DK Congress demands sedition case against BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde for remarks on Mahatma Gandhi
Mangaluru: MLC Harishkumar, Dakshina Kannada Congress President on Tuesday demanded filing of sedition case against BJP MP from Uttara Kannada Anant Kumar Hegde for his remarks on Mahatma Gandhi which have stirred nationwide controversy.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday evening Harishkumar added that the words used by Hegde in his speech clearly indicates that he has no respect for the father of the nation and that allowing a person who praises Godse to enter parliament was a political tragedy of the country.
Adding that such remarks against Mahatma Gandhi was intolerable, Kumar dared the MP to shut the monuments and memorials of Gandhi in his own constituency.
Asked about the show-cause notice sent by BJP high command to Hegde, Kumar added that he had no faith in the action taken by the party this was not the first time Hegde had made such controversial statements.
Congress leaders MLC Ivan D’Souza, Shahul Hameed, T K Sudheer, C M Mustafa, Shubhodaya Alva, Neeraj Pal and others were present at the press conference.
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NIA conducts multi-state raids in Bengaluru's Ramshwaram Cafe blast case
New Delhi (PTI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out multi-state raids in connection with its probe in Bengaluru's Ramshwaram Cafe blast case, officials said.
Several customers and hotel staff members were injured, some of them grievously, in the blast that caused extensive damage to the cafe in the IT city on March 1.
"Multi-states raids were underway in different locations," a senior NIA official said, without sharing further details.
The probe agency, that took over the case on March 3, had on April 12 arrested two key accused, including the mastermind Adbul Matheen Ahmed Taahaa, in the matter.
Taahaa and the other accused, Mussavir Hussain Shazib, who had allegedly placed the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the cafe, were arrested from a lodge near Kolkata, where they were staying under the assumed identities.
