Mangaluru : DK District in-charge Minister B Ramanatha Rai condemned on MP Nalin Kumar statement during the protest rally in Konaje. It is a politically motivated statement to divert people’s attention, he said.

Addressing to reporters at the District Congress Office on January 2, Monday, Rai said, he should have taken into consideration his post before speaking in such a manner. The police did not question him when he said such things,and necessary action would be taken against the MP as per the law, he added.

Rai said that he was pained over Karthik Raj murder as also the murders of RTI activist Vinayak Baliga and Harish Poojary. Those who bail out the accused in murder cases and the lawyers who take up their cases too are condemnable. ZP member Mamatha Gatty said that the MLA of Mangaluru constituency (Ullal), food and civil supplies minister U T Khader along with various Congress leaders including her had visited Karthik Raj’s house three days prior to the January 1 protest and had asked their permission for the COD investigation. “When such is the case, MP Nalin has tried to gain political mileage of the situation by making Karthik’s family a part of the protest,” he alleged.

Speaking about the overnight demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 notes has affected the poor people. Keeping the same people in mind, the union government should reimburse them for the inconvenience and the losses”, he said.