The Bengaluru police just lately booked BJP Bijapur MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal for allegedly referring to Karnataka Well being Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao’s home as ‘half Pakistan’.
The FIR was filed based mostly on a grievance by Gundu Rao’s spouse Tabu Rao. Yatnal has been booked below Part 153B (make or publish statements that promote disharmony) of the Indian Penal Code.
Allegedly alluding to the inter-faith marriage of Gundu Rao, Yatnal had acknowledged, “There’s a Pakistan in Gundu Rao’s home, so it’s his behavior to provide anti-national statements.”
He made the comment after Gundu Rao tweeted a few BJP chief who was detained and questioned by the Nationwide Investigation Company in reference to the Rameshwaram cafe blast case.
After submitting her grievance, Tabu Rao slammed Yatnal for his remarks and mentioned, “He (Yatnal) mentioned Dinesh Gundu Rao’s home is ‘half Pakistan’… They (BJP) speak of Bharat Mata however can’t respect girls. I don’t have any downside if he speaks about Dinesh as he’s in politics. I don’t like being dragged into this and I’m fed up with being focused for my Muslim roots…”