Mangaluru: The sit-in protest by BJP legislators from Dakshina Kannada took an unexpected turn as the Chief Secretary retracted his support for the protest. Following this reversal, Nalin Kumar Kateel, the BJP State President, issued a statement. In his statement, he alleged that the Congress government led by Siddaramaiah in the state is engaging in malicious political tactics. Kateel claimed that there is a coordinated effort underway to suppress the rights of the legislators.