BJP leader moves private complaint against D K Suresh in court

MANGALURU: A BJP leader from Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada has moved a private complaint in the court against Congress MP D K Suresh for his statement of ‘separate south nation’.In a complaint filed before the Second JMFC Court in Mangaluru, Vikas P has stated that D K Suresh, who is the brother of deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, has made a provocative and anti-national statement. Vikas, in the complaint filed through advocate Mohan Raj K R, has stated that he saw D K Suresh’s reactions to the Budget presented by Nirmala Sitharaman on news channels on Thursday.“D K Suresh has made a provocative and anti-national statement to the entire nation through a press conference that would instigate the separatist mentality as he has suggested - ‘we may have to demand a separate nationhood’. Such a statement seems to be an instigation for anti-nationals, terrorists, and separatists, who hatch the conspiracy of breaking the nation. MP D K Suresh seems to have made the statement in a way that it attracts the sedition law. His statement has hurt a large number of nationalists in the country,” stated Vikas, who is the former state co-spokesperson of the BJP.Vikas added that the MP has committed an offence under Section 124A of the IPC by making such a statement. He also pleaded the court to issue a direction to the Mangaluru North police to investigate.Advocate Mohan Raj said that the court has allowed the complaint, and the same will be put up for hearing on Feb 7.