Karnataka: When legislators fail to behave

The incident occurred throughout a conflict between the BJP and Congress over a comment attributed to Union house minister Amit Shah, denigrating Babasaheb Bhim Rao Ambedkar. As tensions rose, it’s alleged that Ravi directed the obscene comment at Hebbalkar. She approached Horatti, the council chairman, to hunt his intervention. Nonetheless, BJP members stated an altercation broke out when Hebbalkar accused Ravi of being a assassin.

The minister later clarified that BJP members had been gesticulating and indulging in unseemly behaviour in entrance of her, passing unwarranted remarks towards Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. She then responded by asking how they might react if she known as Ravi a assassin for killing three folks in an accident — a reference to the time Ravi’s driver mowed down two kids in a highway accident. 

The state of affairs then escalated and a confrontation ensued when Congress members tried to accost Ravi; the Home marshals, seeing the state of affairs, closed the hall gates, stopping a bodily standoff. The legislative council was then adjourned. Hebbalkar later launched a clip of the incident within the council; this was after chief minister Siddaramaiah stated there was each audio and video proof accessible.

The problem got here up within the legislative meeting, the place Congress member Sharat Bachchegowda’s criticism was referred to the privileges committee by speaker U.T. Khader. BJP legislators opposed it, saying Ravi was not a member of the meeting, however the speaker stated he was permitting it. The chief minister stated the problem concerned a prison offence and harassment, and the police had been investigating.

Horatti solid doubt on Hebbalkar’s cost, saying he had by no means heard a girl being so denigrated and spoken to so disrespectfully within the legislative precincts in his expertise.

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