Tumakuru, Oct. 4 -- BJP State President BY Vijayendra on Sunday criticised Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar over his remarks regarding Veeraprabhu Lingayath Mutt and alleged that the Congress government was "creating drama" over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

Speaking on the SIR row, Vijayendra alleged that the Congress government and Shivakumar were unnecessarily creating a controversy.

"Regarding SIR, unnecessarily the Congress government and CM DK Shivakumar are creating drama. Yesterday we met the Director General of Police and requested not to file any FIR against BJP Karyakartas. They should not succumb to the pressure of DK Shivakumar, because the law clearly mandates that if there is any issue with the subm...