No one should dare to repeat such acts: Union Minister Prahlad Joshi

NEW DELHI: The BJP seems to be in no mood to let pass Tuesday night's violence in Bengaluru by members of a community over a controversial social media post. Union Minister Prahlad Joshi on Wednesday spoke to the Karnataka Home Minister demanding "stern actions" be taken against those responsible, so that they don't "dare to repeat" what happened.

Condemning the violence and vandalism, the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister said: "Some section of people, under pretext of showing disrespect of some religion, took law into their hands. This can't be tolerated. I had a detailed discussion with the honourable Home Minister of Karnataka. I had requested and urged him to take stern actions against the culprits and actions should be such that nobody should dare to repeat such actions in future in any part of Karnataka or the country."

In a stern message to the perpetrators, Joshi, who hails from the state, said: "No one is above law, everybody should understand." He added that if anyone's feelings are hurt, they have recourse to legal means. "He can go and file a police complaint. No such actions, at any time, is acceptable. I strongly condemn and I also ask the concerned religious leaders also to condemn this," he added. (IANS)

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