Its for those against Bengaluru's security to apologise Tejasvi Surya

Bengaluru, Sep 30 (PTI) Newly appointed BJP Yuva Morcha
chief Tejasvi Surya, MP, on Wednesday virtually rejected the
demands for apology over his "Bengaluru terror epicentre"
comment which has drawn criticism from opposition parties,
saying it has to be tendered by those against the city's
security.
Bengaluru had given him the identity and those against the
city's security should apologise and not him, Surya said
adding he was for the safety and security of Bengalurians.
The MP, who represents Bengaluru South Lok Sabha segment,
had claimed on Sunday that Bengaluru has become an epicentre
of terror activities, after requesting Union Home Minister
Amit Shah to set up a permanent division of the National
Investigation Agency (NIA) in the city.
His comments evoked sharp criticism from opposition
Congress and JD(S) with former Karnataka chief minister H D
Kumaraswamy even calling it an insult to Bengaluru had urged
BJP to seek an apology from Surya.
"Bengaluru gave me education, food, and made me
Parliamentarian.... It has given me an identity in the
country....I'm identified as a boy from Bengaluru. It is my
place," Survya said when asked by reporters whether he would
apologise over his controversial remark.
Speaking after visiting the state BJP office for the
first time after being appointed as party Yuva Morcha National
President, he said, if some one recruiting people for ISIS was
arrested in Bengaluru it pained him.
"If a mob of two thousand people attacks a police station
here for some social media post, it boils my blood," he said,
referring to the violence unleashed by a mob here in August.
"People who don't want NIA in Bengaluru for the safety of
the city, those from Congress who nurtured jihadi
organisations like KFD (Karnataka Forum for Dignity), PFI,
SDPI while in power by withdrawing cases against them and
allowed them to do goondagiri. It is they who have to seek
apology from Bengalurians as they are against Bengaluru's
interest," he added.
He said he had advocated for NIA division in Bengaluru so
that it doesn't become a place for terrorists.
"Those who are worried that Congress and SDPI match
fixing politics will get spoiled are opposing NIA for
Bengaluru," Surya said.
Responding to a question about failure to maintain social
distance by gathering a large crowd near the party office and
arriving in a procession, Surya merely said, the party workers
had gathered out of happiness that one of their own has been
given the national responsibility and nothing was planned. PTI
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