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WATCH: Egg Hurled At Former Karnataka Minister Munirathna During Event In Bengaluru

Former Karnataka minister and BJP MLA Munirathna was hit by an egg during a public event in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The incident took place while he was attending a programme to mark the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Laggere, Lakshmidevi Nagar, located in the western part of the Bengaluru. In a dramatic incident on Wednesday, …

BENGALURU: Unidentified persons hurled an egg at Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former minister Munirathna in Bengaluru city on Wednesday and the egg hurled at the MLA hit him on his head. The egg attack on BJP MLA took place near Laggere and Lakshmi Devi Nagar in Bengaluru city after Munirathna left to board his vehicle after a function to …

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A case of alleged sexual harassment has been registered against Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former minister Munirathna and six others in the Ramnagar district of Karnataka. Apart from the BJP MLA Munirathna, six other individuals have been charged in the case, including Vijay Kumar, Sudhakara, Kiran Kumar, Lohit Gowda, Manjunath and Loki. Munirathna was taken into custody on September …

BENGALURU: Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday urged seers and leaders of the Vokkaliga community to speak out against BJP MLA Munirathna’s alleged controversial audio clip that went viral recently. He called upon distinguished members of the community, including Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka, to speak out. Shivakumar told the media that there are big leaders …

A case of kidnapping has been registered against former minister and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA M Munirathna and his associates for allegedly coercing a Congress worker to joining the party, Nandini Layout police inspector J Lakshman said on Thursday. Kidnapping case filed against BJP MLA for ‘forcing’ Cong worker to join party: police The police quoted the complaint, which was …

BENGALURU: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and former minister Munirathna on Wednesday staged a silent protest holding a placard accusing Deputy Chief Minister and Bengaluru city incharge D.K. Munirathna alleged that funds to a tune of Rs 126 crore has been diverted and distributed among three Assembly seats-Pulikeshi Nagar Assembly seat, Byatarayanapura Assembly and Yeshwanthpur Assembly seat all in Bengaluru and …

Karnataka election results 2023 | Are incumbent BJP Ministers winning or losing?

As Congress emerged as the leading party cruising past 120 seats by noon in the closely-watched Assembly elections, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai conceded defeat saying that his party had not been able to make the mark and would conduct a detailed analysis once the full results were in. Here’s a look at how other Ministers in the BJP’s incumbent …

With a whopping 4.78 lakh voters, the Rajarajeshwarinagar Assembly constituency is one among those in the city that has the highest number of voters. In the last two elections, the incumbent MLA and Minister in the State cabinet, Munirathna won as a candidate from the Congress. However, in 2019, Munirathna shifted his loyalty to BJP with 16 other MLAs of …

Karnataka minister Munirathna booked for hate speech against Christians

Karnataka minister Munirathna has been booked by the police for his alleged hate speech against Christians. In an interview to a private news channel on March 31, Munirathna, Horticulture Minister in the Basavaraj Bommai government, had purportedly said, "Christians are converting people in this moment also. READ | Munirathna says unhappy Karnataka ministers can exchange portfolios but must stay united …

Karnataka Election 2023: BJP Minister Munirathna Booked for ‘Hate Speech’

Karnataka Police registered a First Information Report against state Minister Munirathna Naidu for his alleged hate speech against the Christian community. The complaint: The case was registered against the Minister for Horticulture after a complaint by a gazetted Election Commission officer who charged him with promoting enmity among people. What the minister said: In an interview to a news channel …

Karnataka: BJP Minister drops plan to make film on Tipu killers

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 …

Karnataka crisis | MLAs threatening to resign as they did not get minister posts: Congress leader

Dealing another blow to the wobbly Congress-JD coalition government in Karnataka, at least 11 MLAs of the ruling alliance submitted their resignation at the Speaker's office on Saturday. pic.twitter.com/casPzbJ8MW ANI July 6, 2019 06:04 pm: Karnataka Minister DK Shivakumar on Congress-JD MLAs submitting their resignations : They are telling some small stories, this is not the story to go and …