DK Shivakumar, the Karnataka President of the Congress party, called for the arrest of the state's Director General of Police (DGP), Praveen Sood, on Wednesday. Shivakumar alleged that the DGP had been protecting the incumbent BJP government while targeting leaders affiliated with his own party (INC) through legal proceedings.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐๐ฃ '๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ธ', ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐
Shivakumar, who is set to lead the Congress party along with Siddaramaiah in the lead up to upcoming assembly elections, said: "This DGP is nalayak (useless). Immediately, there should be a case against him. And he should be arrested. The election commission should remove him."
"He has finished three years in service. How many days do you want to keep and worship him? He has been filing cases only against Congress. He has registered more than 25 cases against us," the senior Congress leader said.
๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ
Shivakumar hinted at possibility of the DGP facing an arrest if Congress returns to power in the southern state, with the upcoming elections for the 224-member Karnataka assembly scheduled to take place before May 2023.
In order to obtain a majority in Karnataka and assume power, Congress has established a goal of winning a minimum of 150 out of the 224 assembly seats.
While JD(S) has already announced the first list of 93 candidates for Assembly polls, BJP and Congress are yet to announce their list.
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