Bengaluru blast: Will consider handing over the case to NIA if need arises, says CM Siddaramaiah

On the BJP’s demand to hand over the #RameshwaramCafeBlast case to the NIA, Karnataka CM @siddaramaiah told reporters in Chikkamagaluru: “We have given it to the CCB.”

Asked about the medical education minister reportedly calling the blast a silly incident, he said: "Bomb blasts… pic.twitter.com/7uAx8gEItL

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Counters BJP’s charge

On BJP’s charge that instead of Brand Bengaluru, the city has become “Bomb Bengaluru”, Siddaramaiah countered, “What should we call it when there were four bomb blasts during the BJP’s tenure? Who was ruling when Mangaluru cooker blast took place? There was a blast in front of BJP’s office in Malleswaram. Who was ruling then? Who is in charge of NIA, IB? It’s not their failure?”

He clarified, “I am not supporting the bomb blast. I am condemning it but BJP should not do politics over it.”

Bomb blasts are never silly incidents. Governments have always taken it seriously. Public safety and security are very important, he added.

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