FIR filed against Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje for alleging people from TN plant bombs in K'taka
Chennai: A First Information Report (FIR) was filed by the Madurai Police against Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Shobha Karandlaje on Wednesday for her recent statement that people of Tamil Nadu were planting bombs in eateries in Bengaluru.
A case has been registered against the Union minister under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 153, 153A, 505 (1)B and 505 (2) at the Madurai Police Station.
The minister, who addressed a protest held in Bengaluru on Tuesday, spoke in reference to the blast at The Rameshwaram Café in the city this month and stated that a person who had been trained in Tamil Nadu had planted the bomb in the eatery. Karandlaje's controversial statement was heavily criticized by several prominent persons, including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin.
Karandlaje had withdrawn her statement and apologized on her personal 'X' account, following the backlash.
linked to the Rameshwaram Cafe blast. To anyone from Tamilnadu effected, From the depths of my heart, I ask your forgiveness. Furthermore, I retract my previous comments. 🙏
— Shobha Karandlaje (Modi Ka Parivar) (@ShobhaBJP) March 19, 2024
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Power struggle in ruling Cong has 'created massive confusion' in Karnataka: BJP leader Ashoka
Bengaluru (PTI): BJP leader R Ashoka on Friday claimed that the ongoing power struggle between Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar has created massive confusion in Karnataka.
He remarked that the proverb “when two people fight, the third one benefits” has come true, as AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge is also now making efforts to become Chief Minister.
Speaking to reporters here, Ashoka said the entire government has turned into a house of confusion due to the alleged power tussle.
Kharge’s new statement has only added to the chaos, he said.
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had on Friday said that no date has been fixed yet to discuss possible leadership change in Karnataka.
This came a day after Kharge said there was no change of CM in Karnataka "for now" and that the leadership issue in the state would be resolved soon.
The BJP leader said that Kharge too has aspirations and that he was cheated earlier.
"Perhaps he has received a green signal from the Congress high command to become CM. Everyone is already saying Kharge should become CM. Kharge himself has declared, “I am ready to become CM.” Despite many attempts in the past, he never became CM. Now he is trying to seize the opportunity," the Leader of Opposition in the state assembly said.
According to him, the situation in Congress has perfectly become a case of “two people fighting, third one benefits.”
