Karnataka HC quashes FIR against BJP President Nadda
Bengaluru, Aug 7: The High Court of Karnataka on Monday quashed the FIR and investigation against BJP President J P Nadda for allegedly violating the model code of conduct in a speech during the Karnataka Assembly elections held in May.
On May seven, 2023 during campaigning, Nadda held a BJP election rally at the IB Circle of Harappanahalli town in Vijayanagara district, where he allegedly said that if the BJP loses the polls, the voters will be deprived of Central government schemes.
He had also allegedly stated that if the Congress comes to power in the state, many projects of the Centre including 'Kisan Samman Nidhi' will be closed.
Officials of the Election Vigilance Division lodged a complaint with Harappanahalli Police Station stating that the speech violated the model code. Police registered a case and started an investigation.
Nadda had filed the petition in the High Court seeking quashing of this investigation.
A single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna on July 7 granted an interim order of stay on the investigation.
On Monday, the bench quashed the FIR maintaining that allowing the investigation to continue would not serve any purpose.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
