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Senior Tamil Nadu BJP leader H Raja has made a controversial statement on the death of two people who died allegedly due to police firing during the anti-CAA protest in Karnataka's Mangaluru on Thursday saying the response to guns will also be through guns.

"Our response to guns will also be through guns," said H Raja, BJP national secretary in Chennai on Friday.

Further speaking on the incident and CAA protest in Karnataka, H Raja said that the protesters wanted to kill hundreds of people, therefore, the police had no other option but to resort to firing.

He also added that the agitators' intentions were to set the entire country on fire who also attacked police officials.