Mahesh Shetty Timarodi’s remark echoes in Assembly; Government vows unhesitating legal action
Bengaluru: A purported statement attributed to Mahesh Shetty Timarodi, claiming that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was responsible for 24 murders, reverberated in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Monday. The government announced that legal action would be initiated against him without hesitation.
Raising the issue in the House, Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka said that the same individual who repeatedly insults Dharmasthala has now accused the Chief Minister of involvement in 24 killings, which he described as a grave insult to the state’s highest office. Ashoka questioned whether the government would form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into this allegation, as it had done in connection with the Dharmasthala case.
Several BJP members, including MLA Suresh, demanded the immediate arrest of Timarodi, accusing him of indulging in a dangerous trend of maligning anyone who speaks positively about religious institutions.
Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar intervened, cautioning against giving undue prominence to Timarodi by repeatedly mentioning his name. He noted that Timarodi had also made remarks against the BJP’s national general secretary. “The government is observing everything closely, and the Home Department will take firm action,” Shivakumar said.
Home Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara later informed the Assembly that multiple cases had already been registered against Timarodi and that instructions had been issued to proceed with legal measures over his latest comments.
However, it subsequently emerged that Timarodi’s alleged remark had been distorted. According to reports, the viral video was edited to suggest that he directly accused the Chief Minister, whereas in reality he was referring to a statement made by BJP MLA Harish Poonja. This edited clip became the basis of the controversy discussed in the Assembly.
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'Rear-guard action': BJP over Mamata accepting sports minister's resignation after Messi event
New Delhi (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday alleged that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's accepting Aroop Biswas' resignation as the state sports minister is nothing but a "rear-guard action" to douse public anger over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event last week.
BJP co-in-charge for West Bengal Amit Malviya alleged that this is also an "open confession" that the Messi event fiasco was not accidental but a government-manufactured disaster, borne out of the poor governance of Banerjee, her ministers and the state bureaucracy.
Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Biswas' resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Messi's event last week, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said.
Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department.
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Reacting to the development, Malviya said in a post on X, "TMC Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigns after the Messi fiasco and Mamata Banerjee accepts it in record time."
"Do not mistake this for accountability; this is nothing but a rear-guard action to douse public anger. anger! This is not 'Raj Dharma'," he added.
The BJP leader alleged that the incident was the outcome of "loot" of common people which is "so synonymous" with the TMC.
The incident was also the outcome of the "shameless VIP culture that TMC thrives on and deep-rooted cronyism promoted by Banerjee," he charged.
Malviya further alleged that Biswas' resignation exposes a "collective failure of Mamata Banerjee, her partisan bureaucracy, and her crony cabinet".
"This is a symbolic sacrifice, a political hoax, soon to be buried under layers of bureaucracy, with no justice, no accountability, and no remorse," the BJP leader said, adding, "No resignation will bring back the time lost, the money wasted, or the stolen chance for football lovers to witness Messi in Kolkata."
