Senior Congress Party leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday suggested that people like senior journalist Gauri Lankesh were being eliminated because of the existence of an ideological conflict, while denying at the same time that his party had never said that the BJP or the RSS was responsible for her murder. Kharge told ANI, "Never said RSS-BJP behind this, but definitely there's an ideological conflict. Senior journalist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on Tuesday night outside her residence in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Nagar by some unidentified assailants. Lankesh was the editor of the Gauri Lankesh Patrike, a tabloid described as an "anti-establishment" publication. Also ReadIn death too, Gauri Lankesh has become a national lodestarGauri Lankesh murder: VHP demands CBI probe, suspects Congress conspiracyHow Gauri Lankesh's siblings stand divided after her murder

Source: India Today September 09, 2017 10:41 UTC