Mangaluru, Sep 25: A person from Dakshina Kannada district, who has consistently been writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the last few years seeking removal of Article 370 of the Constitution, finally received an appreciation letter from the office of the Prime Minister.

A letter in the name of the Prime Minister, dated August 21, appreciated the concern shown by the citizen on the issue.

Lakshminarayan from Jakribettu in Bantwal received the letter, which also explains the circumstances that led to the removal of the special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir.

The letter was presented to Lakshminarayan by state Fisheries Minister Kota Srinivas Poojary at the national unity campaign held at Bantwal on Tuesday.

The minister also honoured Laskhminarayan.

Rajesh Naik MLA was present.

The Centre had on August 5 scrapped Article 370 that gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

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Dehradun (PTI) Senior Congress leader and former Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday filed a police complaint here against the alleged misinformation campaign being carried out against him by BJP on social media.

Rawat, who reached the Nehru Colony police station with his supporters, handed over a written complaint along with a pen drive and other evidence to the police.

Based on this, an FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 and relevant sections of law.

After filing the FIR, Rawat alleged that the police took four hours to register his complaint. He added that if it takes so long for a former CM to file an FIR, one can easily imagine the plight of a common man.

"Finally, after four hours, the police registered the FIR with trembling hands. Their hands were trembling because we have accused the BJP president and his associates, with factual evidence, of misusing AI to tarnish our and our party's image and trying to disrupt social harmony by targeting a particular community," Rawat said.

He expressed hope that after the registration of the FIR, the police would bring the culprits to justice.

Rawat also said, "Just imagine, if the police take so much time to register an FIR of a former CM, what will be the condition of a common man in this state?"

Later, he also handed over a copy of the FIR to the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of Dehradun and the SSP of the Special Task Force. Rawat also said that he would meet the District Magistrate of Dehradun and the State Election Officer with his complaint on Wednesday.

Recently, an AI-generated reel was uploaded on the official social media page of the BJP, which portrayed Rawat as a supporter of appeasement.

In the reel, a Congress leader is heard saying, "I take refuge in Muslims, I take refuge in dargahs (shrines), I take refuge in love jihad." The subsequent images show the construction of a dargah and some people smiling and talking about turning Devbhoomi (the land of gods) into a land of dargahs.

At the end of the reel, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is seen walking with police forces and bulldozers.

Rawat also claimed that another AI-generated video was uploaded from a 'fake' BJP platform, depicting him as a 'traitorous Pakistani agent' engaged in espionage. However, the BJP has denied any connection to this video.