Hemanth Kumar  

Shobha Karandlaje, senior BJP leader and Karnataka MP, lashed out at the coalition government in the state for arresting senior journalist SA Hemanth Kumar

Pratap Simha, the BJP MP from Mysuru lashed out at Karnataka home minister MB Patil for allegedly using police force to drive home vendetta politics. The criticism comes in the wake of senior journalist SA Hemanth Kumar being arrested over fake letter row related to the separate religion for Lingayats.

Days after the founder of Postcard News Mahesh Vikram Hegde was arrested in the fake letter row relating to Karnataka home minister MB Patil, another journalist SA Hemanth Kumar has been held for questioning in the same issue. However, the BJP claims that the chief minister and the home minister are resorting to vindictiveness and vendetta, and are using the police machinery to suit their whims and fancies.