FIR registered against Public TV’s Ranganath, Arun Badiger
Yadagiri: FIR has been reportedly registered against Public TV’s Head H. R. Ranganath and presenter/anchor Arun Badiger at the Gogi police station in Yadagiri district.
During the program broadcasted on February 3, the Public TV Head H. R. Ranganath and presenter Arun Badiger had said, “India was created based on it being a Hindu Rashtra”, they had stated. Accusing both the TV personalities of attempting to hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community and harming the integrity of the nation through the utterance of such a prejudiced statement, an individual named Bande Nawaz Gogi submitted a private complaint to the Shahpur Additional Judicial Magistrate.
Advocate Mohammed Ghous represented the complainant and proposed arguments on his behalf. The court which reviewed the complainant’s accusations, later instructed for an FIR to be registered against Ranganath and Badiger on March 24, under the IPC sections 153 (b) 505 (1) (b) (c) and 505 (2) at the Gogi police station.
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Apr 9 bypolls: Cong under illusion of winning with money, liquor, muscle power, says Yediyurappa
Bagalkot (Karnataka) (PTI): Veteran BJP leader B S Yediyurappa on Sunday alleged that Congress leaders came to campaign for bypolls two Karnataka constituencies with "suitcases full of money", under the illusion that they can win with cash, liquor and muscle power.
But people will "teach them a lesson," the former Chief Minister told reporters.
He also accused the Congress government in the state of indulging in corruption, "intoxicated by power".
"There is no need to have any doubt. They (ruling Congress leaders) have come with suitcases full of money under the illusion that they can win the election with money, liquor and muscle power," Yediyurappa said, taking a dig at CM Siddaramaiah and his cabinet for camping in poll bound constituencies for about a week now.
People have decided to ensure the victory of BJP candidates, and will reject the Congress' allurements, he added.
"By ensuring the victory of BJP's candidates in both Bagalkot and Davanagere South, people have decided to teach a lesson to the corrupt Congress government and CM Siddaramaiah, who have indulged in large scale corruption intoxicated with power," he said, and claimed that BJP is getting good response from the public during the campaign.
Bypolls for the Bagalkot and Davanagere South Assembly constituencies will be held on April 9. The polls were necessitated following the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa, respectively.
Yediyurappa alleged that the Congress was indulging in a "daylight robbery" by emptying the government's treasury.
Responding to a question, he said, the minority Muslim community is also aware of the Congress' "true colours", and will not fall for their allurements. "I think they too will stand by us," he added.
The BJP leader said that Siddaramaiah knows Congress is certain to lose in the bypolls and has therefore been campaigning in both constituencies for about a week now.
