India, Nov. 10 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday targeted the Congress-led Karnataka government over reports that high-risk inmates were enjoying unauthorised privileges inside Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Jail, including access to mobile phones, television and what appeared to be a "VVIP lifestyle".

"This is the difference between the BJP and the Congress. One attacks terrorism, the other allows phones and celebrations for terrorists," BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said at a press conference in New Delhi, accusing the Congress of having a "soft corner for terrorism".

Mocking the state government, he said, "The Congress has introduced a new guarantee, turning prisons into party houses."

Poonawalla presented ...