The EC had directed the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to take action against the Union minister under the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and also sought a compliance report within 48 hours.
Hours after the Election Commission of India (ECI) directed the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to take action against Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje for linking people of Tamil Nadu with the recent Rameswaram Cafe blast in Bengaluru, police on Wednesday registered an FIR against her.
The FIR against Karandlaje was registered on a complaint from the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer.
On Tuesday, while staging a protest against the state after a shop owner was attacked allegedly over playing loud music, Karandlaje had said, “People who come from Tamil Nadu plant bombs here (in Bengaluru), people from Delhi chant ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans, and people who come from Kerala are involved in acid attacks.”
The EC had directed the Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to take action against the Union minister under the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and also sought a compliance report within 48 hours.
Earlier in the day, Karandlaje had tendered an apology for her comments, saying her remarks were “meant to shine light, not cast shadows” and were “directed towards those trained in the Krishnagiri forest, linked to Rameshwaram Cafe blast”.
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