Karnataka Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar on Monday performed two audio clips for the media, accusing BJP MLC CT Ravi of utilizing derogatory language towards her throughout a legislative council session on December 19, Instances of India reported.
Karnataka Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar.(Supply: www.laxmihebbalkar.com)
The incident, which occurred after the council was adjourned, sparked protests, resulting in Ravi’s arrest at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi. Nevertheless, the Excessive Court docket later dominated that his arrest was unlawful because of procedural lapses.
Karnataka Legislative Council response
In response, Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman Basavaraj Horatti clarified that no recordings exist of the controversial trade, emphasizing that solely official recordings from the Council are genuine.
He said that no telephones or non-public cameras are allowed contained in the Home, and dismissed the circulating video as “fake.”
Horatti advised that any such video must be despatched to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for evaluation.
He additional referred to the incident as a “closed chapter,” explaining that it befell exterior the Council’s jurisdiction. After reviewing the scenario with the Council Secretary and officers, Horatti confirmed the choice to adjourn the Home sine die.
Horatti additionally clarified that the Girls’s Fee’s involvement was a private matter for Hebbalkar, and reiterated that no formal complaints had been obtained from both occasion, which means no motion might be taken by the Council.
Horatti additionally stated the one mistake made by each the events was that it was proven because the incident occurred contained in the Council, which is flawed for it had taken place after the adjournment of the Home.
On the Karnataka State Girls’s Fee chairperson Nagalakshmi Chowdhary writing to him, he stated the Minister approaching the Girls’s Fee or police is her private challenge.
“Women’s Commission can write to us but it has no powers to ask me for high level investigation. Who is big in terms of protocol – a council chairman or the women’s commission chairperson? Asking me for it is wrong. She is not supposed to ask me,” he stated.
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(With PTI inputs)