Former Deputy Chief Minister Parameshwara Injured During Poll Campaigning in Karnataka

In a suspected case of stone-pelting, former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara sustained a head injury during a roadshow at Bhairenahalli in Koratagere Taluk. He is now recovering, doctors treating him said on Saturday.

The former state Congress chief got a deep wound on the head when a miscreant threw a stone at him in the district on Friday. He is contesting the May 10 Assembly elections from Koratagere.

“The incident of plotting and pelting stones on Parameshwar is shocking in Karnataka itself. Opposition leaders have been systematically attacked since the beginning. Is this the preliminaries behind Amit Shah’s warning that “riots will happen”?” the Congress said in a tweet.Soon after the injury, a profusely bleeding Parameshwara was rushed to a nearby Primary Health Centre, and thereafter taken to another hospital for further treatment. A team of doctors was monitoring his condition at his residence.

The Congress leader is expected to meet his supporters and well-wishers on Saturday. According to his close confidantes, this was the third occasion when stone pelting happened during election time.

The first time was when he was participating in an election rally with the Congress president M Mallikarjun Kharge and the second incident took place when he was heading to file his nomination papers.