Siddaramaiah urges people to maintain peace

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urged people of Karnataka to maintain peace and not take law into their hands. Speaking at the sidelines of the laying of the foundation stone of creating a biodiversity park at Madiwala lake on Monday, Siddaramaiah urged people to maintain peace and not to fall prey to rumours.

He said he had directed the DG and Chief Secretary of Karnataka to communicate with their counterparts in Tamil Nadu to ensure that Karnataka registration vehicles and Kannadaigas residing were not attacked in that state.

The CM said he had written a letter to Chief Minister Jayalalitha and the central government to ensure safety of Kannadigas in Tamil Nadu.

Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy, who was present on the occasion, said if the situation worsens, vehicles plying to Tamil Nadu would be stopped till the situation gets back to normalcy.