Bengaluru: The JD(S) has filed a complaint with Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Meena regarding tweets by an account holder against party senior leaders HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy.
In a letter on Sunday, AP Ranganatha, president of the state legal cell of the JD(S), told the CEO that ‘blatantly false tweets’ were posted late in the day, to vilify the images of the said leaders of the party.
The legal cell head has also asked the officer to take immediate action in the matter.
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Belagavi (Karnataka), Dec 10: Police on Tuesday allegedly resorted to lathi-charge as the protests by the Panchamasali Lingayats turned violent.
The protestors breached the barricade laid by the police to lay siege to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha where the Karnataka Legislative session is in progress.
The agitation was led by Basava Jaya Mruthyunjaya Swami who has been demanding the inclusion of Panchamasali community in the 2A category, which will get them 15 per cent reservation in government jobs and admission in government institutions. Presently, the community is in the 3B category getting five per cent reservation.
The angry agitators damaged government vehicles and also the ones belonging to the MLAs and the MLCs.
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Seeing the situation going out of hand, the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Law and Order, R Hitendra, ordered lathi-charge.
As the police beat up all those who came on their way, the agitators ran helter-skelter. Several protestors were injured and were later shifted to the hospital.
The police took many demonstrators under preventive custody.
#WATCH | Karnataka: A large number of people gathered in Belagavi to demonstrate over Panchamasali Lingayats' reservation demand under 2A category. Police used mild force to disperse them. pic.twitter.com/2YLTGdpkbm
— ANI (@ANI) December 10, 2024