Shobha trying to Retain her seat with Baseless and Irresponsible Statements – Minister Khader

Shobha trying to Retain her seat with Baseless and Irresponsible Statements – Minister Khader

Mangaluru: “MP Shobha Karandlaje has given a baseless and irresponsible statement. Being an MP and National leader she should have referred some books before giving any statements. First of all, she has given wrong information and has declared a living person as dead. For political gain, she is ready to do anything. When Anurag Tiwari was found dead the opposition immediately demanded an investigation, but after one month in the Assembly they did not open their mouth or ask for any investigation of the case”, said the Minister for Food and Civil Supplies U T Khader in a press meet held at the DCC office here on July 20.

Addressing the mediapersons Khader said, “Being an MP, Shobha should know about what is National Investigation Agency. What are the central and State priorities, what is NIA and when to ask for an NIA investigation? We are not against the NIA investigation, but being an MP baseless talks will not be accepted. There are various acts covering NIA, in IPC sections too some cases can be given to NIA when the state decides. Shivaji Nagar RSS leader murder case was handed over to the NIA. The Mysuru blast case was handed over to NIA. The MP should read books of the Law and update her knowledge, if she is not able to understand, she should ask with those who have knowledge about the law.

Khader further said, “We condemn the murder of Sharath Madival and Ashraf Kalayi because both were innocent. Why Shobha is not insisting on Ashraf, Harish Poojary, Praveen Poojary and Vinayak Baliga’s murder cases to be handed over to the NIA. The police department should trace the accused in Sharath murder case and punish them severely. All politicians should join hands to trace the culprits and not confuse the people by giving false information”.

Khader also said, “Internal security and Terrorism related cases will be handled by the NIA. In Shivajinagar when Rudresh was murdered we referred the case to NIA without asking the opposition. We know which case should be handed over to the NIA. Shobha’s intention is just to create confusion in the minds of the people”.

When asked about filing a complaint in the ACB Lokayukta about the overestimation in Indira Canteen by BJP Spokesperson Ramesh, Khader said, “To do good work there are very few people. We want to make Indira Canteen a model one in the country. The opposition is trying to stop the Canteen. From the last four years, the opposition is blaming the Congress for everything. When the voting age was made to 18 years the opposition opposed it. When Indira Gandhi launched colour TV the opposition blamed the Congress. The BJP opposed the implementation of Aadhar, FDI and now GST but now the BJP itself launched the GST at midnight. Whatever good the Congress tried to do, the BJP opposed.”

District Congress President Harish Kumar and others were also present.