Hitting out at Congress for failing to take action against PFI, Chandrasekhar said, "They failed to take action against PFI. Today after this act they have crossed all limits of shamelessness. Congress is doing politics of appeasement".
The incident happened at Puttur in the Dakshina Kannada district. When Mohammed Parees was talking to his classmates, the accused called him aside and allegedly assaulted him
The Congress manifesto in Karnataka promising to ban the Bajrang Dal has caused a furore. However, the outfit has been banned before, and calls to ban it have been made several times, not always by Congress.