Karnataka deputy chief minister D.K. Shivakumar has advised Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan not to interfere in the affairs of the Congress-ruled state after the latter criticised an anti-encroachment drive in Muslim residential areas in Bengaluru. ADVERTISEMENT"Another version of the aggressively anti-minority politics implemented by the Sangh Parivar in North India has now been witnessed in Karnataka. In the biting cold, an entire population has been forced to flee into the streets," Vijayan wrote on Facebook. The government and local MLAs are aware, and those affected have been shifted humanely," Shivakumar told reporters in Bengaluru.

Source: The Telegraph December 28, 2025 02:09 UTC