Bengaluru, Jan. 2 -- Karnataka Assembly Leader of Opposition R Ashoka on Friday said that the clash outside BJP MLA G Janardhana Reddy's residence in Ballari was a "pre-planned conspiracy" to murder the MLA.

R Ashoka also claimed that the police have been "pressurised" to label the firing outside Janardhana Reddy's house a "misfire" after one person was killed in the clash over the banner dispute.

"A group gathered and came and put up banners inside the compound of Janardhan Reddy's house. What fault is there on the part of Janardhan Reddy in this? They themselves fired the shots, they themselves committed the murder, and now blaming Janardhan Reddy is unforgivable. There was a pre-planned conspiracy to attack Janardhan Reddy and murder...