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New Indian Express
a day ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Tension as Congress workers protest near BJP office in Bengaluru's Malleswaram
BENGALURU: Congress workers attempted to siege the BJP office in Malleswaram, Bengaluru, on Saturday. BJP leaders, after learning about the incident, rushed to their party office. Police personnel prevented workers of both the parties from attacking each other. The Congress workers tried to lay siege to the BJP office twice. Police personnel detained the Congress workers and took them in a van. 'Congress workers were taken into preventive custody when they gathered outside the BJP office and protested against the party allegedly insulting former PM Indira Gandhi on the anniverssary of the Emergency. At least 20 of them were taken into preventive custody,' said the police. The protest comes days after a complaint was filed against Karnataka BJP's social media handle over an alleged post put up by the party comparing Indira Gandhi to Adolf Hitler. The complaint was filed by KPCC general secretary S Manohar. 'BJP's official 'X' account (@BJP4Karnataka) at 3.54 pm on Wednesday captioned 'INDIRA NOT EQUALS INDIA, INDIRA = HITLER' was accompanied by a 38-second video related to the Emergency period in India,' Manohar said in his complaint.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Congress workers detained outside Bengaluru BJP office during protest over Emergency post
Several Congress workers were taken into preventive custody on Saturday when they gathered outside the Bengaluru BJP headquarters to protest against insulting former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in the name of events condemning the Emergency. As soon as the Congress workers assembled outside the BJP headquarters in Malleswaram, they were removed from the spot and taken in police vans. At least 20 of them were taken into preventive custody, a senior police officer said. The protest comes just days after an FIR was registered against the Karnataka BJP's social media handle over an alleged post put up by the party comparing Indira Gandhi to Adolf Hitler. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Bihar Mosquito Crisis Solved by Strange New Device (See How) Mosquito Eliminator Read More The action was taken based on a complaint lodged by Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) general secretary S Manohar at High Grounds police station on June 25, police said. In the complaint, Manohar had alleged that the post that was put up by the BJP's official 'X' account (@BJP4Karnataka) at 3:54 pm on Wednesday captioned "INDIRA NOT EQUALS INDIA, INDIRA = HITLER" was accompanied by a 38-second video related to the Emergency period in India.
India Today
4 days ago
- Politics
- India Today
Case against BJP Karnataka for calling Indira Gandhi ‘Hitler' in social media post
A First Information Report (FIR) has been filed against the BJP Karnataka unit at High Grounds police station in Bengaluru after a controversial social media post comparing former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi to Adolf complaint was lodged by S Manohar, General Secretary of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC).According to the FIR summary, the post was made from BJP Karnataka's official X handle, @BJP4Karnataka on June 25, The post read "INDIRA NOT EQUALS INDIA, INDIRA = HITLER" and was accompanied by a 38-second video. The post has since been video referred to the National Emergency in India and contained graphics that the complainant described as derogatory towards Indira Gandhi. The FIR notes that the content was not only disrespectful but also allegedly aimed at creating hatred among different religious and communal Congress leader has demanded legal action against the BJP's official social media handle. Police at High Grounds station have registered the FIR and initiated further another post on X, the BJP Karnataka unit wrote, 'The country can never forget this cruelty of Indira Gandhi,' with the hashtag #SamvidhanHatyaDiwas referring to the Emergency."The dark memory of 50 years ago when Indira Gandhi, pushing law, judiciary, and democracy into a dark room and locking it, marks her authoritarian rule," read another post. advertisement- Ends IN THIS STORY#Karnataka
