Congress Continues To Link Gauri Lankesh’s Murder To BJP, RSS

With the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the death case of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh, the Congress on Friday (8 September) said that there are strong chances of the case being associated with ideologies.

“The SIT is investigating the matter. There is a perception that it has to do with the right ideologies. There are similarities in the earlier assassinations of Kulburgi and other victims. Be what her brother’s statement says, I think there are a lot of evidences that the SIT has got which will help in cracking the case soon,” Congress leader Tom Vadakkan told ANI.

He added that all should wait for the evidences to emerge from SIT because the perception that has strongly gone around has a lot to do with the ideologies.

Another Congress leader P L Punia said that Lankesh was raising questions on the functioning of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and therefore she had to meet this fate.

“On the social media platform a few people are mocking the death of journalist Gauri Lankesh and these are the very people who are close to Prime Minister Modi, hence showing a link with the case. Such ideologies are very dangerous for the nation. I appeal the Karnataka Government to reveal the evidences and expose in front of the public,” Punia added.

The death of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh, who was shot dead on Tuesday at her residence in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Nagar by some unidentified assailants, has shaken the entire journalistic fraternity and opened questions about the safety of "firebrand" journalists. Lankesh was the editor of the Gauri Lankesh Patrike, a tabloid described as an "anti-establishment" publication. Her last rites were held at Bengaluru's Chamrajpet cemetery earlier in the day.
(ANI)