Bangalore: Former Karnataka CM and Congress veteran Siddaramaiah has received death threats. Siddaramaiah mentioned this while addressing a program. He said that 'These people 'killed' Mahatma Gandhi. Will they leave me? They killed Gandhi, Godse shot Gandhi, but they worship his picture.'
Siddaramaiah alleged that yesterday they were protesting with a poster of Savarkar, the person who had apologized to the British, they are calling him Veer Savarkar. He said that he had no personal animosity or anger toward Savarkar, but his conduct was not right. In fact, Siddaramaiah on Tuesday accused the BJP of spreading communal tension at the district headquarters of Shivamogga on August 15. He had questioned the attempts to put up Savarkar's picture in a Muslim-dominated area. The Congress leader said 'They tried to put Savarkar's picture in the Muslim area. Let them put any picture, no problem. But, why do Muslims do this in the area? Why are they 'denial' of Tipu Sultan's picture?'
Following Siddaramaiah's remark, activists of Hindu organizations and the BJP started protesting against the Congress leader. During Siddaramaiah's visit to Kodagu on Thursday, eggs were thrown at his car and black flags were shown to him. Meanwhile, Congress leaders and workers accused the BJP government of the state and Sangh Parivar organizations of involvement in throwing eggs at Siddaramaiah's car and staged protests in different parts of the state.
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