Bengaluru, Sept. 12 -- Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over alleged provocative speeches by MLC CT Ravi and MLA Basanagouda R Patil (Yatnal) in Maddur, following the stone pelting incident.

Justifying the police action, Parameshwara said that the BJP leaders spoke in "frenzy".

He told reporters, "After CT Ravi, an FIR has also been filed against MLA Yatnal (Basanagouda R Patil Yatnal). From the beginning, we have been saying not to politicise this issue. Police action will be taken against whoever acts against the law. Be it a Muslim or a Hindu, if stones are pelted, the Police will act. This should be left to the police."

Condemning the speeches by Ravi and Patil, he said, "But BJP leade...