<p class="title">Slain RTI and BJP activist Vinayak Baliga’s sisters have presented an open letter to BJP National President Amit Shah, demanding answers to questions related to their brother's killing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to the media, one sister Anuradha Baliga, sought to know why either MP Nalin Kumar Kateel or any other BJP office-bearer had not visited them even once, to express their condolences or support to the family, despite Vinayak being a staunch party worker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rationalist Narendra Nayak along with the Baliga sisters produced a response by one BJP minister who wrote to the Karnataka Home secretary urging him to constitute a special investigation team to go into the causes behind the murder. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The names of the sitting Mangaluru South MLA candidate Vedavyas Kamath and his associate Naresh Shenoy are mentioned in the letter. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Harsha, the other sister of Vinayak Baliga, said that during a recent programme in the city she had asked BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi why the BJP had been supporting the murder suspect instead of supporting the Vinayak’s case. </p>.<p class="bodytext">To this poser, the MP had avoided answering the question, terming it a local issue. The Baliga family also sought an explanation from Shah on the same issue.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Questions of Baliga sisters </p>.<p class="bodytext">* Why Vinayak's name was missing in the list of slain BJP workers during campaigns?</p>.<p class="bodytext">* Why the party failed to protest despite Vinayaka Baliga's murder, though he was an active BJP-RSS member all his life?</p>.<p class="bodytext">*Why the party has not come to the aid of Vinayak's 88-year-old father who is fighting for justice for his son? </p>
<p class="title">Slain RTI and BJP activist Vinayak Baliga’s sisters have presented an open letter to BJP National President Amit Shah, demanding answers to questions related to their brother's killing.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Speaking to the media, one sister Anuradha Baliga, sought to know why either MP Nalin Kumar Kateel or any other BJP office-bearer had not visited them even once, to express their condolences or support to the family, despite Vinayak being a staunch party worker.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rationalist Narendra Nayak along with the Baliga sisters produced a response by one BJP minister who wrote to the Karnataka Home secretary urging him to constitute a special investigation team to go into the causes behind the murder. </p>.<p class="bodytext">The names of the sitting Mangaluru South MLA candidate Vedavyas Kamath and his associate Naresh Shenoy are mentioned in the letter. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Harsha, the other sister of Vinayak Baliga, said that during a recent programme in the city she had asked BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi why the BJP had been supporting the murder suspect instead of supporting the Vinayak’s case. </p>.<p class="bodytext">To this poser, the MP had avoided answering the question, terming it a local issue. The Baliga family also sought an explanation from Shah on the same issue.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Questions of Baliga sisters </p>.<p class="bodytext">* Why Vinayak's name was missing in the list of slain BJP workers during campaigns?</p>.<p class="bodytext">* Why the party failed to protest despite Vinayaka Baliga's murder, though he was an active BJP-RSS member all his life?</p>.<p class="bodytext">*Why the party has not come to the aid of Vinayak's 88-year-old father who is fighting for justice for his son? </p>