SIT probe ordered in defaming ex-Karnataka minister Ramesh Jarkiholi through sex-for-job charge
Bengaluru, Mar 10: The Karnataka government on Wednesday decided to set up a Special Investigation Team to probe the "conspiracy" to tarnish BJP MLA Ramesh Jarkiholi by accusing him of involvement in a purported sex-for-job scandal.
The allegation had forced Jarkiholi to step down as minister.
The decision was taken based on the complaint by Jarkiholi, who demanded a thorough investigation into the attempt to defame him through a 'fake video', Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai told reporters after his meeting with Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa.
"Today we have ordered setting up a Special Investigation Team to find out all the aspects of the case such as who was behind it, who hatched the conspiracy, where the CD (videos) was prepared," Bommai said.
He added that the SIT will be headed by Additional Police Commissioner (West) Soumendu Mukherjee.
A social activist on March 2 alleged that the minister exploited a woman on the pretext of giving her a job.
Soon, the objectionable videos went viral and news channels started airing selected parts of it.
The allegation forced Jarkiholi to resign as minister on March 3.
However, days after the allegation, the social activist announced withdrawing his complaint enabling the embattled MLA to claim his innocence.
Jarkiholi claimed that there was a big conspiracy against him in which very big people were involved.
He, however, refused to name the conspirators.
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Affront to non-Hindi speaking people: Chidambaram slams use of Hindi words in bills' names
New Delhi (PTI): Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the "increasing practice" of the government using Hindi words in the titles of the bills and said the change is an "affront" to the non-Hindi-speaking people.
Chidambaram said the non-Hindi-speaking people cannot identify a Bill/Act with titles that are in Hindi words written in English letters, and they cannot pronounce them.
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"I am opposed to the increasing practice of the government using Hindi words written in English letters in the title of the Bills to be introduced in Parliament," the former Union minister said late Monday night.
Hitherto, the practice was to write the title of the Bill in English words in the English version and in Hindi words in the Hindi version of the Bill, Chidambaram said.
"When no one pointed out any difficulty in the 75 year practice, why should government make a change?" he said.
"This change is an affront to non-Hindi speaking people and to States that have an official language other than Hindi," the Congress leader said.
Successive governments have reiterated the promise that English will remain an Associate Official Language, Chidambaram said.
"I fear that promise is in danger of being broken," the Congress MP said.
