India, Feb. 13 -- Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the arrests of Hubballi-based farm leaders in Madhya Pradesh, who were on their way to Delhi to participate in the farmers' protest starting on Tuesday.

"The arrests of Hubballi farmers by the Madhya Pradesh government, as they were heading to a protest in Delhi tomorrow, is highly condemnable. I demand that the Madhya Pradesh government immediately release all the farmers of our state and allow them to participate in the protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar tomorrow," the CM posted on X.

"Although the government of Madhya Pradesh has made the arrests, it is clear that the criminal brain behind this act is the central BJP gover...