While CM Bommai was quick to blame Congress for instigating the violence, Yediyurappa refrained from blaming anyone for the incident, and instead suggested that there may have been a misunderstanding.
After handing over property documents to the beneficiaries from the Banjara community at the rally, Modi maintained that the recommendation to give permanent shelter to them was made in 1993, as he went on to flay vote-bank politics.