Why did BJP list Suhas Shetty as rowdy in 2020, asks Dinesh Gundu Rao

Mangaluru: District-in-Charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has said that it was the BJP government which opened a chargesheet against Suhas Shetty calling him a rowdy in 2020. The Home Minister then was Basavaraj Bommai.

In his X post, Dinesh Gundu Rao said, “Today, the BJP portrays Suhas as a "mahatma" — but why did they list him as a rowdy back then?”

“It is the BJP, which has turned the coastal region into a communal laboratory, that is the real creator of criminals. While in power, they create criminals, open rowdy sheets against them, and once a dead body falls, they glorify the same criminals as mahatma and martyrs."

"After Suhas' murder, BJP leaders are crying out loudly — but are their own children ever seen brawling in the streets in the name of religion? Are they ever fighting for religion? It is the poor people's children who are ending up their lives due to BJP leaders’ religious fanaticism. Isn't that the truth?” he asked.

“Many people in the coastal region have fallen victim to BJP's dirty politics. Many homes have lost their light. Yet their thirst for blood has not ended. They are playing vile politics with the intention of causing more deaths in the coastal region. The people of Dakshina Kannada are both aware and sensitive. Now, more than ever, the people of the coast must recognise the BJP's conspiracy. If not, the peace of the district will be destroyed by their evil politics,” he said.