Panaji, May 8 The Indian National Congress in Goa on Monday filed a complaint against BJP candidate Manikanta Rathod from Karnataka for the alleged plot to assassinate Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his family.
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar along with other office bearers filed the complaint at the Panaji police station.
Patkar speaking to reporters, alleged that a conspiracy to kill Kharge and his family was hatched by the BJP candidate from Chittapur seat Manikanta Rathod, who was heard purportedly saying so in Kannada in an audio clip.
According to the audio Clip Manikanta Rathod saying, “I am Manikanta Rathod and more than 40 cases are registered against me. I don’t have the contact number of Kharge, if I had his number, I would have finished Mallikarjuna Kharge and his family”.
The BJP Candidate from Chittapur Constituency Manikanta Rathod is threatening to kill Mallikarjuna Kharge and his family. The Official Twitter Account of INC had tweeted on this
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Meet Manikant Rathod, the BJP candidate from Chittapur constituency, who has over 40 criminal cases against him. He also happens to be the “blue-eyed boy” of PM Modi & CM Bommai.
In this viral audio, the BJP leader can be heard saying-
*”Will wipe off Kharge’s family”*Here’s… pic.twitter.com/NIcBMkgDhD
— Congress (@INCIndia) May 6, 2023
Patkar questioned whether “we are in a democracy”. Why government has failed to take action against Rathod ,”This is an open threat to our leader. There are several cases against Rathod. Such a person has been given a ticket by the BJP and despite his threat to our leader, no action has been taken against him,” Amit said.
“There is a designed hatred, towards the tall leader of the country Shri Mallikarjun Kharge, on part of the BJP leadership, and that the BJP is unable to digest the fact, that having been born in a Dalit family to a factory labourer, Shri Mallikarjun Kharge has risen from the post of block Congress president to be the president of the Indian National Congress,” it said.
“The BJP leaders are openly plotting the assassination of Mallikarjun Kharge, his wife and the entire family, and that, the frustration and desperation of the BJP and its leadership has now reached dangerous proportions,” the complaint stated.
