MP Brijesh Chowta Criticizes Karnataka Home Minister Over Handling of Suhas Shetty Murder Case

MP Brijesh Chowta Criticizes Karnataka Home Minister Over Handling of Suhas Shetty Murder Case

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 4, 2025: Dakshina Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta on Saturday, May 3, strongly criticized Karnataka Home Minister G. Parameshwara for bypassing local elected representatives during his visit to Mangaluru to address the Suhas Shetty murder case.

In a statement, Capt. Chowta called the Minister’s approach “undemocratic and disrespectful.” He said, “It is absolutely undemocratic and disrespectful that without taking any of the people’s representatives into consultation, the Home Minister has apparently ‘taken stock’ of this sensitive situation in coastal Karnataka.”

 

 

The MP also questioned the Congress government’s changing narrative regarding the murder. “Initially, they called Suhas Shetty’s murder a case of personal rivalry or gang wars. Now, they are branding it as ‘communal.’ What changed? Are they admitting Suhas was killed for being Hindu? If so, let them have the courage to say it openly,” he remarked.

Capt. Chowta alleged that Suhas Shetty was targeted for his Hindu nationalist ideology, drawing parallels to earlier cases like those of Praveen Nettar and Deepak Rao. He claimed that fundamentalist forces, emboldened by the Congress government’s policies, were behind these incidents. “This is not communal violence; it is religious rivalry. It is a battle between nationalism and fundamentalism, where the latter thrives under the Congress party’s vote-bank politics and pseudo-secular policies,” he added.

The MP also took aim at Mr. Parameshwara’s announcement of an anti-communal task force, likening it to the controversial Communal Violence Bill proposed during Sonia Gandhi’s tenure. “That Bill sought to target Hindu voices in the guise of promoting communal harmony. This task force appears no different—it reeks of an appeasement agenda,” he said.

Capt. Chowta warned that any attempts to impose what he termed “agenda-driven” measures on the region would face strong resistance. He accused the government of deflecting from addressing the root causes of violence and instead branding the coastal region as communal to justify its policies.