A day after the ruling Congress in Karnataka suspected the role of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in inciting violence last Monday following the Supreme Court's directive on releasing water to Tamil Nadu from Cauvery river, the BJP has taken strong objection to it.

"In order to mask its failures, the Congress government is making false and baseless allegations. We believe that the violence is the handiwork of G Parameshwara (Karnataka's Home Minister) to unseat Chief Minister Siddaramaiah. The government should stop making such irresponsible statements," BJP's General Secretary for Karnataka and former minister C T Ravi said.

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RSS INSTIGATED ANTI-SOCIAL ELEMENTS



On Friday, at a meeting of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, a few legislators had alleged that the RSS had instigated anti-social elements to instigate violence to fetch bad name for the government. "We will probe that angle as well. The police will pursue all possible motives for the violence," Parameshwara had said.

Former CM and BJP's Karnataka unit President B S Yeddyurappa advised the Congress to focus on governance and resolve the Cauvery water row instead of politicising the incident.

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