Manikanth Rathod, a BJP leader from Chittapur, has said that Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Priyank Kharge is indulging revenge politics against him by misusing his power and getting a series of police cases booked against him one after the other.
Addressing a media conference in Kalaburagi on Tuesday, Mr. Rathod, who was defeated by Mr. Kharge in the Assembly elections in Chittapur constituency, also criticised police officers for what he termed as being puppets in the hands of Mr. Kharge and booking cases against him without verifying facts.
“Mr. Kharge appears to be interested not in focusing on development of Chittapur and Kalyana Karnataka but in suppressing his political opponents and critics by misusing his power as a Minister. The police officers in the district are acting as his puppets. They act upon on complaints lodged by the followers of Mr. Kharge and book cases against me and my supporters. They simply ignore the complaints we lodge against Mr. Kharge. The police officers must understand that they will be answerable in a court of law,” Mr. Rathod said.
