‘SDPI, Congress shouldn’t exploit minority sections of society’: Roshan Baig

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Bengaluru, August 16, 2020: Former minister Roshan Baig on Saturday said that minority communities in the society must not be exploited by parties like the Congress and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), who has been accused of perpetrating the violence in Bengaluru earlier this week.

“Poor sections of minority communities should not be exploited by SDPI or Congress. Congress has been patronising SDPI for the past 10 years and then they could not protect their own MLA. Congress is to be blamed for this incident,” Baig said.

As of Friday, 11 FIRs have been registered in connection with the horrific violence. Of the 11, seven were registered at DJ Halli police station.

“Police personnel have been working as frontline warriors amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Those people (involved in the violence) could have gone to the police or commissioner’s office. What was the need for thousands of persons to gather?” he said, adding that locals were harassed in the violence, news agency ANI reported.

The police also imposed Section 144 in the area, restricting the assembly of four or more people in one place, has been extended in areas under DJ Halli and KG Halli police station limits till 6 am on August 16.