Banjagere Jayaprakash is a member of the Karnataka State committee to oversee implementation of the rehabilitation policy to surrender/assimilate Left Wing Extremists (LWEs). Condemning the killing of Maoist activist Vikram Gowda near Hebri in Udupi district by the Anti Naxal Force (ANF), he said that ‘encounters’ are no solution to the issue, and emphasis should instead be on due process of law. He demanded a judicial probe into the incident.