Congress govt in Karnataka creating encouraging atmosphere for anti-national activities: BJP

He told reporters that Congress leaders, including ministers, as part of coordinated efforts first accused the BJP of lying that slogans in support of Pakistan were raised and have now sought to downplay the blast by linking it to business rivalry without any evidence.

It is an attempt to pressure the police to brush the incident under the carpet, he claimed.

Chandrasekhar said that corruption and appeasement politics have started in full swing since the Congress returned to power in the state.

Some people think they are above the law when the Congress is in power, he said and accused the government of creating an atmosphere which is encouraging for those engaging in anti-national activities and other crimes.

BJP spokesperson Pratyush Kanth said the Congress has a history of its leaders making remarks favouring Pakistan and noted that BK Hariprasad had recently said the Congress has no enmity with the neighbouring country.

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