Former Union minister and expelled BJP chief Basanagouda Patil Yatnal was booked twice in lower than every week for alleged provocative speeches focusing on a minority neighborhood in Karnataka.
Within the first case, the Maddur city police booked Yatnal after his speech throughout a mass Ganesha idol immersion occasion in Maddur city within the Mandya district on September 10. The occasion adopted an alleged stone pelting incident throughout a Ganesha idol procession on September 7. Yatnal, MP Pratap Sinha and MLC C T Ravi have been among the many a number of BJP leaders who attended the mass idol immersion occasion in Maddur.
The Bijapur Metropolis MLA mentioned he meant to kind a brand new political occasion known as the ‘Karnataka Hindu Social gathering’ with a bulldozer as its image.
This case in opposition to Yatnal in Maddur adopted the same FIR in opposition to Ravi for his controversial remarks on the similar occasion.
On September 13, whereas collaborating in a Ganesha idol immersion in Tumakuru, Yatnal allegedly made one other provocative speech.
The Tumakuru city police filed a suo motu case after Yatnal mentioned throughout his speech that the “Karnataka authorities means Tipu Sultan authorities”. He allegedly mentioned solely members of a minority neighborhood are getting contracts, reservations, and growth.
In March, the BJP expelled Yatnal for six years. His latest expulsion, the third in round 15 years, adopted his public criticism of senior BJP leaders B S Yediyurappa and Vijayendra, which he continued regardless of the occasion’s central disciplinary committee serving two notices to him.
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Each his earlier expulsions, in 2010 for berating the BJP state unit and in 2015 for contesting MLC elections as a insurgent candidate, lasted round three years, with him rejoining the occasion in 2013 and 2018, respectively.