Bangalore: Expelled BJP MP Sangliana’s Office Attacked
Bangalore, Jul 24: Around 60 workers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday staged a protest against cross-voting by Bangalore North MP H.T. Sangliana. They later went to his office on Ali Askar Road and attacked it. The party workers reportedly damaged a board and broke a window pane.
Shankar Bidari, Commissioner of Police, said that Sangliana had contacted him early Tuesday and sought protection for his office and residence. Accordingly, police pickets were posted near his office and residence at Koramangala National Games Village. When party workers tried to barge into the office, an official prevented them from entering. However, three or four persons sneaked into the compound and tried to kick open the door, but were stopped by the police. A case has been registered in this regard at the Cubbon Park Police Station.
Bidari visited the spot along with Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) M.R. Pujar. A police party has also been posted near the residence of Manjunath Kunnur, Dharwad South MP.
Earlier in Parliament:
There was commotion in the Lok Sabha soon after voting on Tuesday evening when some State BJP MPs surrounded H T Sangliana and tried to manhandle him for violating the party whip.
According to the former Bangalore police commissioner, State BJP chief D V Sadananda Gowda and other party MPs G M Siddeshwar, Prahlad Joshi and Ananth Kumar Hegde rushed to his seat and tried to push him and abused him in filthy language. Sangliana said he was not afraid of anybody and wished that these leaders learned how to behave properly in public. He said he went with his conscience and voted in favour of the government because “India needs N-energy because power is the lever to the development of the country”.