The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a broadside against the Siddaramaiah government in Karnataka after a few purported videos surfaced on social media showing inmates of Bengaluru’s Parappanna Agrahara Jail receiving “VVIP treatment”.

Opposition leader R. Ashoka alleged that the state government has no control over law and order.

"The rapists, smugglers, and extremists in Parappana Agrahara prison are throwing all jail rules to the wind and enjoying unlimited fun with TV, mobile, internet, item songs, and more,” he said.

BJP state president B.Y. Vijayendra, too, hit out at the government and even accused senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of enabling terrorists inside the jail to create unrest across the nation.

“Not only do Radical elements and ISIS operatives enjoy a free

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