<h1>Chief minister condemns televised death threat by ruling party spokesperson, demands PM and home minister clarify stance</h1> A state chief minister condemned a televised death threat by a ruling party spokesperson who said the opposition leader would be shot in the chest, urging to know whether the prime minister and home minister endorse that view. The chief minister accused the ruling party and its ideological affiliates of a pattern of threatening and violent silencing of critics and cited past killings of public figures. The alleged speaker, described as a former student-wing member, was criminally charged after a complaint by a state party official and was arrested, later granted bail; local police are investigating.