Bengaluru: Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state over the controversial remark made by a judge of the Karnataka High Court that there is a Pakistan in Bengaluru. The case has reached the Karnataka High Court. BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal.
What really happened?
Dinesh Gundu Rao's wife Tabu has filed a police complaint against Yatnal. Based on this, the police registered a case. "Basanagouda Patil Yatnal had said that Dinesh Gundu Rao's house is half Pakistan. "The BJP has always referred to India as" "Mother India." "" But they don't respect women. If he talks about Dinesh, I have no objection to it. Because they're in politics. I am upset that I am being targeted for my Muslim background, "Tabu had said.
Yatnal has been in the eye of a storm over his comments on Gundu Rao in April this year. Gundu Rao had then criticised Yatnal on social media. In response, Yatnal had made a statement about Gundu Rao. "Gundu Rao's house is half Pakistan. That is why they are making anti-national statements, "he said.
Meanwhile, the case is pending before the Karnataka High Court. The case is being heard by a single-judge bench of Justice Nagaprasanna. Yatnal has filed a petition in the court seeking a stay on the proceedings against him. During the hearing, the judge pulled up BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal.
"You can't talk like that.
"What is Pakistan? Why you say that? You can't talk to a community like that. This isn't the right way. I say this in every case. What does it mean to rub against each other? Just because someone's wife is Muslim, does that mean you call them half-Pakistani?"Justice asked.
A week ago, Justice Nagaprasanna had expressed his displeasure over personal remarks being made in political circles.