Mysore/Mysuru, Sept. 9 -- Mysuru-Kodagu MP Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar has strongly condemned the stone-pelting incident during the Ganesha idol procession in Maddur, urging the State Government to take decisive action instead of issuing what he termed "irresponsible statements."

Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Wadiyar alleged that communal disturbances have become increasingly frequent since the Congress Government took power in Karnataka.

"Police must arrest those who pelted stones at the peaceful idol procession. The Government is failing in its duty to protect citizens and is instead making careless remarks," he charged.

Media reports revealed that, apart from stones, iron rods were also hurled at the peaceful proce...