergency,” Mr. Bommai said in a tweet.
Earlier, Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao had taken exception to Mr. Bommai’s remarks that such an attitude of Ministers reminds of the Emergency situation. He had wondered if the BJP government’s attitude at the Centre of trying to suppress the freedom of speech of people would not remind of the Emergency situation.
Responding to this, Mr. Bommai warned the Congress government that it would have to pay the price if it thinks that the power is meant for intimidating the political rivals.
It may be noted that recently, senior leader and Minister M.B. Patil had taken exception to BJP’s campaigner Chakravarty Sulibele’s remarks and warned him of ensuring that he goes to jail.
