“I will not defend any person who abuses Dalits, even if he belongs to my party. I will not defend MLA Munirathna just because is a BJP member,” Ramesh Jigajinagi, MP and BJP leader, said in Vijayapura on September 16. Why BJP MLA was arrested BJP MLA Munirathna was arrested on September 15 in connection with allegedly threatening a civil …
Rajarajeshwari Nagar BJP MLA Munirathna — arrested in connection with a case where he allegedly threatened a civil contractor, demanded a bribe, and used casteist slurs — has been remanded into police custody for two days. The city police have recorded voice samples of the arrested MLA and sent them to the Forensic Science Laboratory, Madiwala. In the audio clip, …
BENGALURU: Before his arrest, BJP MLA Munirathna released a video claiming that the allegations against him were false. Why has he filed a complaint against me now?” The MLA said that he started facing problems after he spoke about misuse of funds released to implement a civic project in the city. He alleged that former MP DK Suresh, who lost …
Bengaluru: After drawing flak, the Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Minister for Horticulture Munirathna on Monday stated to have dropped his plan of making a film on ‘Uri Gowda and Doddananje Gowda’ whom the BJP claim as killers of erstwhile ruler of Mysore Kingdom Tipu Sultan. Ravi, Shobha Karandlaje, Dr Ashwathnarayan and R Ashoka, all belonging to Vokkaliga community, have …
D. Kempanna, president of the Karnataka State Contractors’ Association, who was arrested and released on bail on Saturday in connection with a criminal defamation case filed by Minister Munirathna over allegations of corruption, on Sunday alleged that his arrest was “a misuse of power by the Minister and the State government”. Mr. Kempanna also contended that the civil defamation and …