FIR against former Karnataka minister Araga Jnanendra for ‘objectionable’ comments on Mallikarjun Kharge

April 22, 2024 10:51 am

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The Fact News Service

Kalaburagi, August 4

Police here registered an FIR against senior BJP leader and former Karnataka home minister Araga Jnanendra for his objectionable comments on Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge.

The FIR was registered on Thursday based on a complaint lodged by Congress worker Rajiv Jane, in the Ashok Nagar police station here, a police official told PTI.

Jnanendra has been booked under Section 504 of the IPC (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), and the case will be transferred on Friday to Thirthahalli in Shivamogga district, where the incident occurred, the official said.

The senior BJP MLA made an objectionable reference to the complexion of Kharge and people of the region he hails from, during a protest in Thirthahalli on August 1.