BENGALURU: A complaint has been lodged against Gujarat MLA and dalit leader
Jignesh Mevani for allegedly inciting violence in his speech against Prime Minister
Narendra Modi.
Police have registered an FIR acting on a complaint by
BJP's Chitradurga district president K S Naveen. The saffron party has lodged another complaint with the
Election Commission over Mevani's remarks, reported ANI.
During a press meet in Chitradurga, Mevani urged the youth of
Karnataka to create ruckus at the Prime Minister's rallies as a mark of protest against Modi's failure to provide two crore jobs, as he had promised during the 2014 poll campaign.
"Biggest role of Karnataka's youth should be to enter PM's campaign program in Bengaluru on 15th, hurl chairs in the air and disrupt it, then ask him what happened to 2 crore jobs?" Mevani said.
The dalit leader went on to say that if PM Modi can't answer, he should retire and go to the Himalayas.
Unemployment has been a major challenge for the BJP-led NDA, and opposition parties have have frequently attacked the Modi government over the increasing number of jobless youth in the country.
With polling day inching closer, Karnataka has turned into a political battleground with both the ruling
Congress and the opposition BJP extensively campaigning across the state.
Karnataka goes to polls on May 12 to elect its representatives for the 225-member assembly. Results will be out on May 15.
