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Home»India»BJP MLA Harish Poonja booked for ‘provocative’ speech days after communal tensions erupt in coastal Karnataka districts | India News
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BJP MLA Harish Poonja booked for ‘provocative’ speech days after communal tensions erupt in coastal Karnataka districts | India News

May 5, 2025No Comments1 Min Read
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BJP MLA Harish Poonja has been booked on Sunday for making an alleged provocative speech within the communally delicate Dakshina Kannada district.

Poonja, a two-time MLA from Belthangady constituency within the district, made the alleged provocative comment on the renovation ceremony of a temple in Thekkaru, positioned round 50 km from Mangaluru.

The MLA, in his tackle, had reportedly taken objection to the temple administration visiting the close by mosque to ask Muslim residents of the village to the occasion.

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The MLA additionally purportedly mentioned that different non secular communities have been attempting to divide Hindus alongside caste traces.

Ibrahim S B, the complainant, accused Poonja of selling enmity between non secular communities and sought authorized motion in opposition to the BJP legislator.

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Primarily based on the grievance, a First Info Report was registered below sections 196 (selling enmity) and 353(A) (public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi had confronted recent communal tensions following two murders in Mangaluru throughout the previous week. Prohibitory orders are in pressure in Mangaluru until Might 6 to stop any untoward incidents.



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