I did not participate in ABVP event, only paid tribute to Rani Abbakka in Tiptur: Dr. Parameshwara
Bengaluru: Home Minister of Karnataka Dr. G Parameshwara, who is reported to have participated in a programme by Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in Tiptur on September 2, refuted the allegations on Thursday, saying he had only offered tribute to Rani Abbakka during a procession being taken out by the ABVP.
The ABVP, which is the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is learned to have celebrated the 500th birth anniversary of Veerarani Abbakka with a torch-lit procession and a car festival in Tiptur on September 2, when the procession with a statue of Rani Abbakka in a vehicle crossed paths with the convoy of Dr. Parameshwara, the District in-charge Minister of Tumakuru. Dr. Parameshwara is learned to have accepted an invitation by the forum leaders and offered tribute to Rani Abbakka’s statue before continuing his journey.
On Thursday, when questioned about the matter by reporters in Bengaluru, the Home Minister clarified, “I did not participate in any event of the ABVP. We, the local legislator Shadakshari and I, came across their (ABVP) procession. The leaders asked us to offer floral tribute to the freedom fighter. Considering that it was a procession honouring Rani Abbakka, I did so.”
He stated that raising a hue and cry regarding the incident and also making it a controversial act would not affect him. “I am a true Congressman and will die as a member of the party,” he insisted.
Parameshwara added, “It is natural for a politician to have opponents even within the party. The people of Karnataka, however, know me well as I have been in politics for 35 years. I don’t need to prove my genuineness repeatedly.”
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Karnataka HC quashes BJP's defamation case against Rahul Gandhi
Bengaluru (PTI): The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the defamation proceedings initiated by the BJP against top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
The case was filed in 2023, when BJP was in power in Karnataka, following a "corruption rate card" published by the then opposition Congress to claim large scale irregularities prevailing in the state under the saffron party's rule.
Along with Gandhi, now Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, the BJP had accused the then Karnataka LoP Siddaramaiah and Congress state president D K Shivakumar.
Presently Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister and Shivakumar is his deputy.
Challenging the defamation case, Gandhi had approached the High Court stating that the continuation of the case would be an abuse of law.
The bench of Justice S Sunil Dutt Yadav allowed the petition.
The complainant said that Rahul Gandhi, Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar had conspired together to defame the BJP government and made baseless allegation and insinuation.
