Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D Ok Shivakumar on Friday dominated out any authorities interference within the police motion and arrest of BJP MLC C T Ravi, who was held for allegedly utilizing a derogatory phrase towards minister Laxmi Hebbalkar.
Karnataka Congress president and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar. (File Photograph)
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Calling Ravi “filthy mouth” for his language towards Hebbalkar, the deputy CM claimed the previous BJP nationwide basic secretary has even made derogatory feedback towards Congress chief and Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi.
“Will they go and do a BJP meeting at Khanapur police station? (referring to BJP leaders meeting Ravi at station) … police have shown too much courtesy towards him. Police conduct is also not correct. How did the police allow it (meeting)? We are not interfering in anything,” Shivakumar advised reporters right here.
“Family members or one or two people can go and meet, but they were having a meeting inside (the police station)…then what is this allegation of attempting to kill him (Ravi)?”
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Ravi has accused the police of “violating” human rights, as he alleged that they took him on rounds the whole evening to varied locations within the district, following his arrest on Thursday.
He has even claimed police have been behaving on the instructions of somebody from the “top”, and hit out on the state authorities and the administration, calling it “dictatorial”.
Terming Hebbalkar’s supporters’ anger towards Ravi as “natural”, Shivakumar stated, “their leader, their daughter was insulted. Why are they – BJP protesting now. They are doing it because their leader is affected.”
Slamming Ravi, he stated “this is not new for him. He had used words against several people in the past…he had even called CM Siddaramaiah as Siddaramulla Khan….this is his culture.”
Based mostly on the criticism lodged by Hebbalkar, Ravi was booked for sexual harassment and intention to insult the modesty of a girl underneath the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Ravi allegedly used a derogatory phrase towards Hebbalkar within the Legislative Council on Thursday, when the Home was adjourned for some time.
Responding to a query, Shivakumar stated he would share the audio/video of the incident contained in the Council if the media haven’t got them.
Hebbalkar retorted to Ravi for making some disrespectful remarks towards Rahul Gandhi, to which the MLC used a derogatory phrase towards her 10-12 instances contained in the Council. “Is this the culture of Chikamagaluru (Ravi’s native)? Is it the culture of Bharat and BJP,” he requested.
Expressing his displeasure about Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti, the DCM stated, he ought to have allowed for dialogue on the matter, verified on what occurred within the Home.
“If Laxmi was at fault, he should have said she is wrong and if Ravi was at fault, he is wrong. Taking a statement from both of them and adjourning the House sine-die after saying what both sides said, was not right. He (Horatti) is a senior, as a Chairman he is non-political and protecting everyone should be his duty… I have respect for him,” he stated.