BJP in Karnataka to lay siege to police stations and offices of SPs if filing of FIRs against its workers continues
The BJP in Karnataka has threatened to protest against police stations and SP offices if the government continues filing FIRs against party workers regarding Form 7 issues. The party also plans to challenge the government's decision to grant residential certificate powers to lower-level officials.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political friction in Karnataka between the ruling Congress party and the opposition BJP, impacting local governance and electoral administration.
BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra on Sunday said the BJP had decided to lay siege to police stations as well as the offices of Superintendents of Police if the government continued to file FIRs against party workers with respect to the Form 7 issue.
Briefing presspersons after a meeting of the party’s State core committee in the presence of the newly appointed co in-charge Kasam Venkateshwarlu, he said the Congress government in Karnataka had created confusion with respect to SIR in general and Form 7 in particular. He said the High Court of Karnataka had pulled up the State government with respect to the filing of FIRs against BJP workers.
He said the party core committee had opposed the decision of the government to extend power to issue permanent residential certificate with respect to SIR to even Panchayat Development Officers and Municipal Commissioners.
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