"Will Be 5 Steps Ahead Of UP, Even For Encounter": Karnataka Minister
NDTV
With the comment setting off a barrage of questions and speculation, the Chief Minister tweaked it to say it could be the "Yogi model or Karnataka model".
A day after Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai warned about using the "Yogi (Adityanath) model" against "communal forces", amid anger and protests over a BJP worker's killing, a minister has threatened to go "five steps ahead of Uttar Pradesh" and carry out "encounters" targeting the accused.
"They will be arrested but it's the wish of our workers and people that such incidents shouldn't happen. According to their wish there will be action, culprits will be nabbed, they will be nabbed and ready to encounter. We will go five steps forward than UP. We will give better model than UP. Karnataka is a progressive state and model state, we don't need to follow anyone," said Karnataka Higher education Minister Ashwath Narayan.
Yesterday, facing anger from his own party men over the murder of BJP youth leader Praveen Nettaru, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had said that he was ready to use the "Yogi Adityanath model against communal forces" if the situation called for it.
With the comment setting off a barrage of questions and speculation, the Chief Minister tweaked it to say it could be the "Yogi model or Karnataka model".
