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The BJP government of the state is releasing the accused who spread hatred and riots in Karnataka by withdrawing the cases registered against them.
Indian Express (INDANEXPRES) has investigated the cases of withdrawing the case. It said in its report that since coming to power in 2019, the BJP government has been releasing the accused indiscriminately. In October 2022 alone, the objections of the police, law department and prosecution department were rejected for the acquittal of the accused in 34 cases. All these accused were accused of spreading hate speech and communal riots.
Apart from these 34 cases, The Indian Express reviewed cases spanning a 10-year period from 2009-2019. Among these accused, 113 activists of groups linked to the Sangh Parivar are involved in 16 cases. Hindu Jagran Vedike (HJV), mainly associated with Vishwa Hindu Parishad, also has Bajrang Dal, Shri Ram Sena. The remaining 18 cases are related to protests by farmers and other groups, involving 228 people.
According to The Indian Express, the Home Department issued an order on October 1, 2022, under which the accused were released. He, however, directed the prosecution department to file necessary applications in the concerned courts for recall of 34 cases.
According to documents placed before the state cabinet for approval on September 19, 2022, the state police, prosecution department and law department objected to the withdrawal of each of the 34 cases, saying it was “not worth withdrawing”. are
An analysis of records obtained by The Indian Express shows that the accused have been acquitted in eight cases based on the October order.
The Indian Express has investigated many such cases of how the government has dropped cases against Hindutvadis
However, advocate Sudha Katwa has filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Karnataka High Court in this regard. On their plea last year, the court had said that cases against elected representatives cannot be withdrawn without its approval. But in Karnataka it was ignored. However, the process of withdrawing the case has not stopped. Now on February 21, the Karnataka government has started the process of withdrawing 21 cases. In all these cases BJP or RSS people are accused.
Congress is not Delhi either: It is not that the controversial cases were withdrawn only during the BJP regime. Many cases were withdrawn even during the Congress regime. 176 cases were withdrawn during Congress rule from 2013 to 2018. At that time Siddaramaiah was the CM of Karnataka.

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