FIR against BJP’s Ashwath Narayan for his remarks against Siddaramaiah | Mysore News – Times of India

Mysuru: The Mysore City Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against former minister and BJP MLA CN Ashwath Narayan in connection with his controversial statement against the Chief Minister. Siddaramaiah, This happened when a team of Congress leaders met an inspector at Devaraja police station and lodged a complaint.
The former minister had allegedly delivered a hate speech at Sathanur in Mandya district on February 15. A case has been registered under sections 506 and 153 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
A Congress team led by Mysore District Congress Committee President BJ Vijay Kumar Met the police and threatened to launch a protest if the FIR was not registered. He accused the police of failing to register an FIR on the basis of a complaint lodged by him earlier.
KPCC spokesman M Lakshman, who was part of the delegation, alleged in his complaint to the police that on February 15, the then higher education minister Ashwath Narayan called upon party workers to eliminate Siddaramaiah like Urigowda and Nanjegowda, the two fictional Mysore rulers. kill figures tipu sultan,
He alleged that we lodged a complaint against the former minister at Devraj police station on February 17, but no action was taken. The FIR was registered at around 8 pm after a marathon meeting between Congress leaders and police officers.
city ​​police commissioner Ramesh Banoth confirmed that an FIR has been registered against Ashwath Narayan. “We had earlier registered a non-cognizable offense (NCR) and now an FIR has been registered,” he told TOI.
It may be recalled that the statement of the former minister went viral on social media and drew criticism across the country. Following the uproar, Ashwath Narayan expressed regret for his statement after Congress members raised the issue in the assembly.
The then opposition leader Siddaramaiah had targeted Ashwath Narayan for his statement and accused him of trying to incite people. He also questioned the PM Narendra Modi silence on controversial statement