<p class="bodytext">Karnataka ministers and BJP leaders on Wednesday condemned the arrest of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami by the Mumbai Police, terming it as a "glaring misuse of state power" which reminds of the Emergency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan likened the arrest to Emergency and said the arrest reeks of vendetta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The arrest of #ArnabGoswami is reprehensible and stinks of the nasty vendetta that flows in the DNA of @INCIndia! "This glaring misuse of state power to curtail the free press is a grim reminder of the Emergency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">We should stand united and speak up to oppose this vile attack," he added. Goswami was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a Mumbai Police official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP national general secretary and tourism minister C T Ravi tweeted: "Dear Lutyens Media, The Nation wants to know, are you with Nationalist #ArnabGoswami or Fascist Sonia Gandhi?" Another BJP national secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh too condemned the arrest, saying it was an assault on the Freedom of Expression (FOE).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The senior BJP functionary claimed Mumbai Police fed terrorist Ajmal Kasab with Biryani but assaulted media persons who question them on Palghar Sadhu Lynching and Sushant Singh Rajput death cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Calling upon people to stand up for the cause of Freedom of Expression, Santhosh said it reminded of Emergency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Media houses , editors & reporters organisations who keep silent today are in a sense tactically supporting MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) Govt & Police highhandedness.</p>.<p class="bodytext">You will repent for a long time if you dont condemn this act unsparingly," the BJP leader cautioned.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Karnataka ministers and BJP leaders on Wednesday condemned the arrest of Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami by the Mumbai Police, terming it as a "glaring misuse of state power" which reminds of the Emergency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Deputy Chief Minister Dr C N Ashwath Narayan likened the arrest to Emergency and said the arrest reeks of vendetta.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The arrest of #ArnabGoswami is reprehensible and stinks of the nasty vendetta that flows in the DNA of @INCIndia! "This glaring misuse of state power to curtail the free press is a grim reminder of the Emergency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">We should stand united and speak up to oppose this vile attack," he added. Goswami was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a Mumbai Police official said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP national general secretary and tourism minister C T Ravi tweeted: "Dear Lutyens Media, The Nation wants to know, are you with Nationalist #ArnabGoswami or Fascist Sonia Gandhi?" Another BJP national secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh too condemned the arrest, saying it was an assault on the Freedom of Expression (FOE).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The senior BJP functionary claimed Mumbai Police fed terrorist Ajmal Kasab with Biryani but assaulted media persons who question them on Palghar Sadhu Lynching and Sushant Singh Rajput death cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Calling upon people to stand up for the cause of Freedom of Expression, Santhosh said it reminded of Emergency.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Media houses , editors & reporters organisations who keep silent today are in a sense tactically supporting MVA (Maha Vikas Aghadi) Govt & Police highhandedness.</p>.<p class="bodytext">You will repent for a long time if you dont condemn this act unsparingly," the BJP leader cautioned.</p>