Bengaluru, Oct. 22 -- Karnataka chief minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the stopping of three Dalit ministers by police at Mysuru Palace during the Nandi Dhwaja puja, after the BJP and Janata Dal (Secular) accused the Congress government of insulting Dalit representatives and questioned its commitment to social justice.

Superintendent of Police C B Rishyanth, deployed for security at the celebrations, stopped ministers Shivaraj Tangadagi, P M Narendraswamy and K S Basavanthappa, who were following Shivakumar for the ritual preceding the Mysuru Dasara procession on Wednesday.

Shivakumar, however, intervened and allowed the ministers to enter.

Kannada and culture minister Tangadagi challenged the officer when he...