Karnataka govt, Jihadi forces in nexus: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Karnataka government is hand-in-glove with the Jihadi forces and the state has become a haven for anti-national forces, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday.

Addressing the valedictory programme of the 'Jana Suraksha Yatre' organised by the BJP here, he said that a BJP government alone can instil a feeling of security among people of Karnataka, by curbing the anti-national forces. The Congress government encouraged such forces by withdrawing the cases against the activists of KFD and PFI. As a result, the Hindu activists were butchered mercilessly in the state, he stated.

"An atmosphere of terror is being spread by Jihadi forces and the state government is encouraging these forces. The state government itself is posing a threat to people of Karnataka and, the brutal murders of 24 Hindu activists are a proof of it. No development works are going on in Karnataka," the BJP leader charged.

Adityanath honoured the family members of 24 Hindu activists who were murdered in different parts of the state over the last five years.

He said the Congress has become a problem for the entire country and called upon people to make Karnataka free of Congress. Karnataka has become "the ATM of Congress and anti-national elements," he remarked.

 "The BJP is forming governments in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya. The Congress' achievement in these states has been zero. If northeast can bring the BJP to power, why not Karnataka," he asked and, called upon the people to install a BJP government in the state to make ''crime-free and corruption-free'' Karnataka a reality.

Adityanath started his speech by saying "Mangalurina Nanna Bandhugalige Namaskaragalu", and recalled the connection of seer Gorakshanath of Gorakhpur with Kadali Yogeshwar Mutt and Manjunath Temple, Kadri.