Eshwarappa demands ban on PFI

 Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council, K S Eshwarappa has demanded the state government to ban the Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD) and Popular Front of India.

"Police probe has revealed that a district unit president of KFD is involved in the killing of Sharath Madiwala, a RSS worker in Dakshina Kannada district. Therefore, the government now has evidence to impose a ban on these organisations which are involved in the murder of workers of Hindu organisations," Eshwarappa said here on Saturday.

Replying to a query on the ordinance on promotion for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes employees, Eshwarappa said that the government was trying to fool employees by issuing the ordinance.

He said that the newly inducted Excise Minister R B Timmapur should step down immediately as he faces the charge of availing travel and dearness allowance from Council by submitting false information.