Bengaluru, Oct. 18 -- Karnataka BJP President Vijayendra Yediyurappa today accused the Congress government of reviving authoritarian tendencies reminiscent of the Emergency era, after a Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) from Raichur district was suspended for participating in an RSS centenary procession.
"The Congress, infamous for imposing an Emergency on the nation and strangulating the democratic system in the past, is now proceeding on the same path in Karnataka," Vijayendra said, drawing a parallel with the Emergency.
He added that history has repeatedly shown that people eventually reject divisive and authoritarian politics. "If such tendencies are flaunted again, the people of this country will reduce them to nothing, as evidence...