‘Inciting hostility’: After FIR minister’s ‘bombers from Tamil Nadu’ remark

The BJP leader apologized for the remarks and announced his retraction of them. (document)

Madurai/Bangalore:

Madurai police on Wednesday booked a police officer in Madurai for “promoting enmity between different groups” after she claimed that people from Tamil Nadu Bombs were planted in Karnataka, a comment that drew criticism from Chief Minister Stalin.

The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has filed a complaint against Shobha Karandlaje with the Election Commission, accusing her of violating the Model Code of Conduct and the Representation of the People Act.

The BJP leader apologized for the remarks and announced his retraction of them.

“To my Tamil brothers and sisters, I want to clarify that my words were meant to shine a light, not to cast a shadow. However, I have seen that my words have caused pain to some people – and for that, I apologize. My words Just to those who were trained in Krishnagiri forest, in connection with Rameshwaram cafe blast incident. To anyone from Tamil Nadu affected (sic), I request your forgiveness from the bottom of my heart. Furthermore, I withdraw previous comment,” she said in one post. Tuesday night “X”.

“Law and order has deteriorated in Karnataka. People from Tamil Nadu are planting bombs here, people from Delhi are chanting slogans of ‘Pakistan Sindabad’,” she said in Bengaluru on Tuesday. People from Kerala were involved in acid attacks.”

Meanwhile, the Madurai police’s cyber crime wing has registered a case against the senior BJP leader under various sections of the IPC, including Section 153(a), which relates to “inciting violence between different groups based on Hostility of religion, race, place of birth, place of residence”. language, etc., and conduct that is not conducive to maintaining harmony. ” The FIR was lodged against her based on the complaint, police said.

Meanwhile, in a complaint filed by DMK organizing secretary RS Bharathi with the EC, the party said that while the NIA is probing the Rameshwaram cafe blast in Bengaluru, “it has not been able to identify the culprits so far”, while Karandlaje “Let this matter be baseless.” It was alleged that the bomb was planted by people from Tamil Nadu. “The statement seeks to incite feelings of enmity and hatred between the people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu… It generalizes the people of Tamil Nadu as extremists and attempts to create a sectarian relationship between the two communities, namely Tamil Nadu To create animosity and enmity between UT and Tamil Nadu). Kannadigas,” it claimed.

The party urged the EC to take action against the federal minister for “violating” relevant provisions of the MCC and the Representation of the People Act.

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