In a fiery address, Karnataka BJP chief B.Y. Vijayendra welcomed the 10-year rigorous jail term handed to Mohammed Shareef, the key figure in the 2022 Mangaluru cooker explosion case. ‘This judgment solidifies our nation’s zero-tolerance policy towards terror,’ he stated on Tuesday.
Turning the spotlight on Congress, Vijayendra urged its leaders to retract and apologize for sympathizing with the accused. He highlighted instances where they called the convict ‘brother’ and branded the blast an ‘accident,’ moves he saw as legitimizing violence.
The BJP leader insisted that ethical leaders owe an apology to the public. This outcome demonstrates that threats to national safety won’t be tolerated, crediting investigative bodies and courts for upholding justice and public trust.
Vijayendra launched a broadside at KPCC figures, charging them with anti-national support and vote-bank politics in the case’s initial days. He cautioned that aligning with terror sympathizers for political gain endangers the state’s security fabric.
‘Terror has no faith; no mercy for perpetrators or enablers,’ he affirmed BJP’s unwavering line. Flashback to December 2022: D.K. Shivakumar, then stirring controversy, doubted the terror tag on the auto blast, claiming BJP orchestrated it to mask a Bengaluru data breach scandal. He questioned hasty terror labels sans complete investigation.
Vijayendra’s demands spotlight deepening partisan divides on law and order, positioning the verdict as a benchmark for political accountability in sensitive security episodes.
